Fastest Art Heist in History?
Thieves walk off with three masterpieces in under three minutes, photos from No Kings, new galleries for the Brooklyn Museum's Africa collection, and more.
Less than three minutes. That's the time it reportedly took thieves in northern Italy to walk off with a Cézanne, a Matisse, and a Renoir worth about $10 million altogether. And what have you done today?
Just kidding. Maybe you were one of 8 million Americans who participated in last weekend's No Kings protests. Writer Bella Bromberg was at some of New York’s marches to talk to protesters and capture photos of the best signs. Meanwhile, a guerrilla artwork featuring a gold toilet appears on the National Mall in DC to lampoon Trump’s gaudy bathroom renovation.
There's more, including Juan Uslé’s memory-laden paintings of shipwrecks, and a new film that tries very hard to dramatize the relationship between two British landscape painters.
—Hakim Bishara, editor-in-chief
See Photos From New York’s Historic Anti-Trump Marches
“Art is a way that we get to connect with each other, to witness each other, and to give a little bit of a buoy to keep going,” one protester told Hyperallergic. | Bella Bromberg
Mondays at Pratt Institute: Weekly Openings of Work by Graduating Artists
Free and open to the public, Pratt Shows celebrate the school’s graduating students. MFA and BFA work is on view this spring in Brooklyn, New York.
News
- A 10-foot-tall, faux marble throne with a golden toilet in the center was unveiled on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, lampooning Trump’s many gaudy and expensive redesigns.
- In a heist lasting less than three minutes, thieves nabbed $10 million worth of paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne, and Henri Matisse from a small museum in northern Italy.
- Ten years after Arts of Africa became its own department at the Brooklyn Museum, the institution is embarking on the development of a $13 million permanent home for the collection of over 4,500 objects and artworks.
May You Live in Interesting Times — The IFPDA Print Fair Asks, Do Bad Times Really Inspire Great Art?
This year’s edition brings together over 80 exhibitors presenting works from Francisco Goya to Kara Walker. April 9–12 at Park Avenue Armory.
From Our Critics
Juan Uslé’s Childhood Shipwrecks
A new retrospective at the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid traces Uslé’s work from a Spanish shipwreck to its rebirth in New York City | Lauren Moya Ford
Turner and Constable Hit the Screen
The camera glides smoothly over landscapes of old England in a film that tries hard to dramatize the rivalry between the two masters. | Michael Glover
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Turner and Constable Face Off in London
Is there any real rivalry in Tate Britain’s Turner & Constable: Rivals & Originals, or is it a PR exercise to lure us through the door? | Michael Glover
