Museums & Institutions Winterizing Monuments, Digitizing Archives: How Ukraine Is Fighting to Preserve Its Cultural Heritage a Year Into the Russian Invasion UNESCO has identified damage to 241 cultural heritage sites in Ukraine since February 2022. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 27, 2023
Pop Culture The Dutch Are Going Wild for a Reality TV Show Where Artists Compete to Paint Vermeer’s Lost Masterpieces The show coincides with the Rijksmuseum's blockbuster Vermeer exhibition. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 27, 2023
Museums & Institutions The National Museum of Asian Art Will Hold Onto Looted Artifacts Intended to Return to Yemen to Protect Them From Conflict The two-year agreement can be renewed at the request of the Yemeni government. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 24, 2023
On View ‘Affecting’ or ‘Passionless’? Critics Are Divided on David Hockney’s Newly Opened Immersive Light Show Move over Immersive Van Gogh. Here's how a living artist is taking on the craze for projected, animated art light shows. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 23, 2023
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Have Discovered an Ancient Fort—Complete With Wooden Spikes—Built by the Romans to Protect Their Silver Mines The Romans abandoned mining efforts, but 19th-century archaeologists struck the motherlode. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 22, 2023
Art World 5 Breakout Artists We Discovered at the Los Angeles Art Fairs Whose Work Stopped Us in Our Tracks We combed through thousands of artists on view during the fairs to highlight our top picks. By Artnet News, Feb 22, 2023
Museums & Institutions The Lincoln Memorial Is Getting a $69 Million Museum in a Surprising Place—Underneath It The new museum is expected to open in 2026 in time for the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 21, 2023
Art Fairs 6 of the Best Artworks at Frieze Los Angeles 2023, From a Jennifer Bartlett Masterwork to a Powerful Debut by a 24-Year-Old Rising Star Read on for Artnet News's editor-in-chief's picks from the fair. By Andrew Goldstein, Feb 17, 2023
Art Fairs Margot Robbie, Owen Wilson, and Jared Leto Made Appearances at Frieze L.A., But Catherine Keener Wowed Us as a Stealth Art Aficionado See all the celeb sightings at the fair. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 17, 2023
Art Fairs VIP Day at Frieze Los Angeles’s New Airport Venue Takes Off With Soaring Sales and Its Now-Signature Star-Studded Crowd Gwyneth Paltrow, Owen Wilson, and Billy Zane were among those perusing the busy aisles. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 17, 2023
Art Fairs Why Is a Multimillion-Dollar Portrait by Alice Neel for Sale at an Emerging Art Fair in Los Angeles? The painting, a tribute to a Hollywood screenwriter, hasn't been seen by the public in 25 years. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 16, 2023
On View See How Artist Brigitte D’Annibale Transformed an Abandoned Malibu Home Into a Spectacular Immersive Installation The artist gutted the house and rebuilt it using its own parts. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 15, 2023
Museums & Institutions In a Bid to Become a Destination for Latino Art, the Blanton Museum in Texas Just Acquired More Than 5,000 Works The works come from the Gilberto Cárdenas and Dolores Garcia Collection. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 15, 2023
NFTs ‘This Is a New Renaissance:’ Why the Pseudonymous Digital Art Collector Cozomo de’ Medici Just Gave a Major NFT Collection to LACMA The rumor that Cozomo is actually Snoop Dogg has been debunked. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 14, 2023
Museums & Institutions Hank Willis Thomas on How His 10-Foot-Tall Super Bowl Sculpture Stands as a Monument to ‘Higher Goals’ Following Sunday's game, the sculpture will move to the Arizona State University Art Museum. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 14, 2023
