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From the tombs of the Medici family to St. Peter's Basilica, Michelangelo designed several structures in his native Italy that have endured the threat of earthquakes. But the artist wasn't anticipating the rumblings caused by hordes of tourists and automobile traffic.
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Four Seasons hotel sued over Picasso, Armenian orphan rug may go on display, Smithsonian's Fossil Halls close until 2019, Cold War satellite images reveal lost archaeology, and more from the week in art news.
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A report released this morning by Gulf Labor, a coalition of international artists, confirms the ongoing violation of local and international labor laws at the site of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Louvre Abu Dhabi, and Zayed National Museum, among other institutions.
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The organizers of Manifesta continued to denounce calls for a relocation or boycott of the biennial at a press conference yesterday in London.
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Hillel "Helly" Nahmad, scion of the Nahmad art dealing family, was sentenced today to one year and one day in prison over the gambling charges to which he pled guilty last November.
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Archaeologists have discovered that a previously unexplored tomb in the Valley of Kings is actually a royal necropolis containing the mummified remains of at least 50 people.
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Ai Weiwei's art star celebrity status sometimes eclipses the political realities of his life, but the Chinese government is always quick with a reminder. The latest controversy: local cultural officials in Shanghai have scrubbed and censored Ai's name and work from an exhibition about the history of
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Add the Frick Collection, one of New York City's oldest and most staid museums, to the list of art institutions that have begun allowing visitors to take photographs in their permanent-collection galleries.
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Major arrest in Glafira Rosales forgery case, Brutalist icon Prentice Hospital is no more, Diego Rivera's Detroit mural named a National Historic Landmark, "stolen" Banksy work going to auction, Rachel Whiteread designs new London Tube map, and more from the week in art news.
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A multidisciplinary group at Carnegie Mellon University has recovered three new digital images produced by Andy Warhol in 1985. The files were found on "Amiga floppy disks stored in the archives collection of The Andy Warhol Museum," according to a news release.
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Q: When you're a human rights activist recently released from prison in Russia and advocating for reform there, where's the best place to speak to get your message across? A: An art fair!
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The Brooklyn Daily Eagle — also called, at various times, the Brooklyn Eagle and Kings County Democrat and simply the Brooklyn Eagle — covered the goings on of the city and borough of Brooklyn for over a century. The Brooklyn Public Library's local history division, the Brooklyn Collection, has team