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This week in art news: Gagosian Gallery agreed to pay $4.28 million in back taxes to the state of New York, Jeff Koons laid off 15 studio workers who were attempting to unionize, and Florentijn Hofman unveiled a giant bear sculpture made of conifer tree branches.
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In the subterranean network of caves on Mona Island, 41 miles west of Puerto Rico, archaeologists have discovered a series of engravings by both indigenous people and the early European colonizers.
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On this week’s art crime blotter: a drunken Brexit supporter attacked an artwork featuring a hijab, a specialist disappeared with the possible da Vinci drawing he was asked to authenticate, and thieves who stole stones from a historic battlefield came down with the Gettysburg curse.
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To better protect sacred indigenous objects from being sold in international markets, Senator Martin Heinrich has introduced the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony (STOP) Act with support from politicians of both parties as well as tribal leaders.
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UNESCO announced Sunday that 17 of Le Corbusier's 20th-century buildings will be added to its World Heritage List.
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It's no picnic being the world's biggest basket.
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Two-dimensional light painting is so passé.
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This is an artistically rich summer for Governors Island.
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This week in art news: rediscovered sketches by van Gogh's doctor suggest that the artist cut off his entire ear, David Bowie’s art collection headed to auction, and Shepard Fairey created a stylized version of Jonathan Bachman's viral Black Lives Matter photograph.
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Could your Neil Gaiman book collection reveal something about both your political leanings and your willingness to squeal like a dolphin during sex if your partner asked?
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We've heard his music and seen his own artworks, but the personal art collection of David Bowie has remained largely hidden from the public eye.
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Yesterday, a permanent plaque was unveiled outside the former home and studio of Jean-Michel Basquiat at 57 Great Jones Street in Manhattan.