Art World Art Bites: Why Marcel Broodthaers Turned His Apartment Into a Museum The artist's "Musée d’Art Modern" would grow to 12 sections over its four-year run. By Vittoria Benzine, Apr 17, 2024
Art World Art Bites: How Snails Made Purple a Royal Color It took 250,000 sea snails to produce a single ounce of Tyrian purple. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 16, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Did Pollock Pee in Peggy Guggenheim’s Fireplace? Considering all that Guggenheim had been through, what's a little urine between friends? By Vittoria Benzine, Apr 15, 2024
Art World Art Bites: The Movement to Remove Renoir From Museums The movement joins a long line of Renoir haters. By Richard Whiddington, Apr 14, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Breugel, Brahms, and Brontë Are All Names of Mercury’s Craters Are your art historical favourites up there? By Verity Babbs, Apr 12, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Just How Did Caravaggio Die? Disease? Infection? Murder? Rumors and theories abound. By Brian Boucher, Apr 10, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Gustav Klimt Was a Cat Daddy Gustav Klimt really loved cats. Known as the "crazy cat lady" of the art world, he let them roam his studio freely, despite the chaos and damage they wrought. But did he use cat pee as a fixing agent? By Adnan Qiblawi, Apr 9, 2024
Art World Art Bites: The Lost Colors of Ancient Greek Sculptures Ancient sculptors were liberal in their use of hues. By Vittoria Benzine, Apr 8, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Why Picasso Carried a Revolver Picasso inherited a revolver from a famous playwright, loaded it with blanks, and used it on his admirers. By Vittoria Benzine, Apr 7, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Alice Neel Painted Her First Self-Portrait at 80 You’re never too old to change things up. By Verity Babbs, Apr 6, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Just What Is the U.K. Speed Camera Illustration Supposed to Be? The question sparked a fiery online debate. By Verity Babbs, Apr 5, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Who Was Marcel Duchamp’s Female Alter-Ego? The daddy of Dada had a feminine side. By Jamie Valentino, Apr 4, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Does MoMA Have a Can of Poop in Its Collection? In 1961, artists Piero Manzoni canned his crap—or did he? By Richard Whiddington, Apr 3, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Augusta Savage’s Lost Masterpiece The sculptor created the most buzzed-about work at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Then it was destroyed. By Vittoria Benzine, Apr 2, 2024
Art World Art Bites: How ‘Avant Garde’ Became an Art Term ‘Avant-garde’ describes art that radically pushes past the established values of society to explore uncharted territory. The term migrated from military terminology. By Adnan Qiblawi, Apr 1, 2024