Pop Culture As Seen on ‘The Sopranos’: A Renaissance Masterpiece Tucked Behind a Headboard Nothing but the finest Italian masterworks for the mobster's family. By Tim Brinkhof, May 30, 2024
Art History A Brief History of Unpopular Royal Portraits From Charles and Kate to Henry VIII, here are the most reviled renderings over the years. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 29, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Furiosa’: A Romantic Painting Emerges Amid a Desert Wasteland John William Waterhouse cameos in the latest installment of George Miller's Mad Max franchise. By Min Chen, May 28, 2024
Art & Exhibitions Wu-Tang Clan’s One-of-a-Kind, $4 Million Album Gets Its First Museum Outing “Pharma bro” Martin Shkreli bought the record, which the U.S. government later sold to PleasrDAO. By Brian Boucher, May 28, 2024
Pop Culture Art Behind the Meme: Two Comical Portraits of a Serious English Scholar The man in the "What Am I Reading” meme, Samuel Johnson basically invented the dictionary. By Tim Brinkhof, May 26, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘The Office’: A Beloved Watercolor of a Paper Company The painting hung in the Dunder Mifflin offices for six seasons. By Vittoria Benzine, May 24, 2024
Pop Culture Inside the New Opera Reimagining the Singular Life of Hilma af Klint Besides tracing the Swedish artist's biography, "HILMA" explores the afterlife of her ultra-modern body of work. By Min Chen, May 23, 2024
Art World John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s First New York Home Is on the Market for $5.5 Million The couple bought the two-storey property as Lennon released his "Imagine" album. By Holly Black, May 22, 2024
Museums & Institutions The Frida Kahlo Museum Says No, It Did Not Let Madonna Wear the Artist’s Clothes She wasn’t even at the museum, said the institution. By Brian Boucher, May 22, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Nocturnal Animals’: A Gallery of Works That Blur Art and Life The artworks in the Tom Ford film reflected the emotions of the characters as much as an art-world hauteur. By Tim Brinkhof, May 22, 2024
Pop Culture Art Behind the Meme: Fernando Botero’s ‘Baby’ Pope The late Colombian artist made his name creating plump caricatures of famous paintings and people. By Tim Brinkhof, May 21, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Solaris’: A 16th-Century Masterpiece in Space A Bruegel painting beloved by director Andrei Tarkovsky plays a haunting role. By Min Chen, May 17, 2024
Pop Culture Art Behind the Meme: An Eye-Rolling Saint Saint Rosalie has become a symbol of exasperation everywhere. By Vittoria Benzine, May 16, 2024
Law & Politics Finders of Long-Lost ‘Star Trek’ USS Enterprise Model File Lawsuit Claiming Fraud The men alleged they were pressured into selling it to Rod Roddenberry, the son of series creator Gene Roddenberry. By Adam Schrader, May 16, 2024
Pop Culture A New Book Reveals the Transformative Techniques of a Makeup Guru Beloved by Artists Published by A24, "The Beauty of the Beast" is a first-of-its-kind manual to combine beauty and special effects makeup. By Min Chen, May 16, 2024
