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An Israeli flag flies over the medieval Beaufort Castle, known locally as Qalaat al-Shaqif or Shaqif Arnoun, as seen from the Marjayoun area of southern Lebanon on May 31, 2026. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) Beaufort Castle, a 900-year-old Crusader fortress in Lebanon, was reportedly struck directly by Israeli airstrikes on May 27, according …

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Kulapat Yantrasast and Gayane Umerova photo courtesy of the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation Kulapat Yantrasast, the architect behind major museum projects for institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre, has been named artistic director of the 2027 Bukhara Biennial in Uzbekistan. The appointment comes less than a year after the debut …

Kulapat Yantrasast Named Artistic Director of Next Bukhara Biennial Read More »

Now a precious few can see art aboard a yacht, as God intended. Courtesy the Floating Hotel Monaco Edition 2026. If, unfortunate reader, you’re licking your wounds after being outbid on the $181.2 million Jackson Pollock at the New York auctions last month, take heart: you, too, can still buy access to art that will …

High-End Art Market Not Exclusive Enough For You? Now There’s an Art Show Aboard a 236-Foot Yacht Featuring Marina Abramović and Shirin Neshat Read More »

The Obama Presidential Center towers over Jackson Park on May 15, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Getty Images Good Morning! Experts say a painting Lucian Freud long denied ever making was, in fact, an early painting by the artist. The Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam denies obstructing provenance investigations of the Koenigs collection in its …

Obama Presidential Center Unveiled, Newly Authenticated Lucian Freud Painting On View, and More: Morning Links for June 2, 2026 Read More »

Hell by a Follower of Hieronymus Bosch, dated to the first half of the 16th century Sotheby’s A small painting of hell by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch led a string of surprise results during this week’s Old Masters sales in New York, selling for $537,600 at Sotheby’s against an estimate of $30,000 to $50,000. …

Follower of Hieronymus Bosch Painting Sells for Over 10 Times High Estimate in Strong Week for Old Masters in New York Read More »

10 August 2018, US, Yosemite: Entry into Yosemite Valley. The Yosemite Valley is one of the biggest tourist attractions in the USA. But forest fires have now made the California nature reserve a restricted area. Photo: Barbara Munker/dpa (Photo by Barbara Munker/picture alliance via Getty Images) picture alliance via Getty Image The Trump administration has …

Trump To Divert $90 M. in National Park Revenue to D.C. Construction Projects Read More »

Miffy with a Pearl Earring at Tokyo press conference on Thursday. Via Gilles Beschoor Plug/X You’ve heard of Johannes Vermeer‘s ca. 1665 painting Girl with a Pearl Earring, long housed at the Mauritshuis in the Hague and soon to visit Japan this summer. Now, prepare for the latest art history–inspired sensation. Call it Miffy with …

This ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ Miffy Toy Is Officially an Internet Celebrity Read More »

In 2016, art detectives Philip Mould and Fiona Bruce from the BBC’s “Fake or Fortune” found that a painting of a man in a black cravat is one of the first pictures ever painted by Lucian Freud. Courtesy, BBC A portrait Lucian Freud spent years insisting was not his will go on public display for …

Lucian Freud Painting He Spent Decades Denying Will Go on Public View for the First Time Read More »

Kickstarter co-founder Yancy Strickler unveils the “Artist Corporation” economic model at TED2025, Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 7, 2025 On June 2, Colorado governor Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 133, a bill that creates a new type of limited liability company (LLC) called an Artist Company, or A-Corp, report the Art Newspaper and the Colorado Sun. …

Colorado Governor Signs Artist Corporation Bill into State Law Read More »

The British Museum. Photo Leon Neal/Getty Images The British Museum pushed back a planned lecture called “The Ancient History of Israel and Judah,” claiming that a “significant proportion” of the people expected to attend wanted to protest the event. The London museum announced the postponement on Thursday, in a release that noted that the event …

British Museum Reschedules Postponed Israel Lecture to June Following Fears of Protests Read More »