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Why a Hit Chinese TV Show About a Vengeful Concubine Is Causing Fans to Swarm the Forbidden City’s Palace Museum

But not every visitor has been a satisfied customer.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 26, 2018

Art World

Egypt Cracks Open a Newly Discovered Ancient Female Mummy, ‘Thuya,’ the Latest in a Blitz of New Finds

It's the first time an ancient mummy has been opened in front of the press.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 26, 2018

Art World

Art Industry News: Jerry Saltz Dresses Up as Salvator Dalí to Teach You How to Become an Artist + Other Stories

Plus, the National Gallery's freelance workers get their day in court and Sotheby's becomes the latest auction house to ban rhino sales.

By artnet News, Nov 26, 2018

Art Fairs

Our Handy Guide to the 12 Key Art Fairs During Art Basel Miami Beach Week 2018

Our compendium of the fairs setting up shop in and around Miami Beach during this year's Art Basel.

By Caroline Goldstein, Nov 26, 2018

On View

Super-Curator Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev Talks About Hito Steyerl’s Latest Work and Why AI Is Actually ‘Artificial Stupidity’

We caught up with the museum director in Turin.

By Naomi Rea, Nov 26, 2018

Reviews

The Whitney’s Warhol Show Strives to Spotlight His Human Side. But It’s His Cynicism That Remains Most Surprising

The show presents a very un-Warholian Warhol—and that may be wishful thinking.

By Ben Davis, Nov 26, 2018

Politics

An Art-Covered Stretch of the Berlin Wall Has Now Been Saved From Encroaching Real Estate Developers

In 1990, over 100 artists and street artists decorated the important piece of German history.

By Kate Brown, Nov 23, 2018

Art World

What Did Gauguin Say About Van Gogh Behind His Back? A New Book Reveals the Raw, Handwritten Notes of Great Artists

An autograph hunter's trove includes sketches by Michelangelo, a loan request by Monet, and a New Year's card from Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock.

By Kate Brown, Nov 23, 2018

Art World

Art Industry News: Where Is Salvator Mundi? Speculation Swirls as to Why Abu Dhabi Has Still Not Shown the $450M Painting + Other Stories

Plus, why the Tower of Pisa is leaning less and Chinese archaeologists discover an ancient Terracotta Army in miniature.

By artnet News, Nov 23, 2018

On View

See Images From Design Duo Rodarte’s Dreamy, Tulle-Bursting Debut Museum Show

"Rodarte" is the National Museum of Women in the Arts's first fashion exhibition in its 30-year history.

By Caroline Goldstein, Nov 23, 2018

Art World

Hollywood’s #MeToo Whistleblower Rose McGowan Says She Is Now Focusing on Her Other Major Passion—Art

The actor turned activist talks about the artists she admires and the making of an emotional art film that premieres next month in London.

By Kate Brown, Nov 22, 2018

Auctions

The Doctor Who Discovered Insulin Was Also an Artist—and His Painting of His Laboratory Just Sold for a Record Price

The Canadian auction house Heffel will donate the buyer’s premium to fund diabetes research.

By Naomi Rea, Nov 22, 2018

Art and Law

Jeff Koons Was Found Guilty of Copying a French Advertisement. But Why Hasn’t The Woman Behind the Ad Gotten Any Credit?

The ad campaign’s female co-author, Elisabeth Bonamy, has a bone to pick with Franck Davidovici.

By Naomi Rea, Nov 22, 2018

Art World

Art Industry News: African Museums Rally Behind Experts’ Call for Macron to Return Looted Art + Other Stories

Plus, a long-lost portrait of a young Charles Dickens has been found and Neko Case calls out the Met for its male-dominated rock and roll show.

By artnet News, Nov 22, 2018

On View

‘I Thought of Songs as Found Objects’: Watch Turner Prize-Winning Artist Susan Philipsz Sculpt the Sounds of History

As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words.

By artnet News, Nov 22, 2018

Why a Hit Chinese TV Show About a Vengeful Concubine Is Causing Fans to Swarm the Forbidden City’s Palace Museum

Egypt Cracks Open a Newly Discovered Ancient Female Mummy, ‘Thuya,’ the Latest in a Blitz of New Finds

Art Industry News: Jerry Saltz Dresses Up as Salvator Dalí to Teach You How to Become an Artist + Other Stories

Our Handy Guide to the 12 Key Art Fairs During Art Basel Miami Beach Week 2018

Super-Curator Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev Talks About Hito Steyerl’s Latest Work and Why AI Is Actually ‘Artificial Stupidity’

The Whitney’s Warhol Show Strives to Spotlight His Human Side. But It’s His Cynicism That Remains Most Surprising

An Art-Covered Stretch of the Berlin Wall Has Now Been Saved From Encroaching Real Estate Developers

What Did Gauguin Say About Van Gogh Behind His Back? A New Book Reveals the Raw, Handwritten Notes of Great Artists

Art Industry News: Where Is Salvator Mundi? Speculation Swirls as to Why Abu Dhabi Has Still Not Shown the $450M Painting + Other Stories

See Images From Design Duo Rodarte’s Dreamy, Tulle-Bursting Debut Museum Show

Hollywood’s #MeToo Whistleblower Rose McGowan Says She Is Now Focusing on Her Other Major Passion—Art

The Doctor Who Discovered Insulin Was Also an Artist—and His Painting of His Laboratory Just Sold for a Record Price

Jeff Koons Was Found Guilty of Copying a French Advertisement. But Why Hasn’t The Woman Behind the Ad Gotten Any Credit?

Art Industry News: African Museums Rally Behind Experts’ Call for Macron to Return Looted Art + Other Stories

‘I Thought of Songs as Found Objects’: Watch Turner Prize-Winning Artist Susan Philipsz Sculpt the Sounds of History

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