Tag: Art World

“The Art of Museums” features eight world-famous museums as seen through the eyes of culture-industry heavyweights.

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Plus, Shell ends its sponsorship of London’s National Gallery and Nelson Rockefeller’s gifted Pollock comes to Phillips.

The post Art Industry News: Brad Pitt’s Foundation Sues the Architect Behind His Ramshackle Post-Katrina Homes + Other Stories appeared first on artnet News.

Catch up on this weeks news—fast.

The post From Banksy’s Conquest of Our Attention Spans to Donald Trump’s Dubious New Artwork: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week appeared first on artnet News.

The fraudsters allegedly used the identity of a wealthy Florida retiree to buy works by Mark Rothko and Ad Reinhardt.

The post Identity Thieves Scammed Sotheby’s Out of $5 Million, the FBI Says appeared first on artnet News.

The Tel Aviv-based illustrator has given a modern-day spin to portraits of Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Salvador Dalí, Frida Kahlo, and Andy Warhol.

The post Would Dalí Have Worn a Man Bun? This Illustrator ‘Hipsterized’ the Biggest Names in Art History to Imagine What They’d Look Like Today appeared first on artnet News.

From Cai Lei’s trompe l’oeil canvases to Zoë Paul’s intricate beaded curtains, here’s what you won’t want to miss this week in Paris.

The post Here Are 10 of the Most Exciting Artists to Discover at FIAC and Its Satellite Fairs in Paris appeared first on artnet News.

The repairs cost over $300,000 and took 200 hours to complete.

The post The Smithsonian Unveils a Painstakingly Restored Pair of Dorothy’s Famous Ruby Slippers From the ‘Wizard of Oz’ appeared first on artnet News.

He’s not the first artist to be diagnosed with the incredibly unusual disorder. But one researcher is sure it’s the secret to his genius.

The post Was a Rare Eye Condition the Secret to Leonardo da Vinci’s Artistic Genius? A New Study Advances the Theory appeared first on artnet News.

Plus, Sex Pistols artist Jamie Reed calls out Banksy and Jerry Saltz was sickened by the new documentary “The Price of Everything.”

The post Art Industry News: Brilliant Activist Sculptor Simone Leigh Wins the Guggenheim’s $100,000 Hugo Boss Prize + Other Stories appeared first on artnet News.

Artists whose homes and studios were destroyed used ashes and rubble to create new work.

The post With Ingenuity and Strange Beauty, Northern California Artists Rebuild From the Ashes a Year After the Devastating Wildfires appeared first on artnet News.