Up Next Seth Becker Makes Small Paintings Brimming With Big Ideas The artist's solo debut 'A Boy's Head' is now on view at Venus Over Manhattan in New York. By Katie White, Feb 21, 2024
Archaeology & History Experts Have Identified the Tombs Where Alexander the Great’s Family Are Buried Experts have identified the tombs of the Macedonian leader’s father, son, and half-brother. By Verity Babbs, 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
Archaeology & History Debunked: Oldest Known Reptile Fossil Is ‘Mostly Just Black Paint’ It was discovered in the Italian Alps in 1931, and scientists have been scratching their heads over it for decades. By Artnet News, Feb 19, 2024
Pop Culture The Painting Behind the Meme: Raphael’s Side-Eyeing Bride Raphael’s happy couple were separated for this displeased meme. By Verity Babbs, Feb 19, 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 & Exhibitions Art Lovers Celebrate as ‘Flaming June’ Arrives in London The painting is on view at the Royal Academy until 2025. By Anya Smirnova, Feb 17, 2024
Archaeology & History Gold-Tongued Mummies Have Been Discovered in an Egyptian Cemetery The dig at Al Bahnasa has uncovered a slew of treasures. By Artnet News, Feb 16, 2024
Books This New Exhibition Wants Us to Judge a Book by Its Cover Manhattan’s Grolier Club is displaying treasures from its collection. By Verity Babbs, Feb 16, 2024
Up Next A Fantastical Secret Garden Blooms in Apollinaria Broche’s New York Debut The artist is making her New York solo debut with "In the Distance There Was a Glimpse" on view at Marianne Boesky, New York. By Katie White, Feb 16, 2024
Art History Art Bites: How to Send Fan Mail to ‘Mona Lisa’ The enigmatic painting has a few more secrets to uncover. By Tim Brinkhof, Feb 16, 2024
Art World Witness Unseen Photos From the Day Spike Jonze Met Björk The famed director was about to shoot the video for the Icelandic superstar’s smash hit “It’s Oh So Quiet.” By Brian Boucher, Feb 15, 2024
Art History Art Bites: Did Leonardo Hide Music in ‘The Last Supper’? Dinner and a show. By Verity Babbs, Feb 14, 2024
Art & Exhibitions Tate Modern Taps Fast-Rising South Korean Artist Mire Lee for Turbine Hall Commission After major displays at the Venice Biennale and the Carnegie International, the South Korean sculptor is headed to London. By Andrew Russeth, Feb 14, 2024
Crime Rijksmuseum Chief Calls for Return of Thrice-Stolen Frans Hals Ahead of Major Show The location of the painting has been unknown since its theft in August 2020. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 13, 2024
