The Color Factory Is Opening a Permanent Space in Chicago. Here Are the Artists It’s Tapped for Its Latest Immersive Experience Hub

Art & Exhibitions

The Color Factory Is Opening a Permanent Space in Chicago. Here Are the Artists It’s Tapped for Its Latest Immersive Experience Hub

It will open in Chicago's Willis Tower

By Sarah Cascone, Mar 15, 2022

Art & Exhibitions

Surrealism Was Only a Small Part of Dorothea Tanning’s 70-Year Career. A New Gallery Show Reveals the True Breadth of Her Output

The show will change the way many viewers think about the artist.

By Sarah Cascone, Mar 15, 2022

Art World

Editors’ Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar, From the Return of Asia Week IRL to an Anti-Patriarchy Billboard Blitz

It's your last chance to see Shikō Munakata at the Japan Society, while "Healing Practices: Stories from Himalayan Americans" opens at the Rubin.

By Artnet News, Mar 14, 2022

Archaeology & History

A Study of Prehistoric Painting Has Come to a Startling Conclusion: Many Ancient Artists Were Tiny Children

Researchers also believe that the painted handprints contain coded signals.

By Sarah Cascone, Mar 14, 2022

Art & Tech

How Tech Experts in the West Are Rushing to Save the Digital Archives of Ukraine’s Museums

Crucial servers and networks are at risk.

By Sarah Cascone, Mar 13, 2022

Galleries

Lehmann Maupin Goes All in on Tech, Offering NFTs and an Augmented Reality Experience From Ashley Bickerton

Less than a year after it started accepting cryptocurrency as payment, Lehmann Maupin is wading further into the digital art world.

By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 11, 2022

Crime

International Authorities Seize Nearly 10,000 Illicit Cultural Artifacts and Make 52 Arrests in the Latest Wave of Crackdowns

Authorities have recovered 147,050 looted cultural goods since launching Operation Pandora in 2016.

By Sarah Cascone, Mar 10, 2022

Galleries

The Rauschenberg Foundation Is Teaming Up With New Galleries to Bring a Bonanza of Shows to New York and Salzburg

The foundation is putting a serious push behind the artist's post-1970s work.

By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 9, 2022

Archaeology & History

Giant Sloths, Ancient Elephants, and Ungulates: Prehistoric Rock Art in the Amazon May Depict Extinct Ice Age Animals, a New Study Says

Archaeologists are waiting for definitive dating of the paintings.

By Sarah Cascone, Mar 9, 2022

Art World

Devastating Floods in Eastern Australia Have Cost Galleries and Artists ‘Incomprehensible’ Losses of Artwork and Property

Flood waters reached the second floor of Lismore Regional Gallery.

By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 9, 2022

Museums & Institutions

‘The First Time I Saw the Archives I Gasped’: How the American Folk Art Museum Acquired the Vast Holdings of a Shuttered Arts Charity

The Healing Arts Initiative declared bankruptcy after an employee stole $750,000.

By Sarah Cascone, Mar 9, 2022

Archaeology & History

Archaeologists Now Believe That 8,000-Year-Old Human Skeletons From Portugal Are the World’s Oldest Mummies

Research based on old photos suggests the skeletons may have been preserved a full millennium before the otherwise oldest-known mummies.

By Sarah Cascone, Mar 8, 2022

Art World

An Art Historian Asked 2,000 Britons to Name Three Women Artists. Only 30 Percent of Them Could

Art historian Katy Hessel conducted the poll ahead of announcing the release of her upcoming book, "The Story of Art Without Men."

By Sarah Cascone, Mar 8, 2022

Art World

Editors’ Picks: 15 Events for Your Art Calendar, From a Fascinating Fernanda Laguna Survey to the Badass Art Women Awards

Plus openings for Awol Erizku at Gagosian and Jen Dwyer at Dinner Gallery.

By Artnet News, Mar 7, 2022

Auctions

Despite Talk of a Boycott of the Russian-Owned Auction House, Phillips Cruises to a Solid $40 Million Evening Sale in London

The overall results were strong, especially considering challenges in the lead-up to the auction.

By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 3, 2022