Art History Why Does Botticelli’s the ‘Birth of Venus’ Still Mesmerize Us Today? The painting doesn't actually show the goddess's birth, for starters—and other facts you might not know about this Renaissance masterpiece. By Katie White, Jul 11, 2024
On View With a Trio of International Shows, Artist-Dealer Joel Mesler Finally Knows What Love Is Mesler has found ways to convert childhood trauma into a positive message. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 11, 2024
Art & Exhibitions 6 Must-See Shows to Catch at Museums in Europe This Summer From 100 years of pan-African figurative painting to Matthew Barney's world tour. By Artnet News, Jul 10, 2024
Art & Exhibitions An Artist Has Enlisted the Purr-Fect Exhibition Tour Guide He's a cat named Kovu. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 10, 2024
Art & Exhibitions There’s More to Rome Than Ancient History. Check Out These Must-See Contemporary Gems All roads lead to Rome. And to Cy Twombly’s former studio and a vibrant array of artist-run spaces and commercial galleries. By Erica Firpo, Jul 10, 2024
Art World You Should Know Linder, the Art World’s Original Punk Provocateur The radical feminist artist will be the subject of a major retrospective at the Hayward Gallery in London in early 2025. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 9, 2024
Art & Exhibitions The Story Behind a Rare 19th-Century Portrait of a Person of Color Emerges The painting is a promised gift to the Baltimore Museum of Art. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 9, 2024
Art & Exhibitions 6 Must-See Summer Shows on New York’s Gallery-Rich Upper East Side From a sweeping group show of contemporary self-portraits to a New York solo debut, here is the best of an exhibition hot spot this month. By Annikka Olsen, 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
People Art We Love: A Spellbinding Ode to Creation On Patricorel's 'Legalize' (2023). By Mr Eazi, Jul 8, 2024
Artists ‘The More Repellent You Are, the More Attractive You Become’: George Condo on Contemporary Mythmaking The artist opens up about his minimalist turn at the Deste Foundation, and distancing himself from Kanye West. By Naomi Rea, Jul 8, 2024
People ‘I Don’t Want to Give Up on Hope’: Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova on Creating Art in Exile A founding member of the punk feminist art collective, who is on Russia's most-wanted list, the artist and activist talks about her first museum solo show. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jul 4, 2024
Auctions Stolen Titian, Once Found at a London Bus Stop, Sells for a Record $22 Million The work had also been looted by Napoleon in the 19th century. By Margaret Carrigan, Jul 4, 2024
Art & Exhibitions A New Show of Collage by African-American Artists Finds Multiplicity in Black Identity The medium offers a site for meditations on subjects like collective history, cultural hybridity and gender fluidity. By Artnet News, Jul 4, 2024
Gallery Network 7 Questions for Dealer Robert Bowman, One of the World’s Leading Rodin Experts The gallery is currently presenting an in-depth exhibition on canonic French artist Auguste Rodin. By Artnet Gallery Network, Jul 3, 2024