Art World Art Bites: The Giacometti Public Sculpture That Never Was The artist was asked to create work for Chase's New York headquarters, but the scale proved an insurmountable obstacle. By Richard Whiddington, Jul 14, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Yayoi Kusama’s Unlikely Friendship With Joseph Cornell Cornell once sent the younger artist 14 letters in a single day. By Tim Brinkhof, Jul 12, 2024
Art World Art Bites: What’s Up With This Museum’s Cabinet of Noses? An eccentric museum display inspired an equally quirky new artwork. By Vittoria Benzine, Jul 9, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Why Conservation of Velázquez’s ‘Las Meninas’ Caused a Nationwide Uproar Spaniards argued that only a native could truly understand the pinnacle of Spanish art. By Adnan Qiblawi, Jul 8, 2024
Art World Art Bites: How the Art World Rediscovered Judith Leyster Works by the supremely talented Dutch master have often been wrongly attributed to men. By Vittoria Benzine, Jul 7, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Gentileschi and Galileo Were Pen Pals The artist's relationship with the scientist may have informed her depiction of blood. By Verity Babbs, Jul 3, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Who Was Degas’s ‘Little Dancer’? Meet the young ballerina who posed for Degas's controversial sculpture. By Vittoria Benzine, Jul 2, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Why Did Leonardo Use Mirror Writing? ⸮ɘƨɿɘvɘɿ ni ɘɈiɿw ɿɘɈƨɒm ɘɔnɒƨƨiɒnɘЯ ɘʜɈ bib γʜW By Verity Babbs, Jun 25, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Inside Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Recipe Collection A posthumously published cookbook includes directions for making stewed eels, rum punch, and a dessert known as 'The Convent Serpent.' By Andrew Russeth, Jun 22, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Marcel Duchamp Had a Thing for Chess He turned the game into Dadaist performance art. By Tim Brinkhof, Jun 20, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Manet and Morisot’s Creative—and Complicated—Bond The pair of impressionists had an intense relationship and were possibly lovers. By Vittoria Benzine, Jun 19, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Why Louise Bourgeois Loved Spiders The artist is known for her towering arachnids, but where did the inspiration come from? By Vittoria Benzine, Jun 17, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Hilma af Klint Predicted Her Own Posthumous Fame The Swedish artist’s legacy was secured several decades after her death. By Verity Babbs, Jun 14, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Was Leonardo a Vegetarian Before It Was Trendy? The evidence isn’t conclusive, but the man had definite opinions on how animals should be treated. By Brian Boucher, Jun 13, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Where Did the Paris Salon Come From? Beginning in 1725, the French exhibition format was the ultimate arbiter of taste. By Richard Whiddington, Jun 12, 2024
