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French Museum Collections in Trouble
A government audit of 1,218 French museums has revealed that some 80% do not know the full contents of their collections, with many collections facing further serious hazards, Libération reported.
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ISIS Destroys Historic Sites in Iraq and Syria
The militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has been destroying the artistic and religious heritage of Iraq and Syria as they continue to impose their fundamentalist Sunni doctrine on the lands they've occupied.
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Why a Russian Nationalist Militia Took Over an Arts Center in Ukraine
An arts nonprofit in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk has found itself, and much of its collection, at the mercy of the Russian nationalist militia of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), an unrecognized self-declared body.
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Study Finds Making Art May Keep Our Brains Healthy
We've all heard about art's psychological and physiological effects. Researchers have found, for instance, that a lunchtime jaunt to an art gallery can reduce work-related stress, and that creating art might even help cancer patients. But what about art's neurological impact — can picking up a paint
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Art Movements
Peggy Guggenheim descendants' claim rejected, continued dispute over Hopi auctions in Paris, Emin's "Bed" auctioned at Christie's, crowd surge coming for Sistine Chapel, and more from the week in art news.
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Corcoran Group Mounts Legal Challenge to National Gallery Deal
Several concerned parties, including the Save the Corcoran advocacy group, have filed legal briefs seeking to block the Corcoran Gallery of Art's planned integration with the National Gallery, Washington City Paper reported.
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Raccoons to the Rescue: Insider Reveals Kara Walker Pest Antagonists
Where are all the sugar-seeking pests at Kara Walker's multi-ton installation made of the stuff, "A Subtlety”? We investigated this aspect of the show at the soon-to-be leveled Domino Sugar Factory a few weeks ago.
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Raccoons to the Rescue: Insider Reveals Kara Walker Pest Antagonists
Where are all the sugar-seeking pests at Kara Walker's multi-ton installation made of the stuff, "A Subtlety”? We investigated this aspect of the show at the soon-to-be leveled Domino Sugar Factory a few weeks ago.
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Good Mourning: Metropolitan Museum Announces Fall Funerary Costume Show
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute is hosting a fall exhibition for the first time in seven years, and it will be a decidedly somber affair. Announced today, the show focuses on Victorian and Edwardian mourning fashions.
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Good Mourning: Metropolitan Museum Announces Fall Funerary Costume Show
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute is hosting a fall exhibition for the first time in seven years, and it will be a decidedly somber affair. Announced today, the show focuses on Victorian and Edwardian mourning fashions.
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College Bookstore Allegedly Fires Workers After Union Vote [UPDATED]
Following its employees' vote to unionize at last Tuesday's elections, independent bookseller Book Culture fired five of its thirty staffers, Gothamist reported.
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Moscow Architectural Icon's Future Will Be Decided by an App
The fate of the Shukhov Tower, an early architectural tribute to Communist Russia, could be decided by ordinary Moscovites with smartphones. Designed by Constructivist architect Vladimir Shukhov, the radio tower was erected on Lenin's order in Moscow in 1922 as a monument to the October 1917 Revolut