Archaeology & History Archaeologists Built a VR Version of a Luxurious Pompeii Home to Track What Interior Design Choices Draw the Most Eyeballs—Literally Researchers are hoping to understand how status and power were communicated domestically in ancient Rome. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 24, 2022
Art & Exhibitions A New Immersive Art Experience Allows Audiences to Enter the Fabled Tomb of the Boy King Tutankhamun The exhibition is organized by National Geographic and the team behind "Beyond Van Gogh." By Sarah Cascone, Mar 23, 2022
Politics A Mariupol Museum Dedicated to One of Ukraine’s Most Important Realist Painters Has Reportedly Been Destroyed by Russian Airstrikes The museum is the latest cultural casualty of the Russian invasion. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 23, 2022
Museums & Institutions A Masterwork by the First Female History Painter to Show at a Paris Salon Is Headed to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 'Psyche Bidding Her Family Farewell' was the first history painting shown at the Paris salon by a woman artist. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 23, 2022
Museums & Institutions A Tehran Museum Director Has Been Dismissed Following a Performance Art Blunder Involving an Aerialist and a Large Pool of Oil The museum commissioned the 1,190-gallon vat of oil from Japanese artist Noriyuki Haraguchi in 1977. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 22, 2022
Auctions How Much for an Invisible Artwork? Sotheby’s Is Betting It Can Get a Half Million Dollars for a Sales Receipt by Yves Klein Klein sold a number of such works between 1959 and 1962 in return for a weight of pure gold. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 22, 2022
People Budi Tek, One of the World’s Most Influential Patrons of Chinese Art, Has Died at 65 Tek was unable to finalize arrangements to leave his collection to a foundation that would create a long-term partnership between the Yuz Museum and LACMA. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 21, 2022
Politics French Artist JR Enlisted 100 Local Volunteers to Unfurl a Massive Photograph of a Five-Year-Old Refugee in Ukraine A Ukrainian photographer, Artem Iurchenko, took the portrait of the little girl. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 20, 2022
Museums & Institutions How Jo Nivison Hopper, Long Known as Wife and Model of Edward Hopper, Is Being Rediscovered as an Artistic Force in Her Own Right Elizabeth Thompson Colleary, a scholar specializing in the couple, talks about Jo's legacy. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 20, 2022
Art & Exhibitions In Pictures: See Beloved Author Beatrix Potter’s Magical Drawings From Nature as They Go on View in London Potter often based her drawings on her real-life pets. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 17, 2022
Auctions Led by a Prized Francis Picabia, Sotheby’s First-Ever Surrealist Sale in Paris Nets $36 Million The event included 23 lots and was highlighted by a 1929 Picabia picture that sold for $10.9 million. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 17, 2022
Artnet News Pro The Co-Founders of SuperRare Tell Us How and Why Their Incredibly Successful NFT Platform Became a DAO We spoke to the brains behind the company about its genesis four years ago and its massive growth. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 16, 2022
Archaeology & History Workers Rebuilding Notre Dame Have Discovered Previously Unknown Tombs and a Mysterious Sarcophagus Beneath the Cathedral Using a camera, scientists have glimpsed a figure on a pillow of leaves within the sarcophagus. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 16, 2022
Auctions Bonhams Buys Boston-Based Skinner Auction House, Accelerating Consolidation of Midlevel Auctions The acquisition 'brings the world to New England,' and creates an entity known as Bonhams Skinner. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 16, 2022
Studio Visit Venice Biennale Artist Louise Bonnet Is Relying on a Proven Tool to Get Ready for the World’s Biggest Art Show: Insomnia Bonnet, known for her grotesque, bloated figure painting, gives us a peek into her Los Angeles studio. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 15, 2022
