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Tunga, Brazilian Artist Known for His Alchemical and Monumental Work, Dies at 64
On Monday, Tunga, one of Brazil's most prized artists, died of cancer at the age of 64 in Rio de Janeiro, where he resided for most of his life.
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French Museum Faces "Cultural Catastrophe" After Storage Vault Floods
Recent heavy rainfall in France has led to dangerously high water levels, but while some Paris museums have managed to safeguard their collections, staffers at the Musée Girodet found themselves facing hundreds of water-damaged artworks.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: a solid gold and diamond-encrusted statue of an eagle was stolen, a subversive Malaysian street artist was charged with "violating multimedia laws," and a gnome sculpture went missing.
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ArtRx LA
LOS ANGELES — This week, Daniel Rolnik Gallery holds an epic art carnival, Skylight Books hosts a discussion on art and gentrification, the Getty Center brings back its Friday Flights performance series, and more.
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Photographer Dennis Morris Sues Richard Prince Over Sid Vicious Images
Music photographer Dennis Morris is suing conceptual artist Richard Prince and his gallery, Gagosian, for copyright infringement.
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In LA, Fear of Gentrification Greets New Nonprofit Art Space
LOS ANGELES — Art and gentrification have a long and complicated relationship.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Syrian troops were accused of looting the ancient city of Palmyra after recapturing it from ISIS, Spain refused to extradite a suspect in the Knoedler forgery scheme, and artist Ciara Phillips paid homage to the razzle dazzle camouflage designs of WWI.
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Tax Law Too Lax? IRS Receives Results of Private Museum Investigation
Last November, Senate Finance Committee chairman Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) sent a letter to the founders of 11 private museums across the US to investigate whether the institutions operate in a way that benefits the public enough to warrant receiving tax-exempt status.
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The Bushwick Art Community Gathers for a Group Portrait
Calling puppet-makers at Castle Braid, Myrtle Avenue storage unit-dwellers, cosmic puke sculptors, and Matthew Silver: The Bushwick Documentation Project wants you to gather for a group portrait this weekend.
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Explore 3D Scans of Europe's Highest-Altitude Prehistoric Animal Art
Using car batteries as their only source of power, archaeologists from the University of York created a striking 3D scan of prehistoric paintings found in the Southern French Alps.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: Spanish police arrested seven people for Francis Bacon heist, a Picasso thief preyed on a Chelsea gallery, and an artist lost his head after someone stole his guillotine sculpture.
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Despite Protests, Paris Auction of Sacred Native American Objects Goes Ahead
Despite calls for a halt from US government officials and tribal leaders, EVE (Estimations Ventes aux Enchères) auction house went forward yesterday at Drouot Richelieu in Paris with a sale that included contested indigenous sacred objects and human remains.