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A cast of one of the largest dinosaurs to walk the Earth some 100 million years ago is being unveiled this week at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
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If you've ever experienced the frustration of having your Facebook account disabled after posting a nude work of art, mark January 14 as your new favorite holiday: Facebook Nudity Day.
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Two artists have rejected their nominations for the Vincent Van Gogh Biennial Award for Contemporary Art in Europe, which is billed as "one of the world’s leading contemporary art prizes."
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On January 1, Bushwick gallery Fuchs Projects announced its plans to share a list of the "200 most influential people in Bushwick in 2016" — news met with fierce outcry from members of the community troubled by what many regarded as an exclusive project ignorant of the effects of gentrification.
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On this week’s art crime blotter: an art analysis assignment gets a teacher suspended, new reality TV show allegedly glorifies 'grave-robbing,' and Justin Bieber climbs a Mayan ruin and pulls his pants down.
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This week in art news: Joel Goodman's photograph of British New Year's revelers went viral, a representative of Beyoncé denied that the singer is planning to star in a biopic on Saartjie Baartman, and 30 museums in Southern California will offer free admission on January 30.
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Two years ago, French artist Orlan sued pop star Lady Gaga in French court for plagiarism over the singer's cover art for her 2011 album Born this Way and the eponymous, award-winning music video.
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A carving of a phallus in a rock would probably seem like the handiwork of a bored youth today, but such imagery was especially common in ancient Greece and Rome as a symbol of good luck rather than a sexual reference.
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A new lawsuit greets Richard Prince in the new year. Following the appropriation artist's unauthorized use in 2014 of a picture of a Rastafarian smoking, its photographer, Donald Graham, is now suing Prince.
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The trope of the tortured artist is a persistent one, dating back at least to Aristotle’s time.
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On this week’s art crime blotter: vandals attack Jackie Chan's sculptures in Taiwan, Abe Lincoln's hand goes missing from Illinois museum, and an advertising student claims an agency ripped off his poster design.
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A team of archaeologists in Egypt has discovered six rock cut statues inside two adjoining shrines, previously believed to be completely destroyed by an earthquake that shook the region centuries ago.