Art Fairs At Frieze L.A., Get Ready to Be Soothed by Flowers, Still Lifes, Ceramics, and More Flowers In these distressing times, dealers are turning to the some tried and tested art subjects and materials. By Janelle Zara, Feb 22, 2024
Museums & Institutions The West Bank’s Palestinian Museum Reopens After Four Months Three concurrent shows put the spotlight on historical and contemporary Gazan artists. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Feb 22, 2024
Law & Politics An Artist Is Suing the Museum of Sex For Using Their Image Without Consent "They’re building their brand on my face," said Julia Sinelnikova, who is seeking $275,000 in compensation. By Adam Schrader, Feb 22, 2024
Art & Exhibitions This Wacky Plastic Bag Installation Confronts Our Insatiable Consumerism This ode to “the foreverness of plastic” is set in a faux supermarket. By Artnet News, Feb 22, 2024
Art & Exhibitions Does the Art World Treat Artists Like Pets? Gina Fischli’s parade of urban animals comment on the market's "overbreeding, styling and accessorizing." By Verity Babbs, Feb 22, 2024
Art & Exhibitions A New Show in Honolulu Will Dip Into the Colorful History of the Hawaiian Shirt "Fashioning Aloha" brings together 53 garments to trace the evolution of alohawear. By Adam Schrader, Feb 21, 2024
Auctions A Serene Landscape Painting Sold For More Than 200 Times Its High Estimate The painting is by artist David Cox, one of the most prominent painters of the Birmingham School. By Artnet News, Feb 21, 2024
Law & Politics Frankenthaler Foundation Moves To Dismiss Lawsuit Amid Ongoing Family Feud Frankenthaler's nephew Frederick Iseman had accused his cousins of self-dealing. By Adam Schrader, Feb 21, 2024
Art History Art Bites: How the Modesty Police Used Fig Leaves to Censor Nudes The “Fig Leaf Campaign” of the 1500s covered up older sculptures and paintings. By Verity Babbs, Feb 20, 2024
Law & Politics The British Museum’s Instagram Is Flooded With Calls for the Return of an Easter Island Statue In response, the museum has limited comments on its Instagram posts. By Adam Schrader, Feb 20, 2024
Art World A Mysterious Cézanne Work Is Discovered in the Artist’s Childhood Home It's an entirely unknown work by the French painter. By Adam Schrader, Feb 20, 2024
Archaeology & History Patagonia’s Cueva Huenul Cave Art Is Thousands of Years Older Than Previously Thought Researchers say that designs could be over 8,000 years old. By Verity Babbs, Feb 20, 2024
Art World Stanley Whitney Doesn’t Like to Look Back, Even on the Eve of His First-Ever Retrospective The 77-year-old abstractionist is the subject of a major career spanning survey that just opened at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 18, 2024
Art World Art Bites: How the Color Orange Got Its Name What came first, orange or oranges? By Verity Babbs, Feb 18, 2024
Crime U.S. Returns Paintings Purloined From Peru, After Journalist Spots Them at Auction The works were stolen more than a decade ago; both turned up at a New York auction house. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 16, 2024