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Monet's Hidden *Iris* Could Break France's Auction Record at Sotheby's Paris
Monet's Hidden *Iris* Could Break France's Auction Record at Sotheby's Paris
A painting that no one outside a single French family has seen in over a century is about to become the most expensive work ever auctioned in France. Claude Monet's... Read more...
Peter Max: How the King of Cosmic Pop Art Put Color on America's Walls
Peter Max: How the King of Cosmic Pop Art Put Color on America's Walls
In the autumn of 1969, you could not walk through an American college dormitory, turn on late-night television, or glance at a kitchen clock without colliding with Peter Max. His... Read more...
David Lynch Photography: The Unseen Los Angeles Archives at Pace Gallery
David Lynch Photography: The Unseen Los Angeles Archives at Pace Gallery
On a warm September evening along South La Brea Avenue, the sidewalk outside Pace Gallery belonged to a singular California gathering. Film students in oversized thrift coats mingled with blue-chip... Read more...
A Placard Named Taiwan Empties China's Pavilion at the Gwangju Biennale
A Placard Named Taiwan Empties China's Pavilion at the Gwangju Biennale
A single gallery placard bearing the word "Taiwan" was all it took to dismantle months of cultural diplomacy in South Korea. Less than forty-eight hours before the 16th Gwangju Biennale... Read more...
The Renoir Museum Heist: Two Masterworks Stolen and Two Left in the Grass
The Renoir Museum Heist: Two Masterworks Stolen and Two Left in the Grass
Shortly before 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, two figures dressed in dark combat gear and motorcycle helmets slipped through a severed wire fence on the French Riviera. Their... Read more...
Iris Murdoch’s Secret Studio: 80 Hidden Artworks Found Behind a Bookcase
Iris Murdoch’s Secret Studio: 80 Hidden Artworks Found Behind a Bookcase
Dr. Miles Leeson was clearing out 30 Charlbury Road in Oxford when he noticed something strange about a large bookcase in the attic. Sliding it aside revealed a hidden door... Read more...
The National Gallery of Art Moved a Race Symposium to Avoid Political Heat
The National Gallery of Art Moved a Race Symposium to Avoid Political Heat
When a national museum's biggest crisis is an academic panel rather than a stolen painting, you know federal culture wars have breached the rotunda. In May 2025, the National Gallery... Read more...
The £150,000 Stencil: Who Pays When Banksy Hits London?
The £150,000 Stencil: Who Pays When Banksy Hits London?
Fresh Freedom of Information requests obtained by the BBC reveal that UK taxpayers have shelled out nearly £150,000 to manage, secure, or scrub three public artworks by Banksy since 2024.... Read more...
The $120,000 Banana: Why Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian Shook the Art World
The $120,000 Banana: Why Maurizio Cattelan's Comedian Shook the Art World
On December 7, 2019, inside the air-conditioned booths of Art Basel Miami Beach, performance artist David Datuna casually stepped past a crowd of selfie-seeking collectors. He unpeeled a strip of... Read more...
The Algorithmic Fatigue: Why Painters Are Turning Away From Instagram
The Algorithmic Fatigue: Why Painters Are Turning Away From Instagram
For a decade, the advice given to young painters was identical: get on Instagram, post every day, and build an audience. But talk to working artists today, and the conversation... Read more...
Pace Gallery's "Model Correction": Why the Mega-Gallery Era Might Be Over
Pace Gallery's "Model Correction": Why the Mega-Gallery Era Might Be Over
The Fyre Festival of mega-galleries might finally be packing up its tents. In June 2026, Pace Gallery CEO Marc Glimcher made an announcement that shook the art world: a "model... Read more...
Anna Leporskaya's Three Figures: The $1M Painting That Got Ballpoint Eyes
Anna Leporskaya's Three Figures: The $1M Painting That Got Ballpoint Eyes
Picture your very first day at a new job. You want to make a good impression, stay awake, and get through the shift without breaking anything. Now meet Aleksandr Vasiliev.... Read more...
The Night Banksy Shredded $1.4 Million Live at Auction
The Night Banksy Shredded $1.4 Million Live at Auction
If you ever want to see what sheer panic looks like in a room full of billionaires, look up the footage from Sotheby’s on the night of October 5, 2018.... Read more...
"Art Fair Art" vs "Biennale Art": The Two Art Worlds You Didn't Know You Were Choosing Between
"Art Fair Art" vs "Biennale Art": The Two Art Worlds You Didn't Know You Were Choosing Between
Walk into Art Basel on a Thursday morning, and the visual logic hits you within thirty seconds. You see clean white booths, 24-inch figurative oil paintings hung at precise eye... Read more...
Gered Mankowitz: 60 Years of Music's Most Trusting Eye
Gered Mankowitz: 60 Years of Music's Most Trusting Eye
In the mid-1980s, Gered Mankowitz had just thirty minutes in a side room of a recording studio to photograph Sade for Mojo magazine. She gave him what he needed, projecting... Read more...
Trump Orders "Bias" Signage at Smithsonian
Trump Orders "Bias" Signage at Smithsonian
In a move with virtually no precedent in American history, President Donald Trump has issued an executive order requiring warning signs to be posted outside the Smithsonian’s National Museum of... Read more...
How a Leaky Roof Uncovered a €150 Million Caravaggio in a Toulouse Attic
How a Leaky Roof Uncovered a €150 Million Caravaggio in a Toulouse Attic
In April 2014, a homeowner in a small village near Toulouse climbed up to their attic to fix a leaking roof tile. To reach the leak, they pushed open a... Read more...
Raphael at The Met: Why "Sublime Poetry" is the Exhibition of the Year
Raphael at The Met: Why "Sublime Poetry" is the Exhibition of the Year
Walk into Gallery 899 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art this summer, and you are immediately met with a quiet, undeniable force. Surrounded by over 200 paintings, drawings, and tapestries,... Read more...
Venice Biennale 2026: Why "In Minor Keys" is the Quietest Exhibition in Years
Venice Biennale 2026: Why "In Minor Keys" is the Quietest Exhibition in Years
In May 2025, exactly one year before the 61st Venice Biennale was set to open, its appointed artistic director Koyo Kouoh passed away. She was a visionary Cameroonian-Swiss curator, and... Read more...
How Borderland Artists Reframe the American Dream at the El Paso Museum of Art
How Borderland Artists Reframe the American Dream at the El Paso Museum of Art
The U.S. will mark its 250th anniversary soon, and the El Paso Museum of Art (EPMA) is commemorating the milestone by looking directly at the edge. Opening July 25, 2026,... Read more...
Betye Saar, Pioneer of Assemblage Art and Black Liberation, Dies at 99
Betye Saar, Pioneer of Assemblage Art and Black Liberation, Dies at 99
Betye Saar, the visionary Betye Saar assemblage artist and cornerstone of the Black Arts Movement, died on July 26, 2026, at her home in Los Angeles. She was 99 years... Read more...
Glasgow School of Art Says £265m Mackintosh Rebuild Is Unaffordable
Glasgow School of Art Says £265m Mackintosh Rebuild Is Unaffordable
In January 1895, the Bellahouston Trustees purchased a plot of land on Renfrew Street in Glasgow for £6,000. That purchase paved the way for an architectural competition in 1896, won... Read more...
Richard Dadd: Beyond Bedlam and the Royal Academy Retrospective
Richard Dadd: Beyond Bedlam and the Royal Academy Retrospective
Museum retrospectives often celebrate an artist's arc across studios, salons, and public commissions. The Royal Academy of Arts takes a very different path with its landmark exhibition Richard Dadd: Beyond... Read more...
Odysseus in Art: How Homer's Hero Driven Painters for Centuries
Odysseus in Art: How Homer's Hero Driven Painters for Centuries
Christopher Nolan's announcement of a cinematic adaptation of Homer's Odyssey sent a sudden jolt through the cultural landscape. Museum halls are reporting renewed curiosity around ancient Greek artifacts, and classical... Read more...