Galleries With Outposts in Mexico City and New York, the Influential Gallery Kurimanzutto Celebrates 25 Years The husband and wife duo José Kuri and Mónica Manzutto didn't intend to change the world. But their guerrilla pop-ups spread the gospel of Mexican art and led to outposts in CDMX and New York as well as a new world order. By Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, Feb 23, 2024
Art History Art Bites: Leonardo da Vinci’s Harpsichord-Viola Was As Complicated As It Sounds The unusual instrument was constructed using 500-year-old notes. By Verity Babbs, Feb 23, 2024
Archaeology & History An Egyptian Queen’s Bracelets Point to Ancient Trade Networks The jewelry, inlaid with turquoise and lapis lazuli, belonged to Queen Hetepheres I. By Tim Brinkhof, Feb 23, 2024
Art World Designer Max Lamb’s Cardboard Furniture Is Anything But Disposable During Frieze L.A., the British designer is importing his curiously strong cardboard works for Gallery Fumi. By Lee Carter, Feb 22, 2024
Art World Art Bites: Why Are Medieval Babies So Ugly? Fashions set by depictions of Jesus impacted how babies were painted for hundreds of years. By Verity Babbs, 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
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 21, 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 20, 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 19, 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 17, 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