Books Fiction About the Art World Is Trending. Here Are 8 New Novels to Read This Summer The uncanny art world is a fertile ground for enthralling fiction. Here are the new books we could not put down. By Artnet News, Jul 22, 2024
Art World Eureka: The Deep Symbolism Behind Gerhard Richter’s Candles The contemporary artist's photorealistic images of candles emerge from his desire to break free from reality and bias. By Tim Brinkhof, Jul 21, 2024
Art World Art Bites: The Fire That Destroyed MoMA’s First Monet Acquisition The 1958 blaze turned the painting into a "burned marshmallow." By Vittoria Benzine, Jul 20, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Michelangelo’s ‘David’ Was Carved Out of a Flawed Marble Slab Two sculptors had tried and failed to chisel something out of the block—until Michelangelo stepped up. By Adnan Qiblawi, Jul 18, 2024
Art World Artcore: The Movement That Transformed Rhythm Into Color Orphism, the short-lived movement led by Sonia and Robert Delaunay, mined art from music. By Verity Babbs, Jul 17, 2024
Art World Art Bites: The Polarizing Art Theory Named After David Hockney The drawings of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres inspired a hunch that would go on to incense the art world. By Richard Whiddington, Jul 17, 2024
Art World Two Halves of a Medieval Manuscript Page Are Reunited After More Than a Century The images are from the manuscript the Hours of Louis XII, which was broken up and dispersed in the 17th century. By Artnet News, Jul 17, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Barbie’s Art History Era Mattel’s Museum Collection featured dolls that referenced Van Gogh, Leonardo, and Klimt. By Patrick Sproull, Jul 16, 2024
Art World Eureka: What Was Helen Frankenthaler’s Soak-Stain Technique? Frankenthaler’s method of thinning and pouring paint was an expansion of Jackson Pollock’s drip paintings. By Verity Babbs, Jul 15, 2024
Law & Politics Is It Dangerous to Celebrate the Artistic Merits of Trump’s Photo? Two people were killed, including the shooter, and two other people were injured in the apparent assassination attempt. By Margaret Carrigan, Jul 15, 2024
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
Books From Machu Picchu to the Louvre—a New Book Journeys Through Sacred Sites in Art and Ancient History Taschen's "Sacred Sites" spotlights how civilizations hold the sublime. By Richard Whiddington, Jul 13, 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 Eureka: How Henri Rousseau Painted Luscious Jungles—Without Once Leaving France The artist made a name for himself with “exotic” visions entirely of his own making. By Tim Brinkhof, Jul 11, 2024
On View ‘It’s Like the World Caught Up With Them’: Brothers Geoffrey and Boscoe Holder Get a Long Overdue Show The siblings work gets a unique showing at Victoria Miro Gallery in London. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 11, 2024
