Guggenheim Curator Nancy Spector to Step Down Though Cleared of Wrongdoing
An investigation concluded there was no evidence that curator Chaédria LaBouvier was treated badly during her time working for the Guggenheim, but artistic director Nancy Spector will still step down.
View ArticleWayne Thiebaud’s 100th Birthday Gives the Crocker Art Museum Cause to Celebrate
The Crocker Art Museum is celebrating artist Wayne Thiebaud's 100th birthday with an exhibition of his work, handmade birthday cards and a lemon meringue pie baking challenge.
View Article5 Important Works of Art Currently Being Sold by Museums
Public museums are selling art to pay staff salaries or carry out long-term plans made more difficult to achieve due to a dramatic decrease in revenue.
View ArticleMarina Abramović’s ‘The Life’ Will Be the First Mixed Reality Artwork Sold at...
The 19-minute mixed reality installation makes it appear as though Abramović is in the room with the viewer.
View ArticleWildlife Photographer of the Year Award Goes to Sergey Gorshkov and His Tiger...
Photographer Sergey Gorshkov spent 10 months waiting for his photo trap to capture the right image.
View ArticleFor the Venice Biennale, Simone Leigh Will Interrogate the US Art Industry’s...
Simone Leigh's exhibition will be executed with the assistance of students at the historically Black Spelman College.
View ArticleArts Power 50: The Changemakers Shaping the Art World in 2020
Each year, Observer takes a moment to consider the people impacting the art world. In 2020, that meant something different.
View ArticleArkell Museum in New York State Returns Nazi-Looted Painting to Its Rightful...
The painting, 'Winter' by Gari Melchers, was found last year in upstate New York.
View ArticleCould This New Research Change How We Experience Museums?
With machine learning, researchers are now able to accurately predict how long museum attendees will interact with any given exhibit.
View ArticleBanksy Departs From His Recent Political Art With Graffiti of a Hula-Hooping...
Banksy has lately used his art to comment on Black Lives Matter and the pandemic, but this piece seems to be just a girl with a hula hoop.
View ArticleMuseums Are Finding Touching Ways to Honor Kobe Bryant’s Legacy
The National Museum of African American History and Culture will honor Bryant with a permanent exhibit.
View ArticleMissing for Two Decades, Klimt’s ‘Portrait of a Lady’ Will Soon Be Back on View
After being stolen in 1997, the painting disappeared for over two decades before it was surreptitiously returned by the thieves.
View ArticleThe Bizarre, Globe-Themed Bar From Hitler’s Yacht Is Being Sold for $75,000
Alexander Historical Auctions is auctioning off the bar set, which is designed to look like a globe, later this month.
View ArticleNan Goldin Demands Punishment for Sacklers as Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty
'Just as tobacco executives answered to the nation under oath about their misconduct, so should the Sacklers,' Goldin reminded the country in a powerful op-ed this week.
View ArticleOne of Jacob Lawrence’s Missing Paintings Has Been Discovered on the Upper...
A visitor attending the Met's exhibition 'Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle' realized they were familiar with one of the paintings by Lawrence long thought lost.
View ArticleIs a Conspiracy Theory Behind the Mass Vandalism of Art in Berlin?
German media has speculated that the vandalism of artifacts in the Pergamon Museum is connected to conspiracy theories that Angela Merkel uses the institution for satanic rituals.
View ArticleArtists Designed Unique ‘I Voted’ Stickers for People Voting Absentee
48 artists including Barbara Kruger, KAWS and Amy Sherald made unique 'I Voted' stickers that will be distributed by 'New York' magazine and through museums and bookstores across the country.
View ArticleBanksy Was Trying to Make a Political Statement With ‘Show Me the Monet.’ No...
The extremely high selling price for the painting illustrates just how little art market players care about the message Banksy is trying to communicate.
View ArticleAnsel Adams’ Photographs Feel Especially Urgent as the Climate Crisis Worsens
An upcoming Sotheby's sale shows off some of landscape photographer's earliest and most iconic prints
View ArticleAn Artist Has Made Air Jordan 5s Out of Recycled Consumer Packaging
Artist Andy Yoder has fabricated more than 200 recycled versions of the most famous shoe in the world: the Nike Air Jordan 5.
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