An Attempted Theft of a Monet Was Thwarted by Bystanders and Museum Staff...
The would-be thieves attempted to snatch the Monet painting 'The Voorzaan and Westerhem' from the Zaans Museum on Sunday.
View ArticleNoah Horowitz Is Sotheby’s New Worldwide Head of Gallery and Private Dealer...
Horowitz is coming to Sotheby's from Art Basel, where he's served as Director of the Americas since 2015.
View ArticleA Never-Before-Seen Basquiat Is the Star of Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s New Tiffany’s Ad
The painting, 'Equals Pi,' is a shade of robin's egg blue that bears a distinct resemblance to Tiffany & Co.'s signature color.
View ArticleRaffaele Imperiale Has Been Arrested in Connection to a Decades-Old Van Gogh...
"I bought them directly from the thief because the price was attractive... But most of all because I love art," Imperiale said.
View ArticleThe Restored Version of this Famous Vermeer Painting Is Hugely Different
Instead of a blank expanse behind the painting's subject, the painting now features an image of Cupid affixed to the wall.
View ArticleHarvard Law School’s New Shield No Longer References a Slave Owner’s Family...
The new design includes Harvard's Latin motto, veritas, over the words lex et iustitia, which mean law and justice.
View ArticleAn Open Letter Signed by Hank Willis Thomas Asks the U.S. to Take in Afghan...
The letter asks that the U.S. "include cultural workers in the categories being used to refer at-risk Afghans for evacuation lists."
View ArticleOne of Picasso’s Finest Portraits Will Be Offered for Sale in Las Vegas This...
The painting, 'Femme au béret rouge-orange,' depicts Picasso's lover and muse Marie-Thérèse Walter.
View ArticleNot Everyone Loves the Addition of Cupid to Vermeer’s ‘Girl Reading a Letter’
However, the painting can be better understood as "a fundamental statement about the nature of true love."
View Article$897 Million in NFT Sales Took Place in July and August, New Report Finds
However, some experts believe that cynical buyers jumping on the NFT bandwagon are causing a bubble.
View ArticleA Holocaust Survivor’s Heirs are Closer to Getting a Kandinsky Painting Back
This week, Amsterdam's mayor Femke Halsem announced that discussions regarding the return of the painting had officially commenced.
View ArticleJohn Oliver’s Weird Art Collection Is Coming to a Museum Near You
Oliver's show is also distributing $10,000 grants to five different museums.
View ArticleAstor Place’s Tony Rosenthal Cube Will Be Shown in the Hamptons in September
A few of Rosenthal's sculptures will be shown at the Southampton Arts Center from September 2 through September 5.
View ArticleThe Bank of England Has Taken Down Artwork of Governors Connected to the...
The bank did so after conducting a post-Black Lives Matter protests review of their collection.
View ArticleA Gauguin in the Tate Britain’s Collection Could Potentially Be a Fake
A Tate spokesperson said that the painting will now be placed "under review."
View ArticleSotheby’s Is Offering Increasingly Popular Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs This Week
The cartoon apes have already captured the attention of celebrities like Steph Curry and Logan Paul.
View ArticleThe Magnificent Judy Chicago Gets Her First Retrospective
The de Young Museum in San Francisco is showing a retrospective of Judy Chicago's work until January 2022.
View ArticleThe Museum of Modern Art’s Staff Entrance Was Hit With Spray Paint on Monday
The group Strike MoMA stated that they hadn't been responsible for the graffiti, and that it was instead an "autonomous action."
View ArticleLarva Labs’ NFT CryptoPunks Have Been Signed by United Talent Agency
They're certainly among the first crypto-native IP entities to find representation amongst more conventional media.
View ArticleSix Arrests Have Been Made in Connection to the Dresden Saxony Jewel Theft
According to German officials, the suspects have connections to the notoriously criminal "Remmo clan."
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