In Brief
Rembrandt may have painted with the aid of optics and the Mona Lisa may have had high cholesterol levels, but we can finally put at least one longstanding mystery that has apparently plagued art history to rest: white splatters that grace the canvas of the earliest and most famous of Edvard Munch's
News
An Acoma shield that was removed from a May auction in Paris that included human remains and indigenous sacred objects has yet to be returned.
In Brief
Residents of London's Neo Bankside luxury apartment complex, next to the Tate Modern, have lately been dismayed to find photographs of their living rooms and bedrooms popping up on strangers' Instagram feeds.
Announcement
With contributions from more than 80 artists, Taipei Fine Arts Museum and guest curator Corinne Diserens will present a rich, five-month long artistic program interweaving exhibitions, performances, screenings, symposiums, readings, conferences, and workshops in on-going collaborations with various
Art
The Michael Richards exhibition on Governors Island, curated by Alex Fialho and Melissa Levin, proves what an astonishing loss it was when the artist was killed on 9/11.
Interview
MIAMI — In late May, the City of Miami Commission voted unanimously to designate Little Haiti as “Little Haiti.”
In Brief
To combat growing levels of air pollution worldwide, a technology and design team is converting airborne pollutants into consumer safe inks and paints.
Art
Percy Street in South Philadelphia is an abnormality in the city's orderly grid, curving between South 9th Street and Reed Street, its seclusion making it a haven for littering and more illicit activities.
Art
MADRID — Commemorating the fifth centenary of the death of Hieronymus Bosch, Madrid's El Museo del Prado has arranged an exhibition that, according to its catalogue, displays "the greatest number of Bosch’s works ever to be assembled."
News
Sometime early next year, a monumental sculpture of the Cuban writer and national hero José Martí is expected to rise on Havana's busy Paseo del Prado.
Art
LOS ANGELES — This week, two shows focus on the legendary print house Gemini G.E.L., Mira Schor unveils the second half of her epic "War Frieze," an international design survey comes to Laguna Beach, and more.
Art
SAN FRANCISCO — Memory has always fascinated Hayv Kahraman, and she looks for ways to explore it in her art.