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The Country of Sweden Has a Phone Number and I Called It
Yesterday, Sweden became the first country to install its own phone number, inviting anyone around the world to dial in and connect with a random Swede.
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Too Rembrandt to Fail: Dutch Bank 3D Prints “New” Old Master
You may be quick to identify a portrait unveiled this week in Amsterdam as a never-before-seen painting by Rembrandt.
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In Response to Mississippi's Anti-LGBTQ Bill, Neuberger Museum Director Will Not Attend Opening
Today, the Neuberger Museum of Art announced that because of the passage of a new anti-LGBTQ bill in Mississippi, its director, Dr. Tracy Fitzpatrick, and the president of Purchase College, SUNY, Thomas J. Schwarz, will not attend the opening of When Modern Was Contemporary: Selections from the Roy
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Crimes of the Art
On this week's art crime blotter: an artist sued two dealers for plotting to split up and sell off his installation, the Pompidou's former managing director racked up €40,000 in taxi fees, and a group of art students accused their professor of being a sleazeball.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Florentijn Hofman accused Brazilian protesters of plagiarizing his giant duck sculpture, the National Museum of African American History and Culture was criticized for a planned display devoted to Bill Cosby, and the Denver Art Museum returned a stolen sandstone sculpture to C
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Archaeologists Find 3,400-Year-Old Necropolis in Egypt
Swedish archaeologists have discovered a 3,400-year-old necropolis in Egypt that dates to the New Kingdom and holds dozens of tombs containing remnants of ancient artifacts.
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The Art of Narcissists Earns More at Auction, Researchers Claim
A new study confirms your suspicions that in the art world, delusional self-regard pays off: researchers found that work by narcissistic artists is likely to sell for more money at auction than work by their humbler counterparts.
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New Database Builds a Biographical History of Photography
The New York Public Library has launched an incredibly handy new tool for anyone conducting photography-related research or simply interested in exploring the history of the medium through the lives of its practitioners.
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Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: a UFO museum's flying saucer sculpture was stolen and smashed, a Japanese dealer was arrested trying to unload a $1.1 million antiquity, and Cambridge University tried to cover up the theft of a model skull.
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Art Institutions Share Secrets to Kick Off #MuseumWeek
Yesterday marked the beginning of Museum Week, an annual social media campaign that gives museums around the world the opportunity to engage with the public in a number of ways.
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A New Independent Radio Station Broadcasts from a Brooklyn Shipping Container
A sliver of land lying on the Williamsburg-Greenpoint border, long a neighborhood mystery home to a lone and enigmatic RV, now hosts a tiny independent radio station broadcasting music to listeners around the world.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: the Syrian army moved closer to retaking the ancient city of Palmyra, Cuban artists and dissidents were detained in anticipation of President Obama's visit, and Moscow's Shukhov Tower was added to a watch list of at-risk cultural heritage sites.