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Weird Funerary Drawings Point to Troubled Period in Egyptian Art
After Egypt was conquered by Persia in 525 BCE, many of its beloved tomb painters were scattered across the empire.
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Report Suggests Sports and Culture Projects Have Little Local Economic Effect
Contrary to what evangelists of the "Bilbao effect" and sports stadium advocates would have you believe, a recent report from a UK government policy initiative cautions that major sports and culture project do not have a strong economic impact on their communities.
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American Museum of Natural History to Add 218,000-Square-Foot Science Center
The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York is planning to add a $325 million, 218,000-square-foot science center, the New York Times reported.
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Franklin Furnace, Performance Art Pioneer, Relocates to Pratt Under Long-Term Agreement
The storied avant-garde performance art nonprofit Franklin Furnace has relocated to the Pratt Institute campus under an agreement that will see the organization "nest" at the institution on a long term basis.
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Miami Artist Run Over by Cop Dies of His Injuries
Graffiti artist Delbert Rodriguez Gutierrez died on Tuesday night from injuries sustained when Miami Police Department Detective Michael Cadavid hit him with an unmarked police car.
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Militants Destroy Iraqi Convent
Extended video confirms that the Victory Convent of the Chaldean Sisters of the Sacred Heart in Mosul, Iraq, was destroyed on November 24.
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Israel Indicts Palestinians for Antiquities Looting
Six Palestinians were indicted in an Israeli court with illegal digging for antiquities on December 7, Haaretz reported.
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Hundreds Take to the Streets to Seek Justice for Artist Killed by Miami Police
MIAMI — This evening, amid the well-kept art fairs and glitzy parties of Miami Art Week, some 300 people — possibly as many as 600, according to some reports — descended on the Miami neighborhood of Wynwood to protest police brutality and the death of artist Israel "Reefa" Hernandez.
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Art Movements
This week in art news: Japanese police rearrest the creator of the "vagina kayak," Duncan Campbell was awarded the Turner Prize, and an East Hampton resident pleads guilty to the sale of forged Abstract expressionist paintings.
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The World's Oldest Art May Be This 430,000-Year-Old Zigzag on a Shell
The history of artistic expression got stretched back a few hundred thousand years this week with the identification of an engraved shell believed to have been carved by Homo erectus. That early human ancestor could rattle the long-held belief that the use of deliberate visual expression is specific
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Estonian Saunas and Mongolian Knuckle-Bone Shooting Merit Preservation, UNESCO Says
The smoke sauna tradition of Võromaa, Estonia, the cultivation and culture of the argan tree in Morocco, and Askiya dueling debate of Uzbekistan are all now officially recognized as unique parts of the world's heritage. The traditions are among those UNESCO added to its Intangible Cultural Heritage
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Landmarks Commission May Scrap Almost 100 NYC Sites from Consideration [UPDATED]
At its December 9 public meeting, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission plans to scrap 96 buildings and locations from its landmark status consideration.