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This Astrophotographer’s Strikingly Detailed Image of the Sun Is Going Viral
Andrew McCarthy used a modified telescope to take over 150,000 images of the sun, combining them to create the stunningly crisp photo.
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International Court of Justice Rules Azerbaijan Must Stop Destroying Armenian Cultural Heritage in Artsakh
The ruling points to major implications for protection of all cultural heritage during peacetime.
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Hedge Fund Billionaire Surrenders $70 Million in Looted Art
Michael Steinhardt was in possession of over 180 objects smuggled from 11 nations by “crime bosses, money launderers and tomb raiders.”
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Cultural Workers in Afghanistan Make Urgent Plea for Help as Humanitarian Conditions Decline
“Jobless, futureless, in constant fear of arrest and death at the hands of the Taliban, we do not live but merely exist,” says an open letter published by Artists at Risk.
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A Look Back at Art News in 2021, From NFTs to Restitution
The pandemic raged on, plus we were forced to learn about crypto-art.
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Parents of Michigan School Shooter Took Refuge in Artist Studio in Detroit
Detroit police received a tip that led them to Andrzej Sikora’s art studio, where police took James and Jennifer Crumbley into custody.
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New Study on NFTs Deflates the "Democratic" Potential for the Medium
75% of NFTs sell for an average of $15, study says.
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Ghislaine Maxwell Stared at Her Courtroom Artist and Sketched Her Right Back
Online, people are calling the courtroom drawing of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged accomplice "creepy" and "horrific."
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Why Was An Artist "Swarmed" By Police During a Miami Art Fair Performance?
While performing a piece for Satellite Art Show, Xxavier Edward Carter was approached by a group of officers who threatened him with ten years in prison.
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A Portal Tracks Objects Acquired by German Institutions Through Colonialism
Gerke Dunkhase estimates that only half of the Benin bronzes in Germany are logged on the portal so far, calling the current database a “prototype” of what’s to come.
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New Twitter Policy Bans Posting Photos of People Without Consent
The guidelines are specifically meant to combat a form of online harassment known as doxing.
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Gee’s Bend Quilts, Purvis Young Works, and More Enter Five University Collections
Thirty artworks entered the collections of the Blanton Museum of Art, the Hood Museum of Art, the Princeton University Art Museum, the RISD Museum, and the Hampton University Museum.