Danny Lyon, Crossing the Ohio River, Louisville (1966). Gift of Alison and Donald Weiss in honor of the Hirshhorn’s 50th anniversary. © Danny Lyon/Magnum Photos. Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden used its 50th anniversary year to dramatically expand its collection, announcing 312 new acquisitions in 2025 that reflect a broader push into …
Brent Sikkema, 2007. Photo Will Ragozzino/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Opening statements and witness testimony were heard in a Manhattan court on Tuesday in the murder-for-hire trial following the 2024 killing of New York art dealer Brent Sikkeman. Sikkema was found brutally murdered in January 2024 in his Rio de Janeiro apartment. Alejandro Triana Prevez, …
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Sotheby’s sold an $85.8 million Rothko painting from dealer Robert Mnuchin’s holdings on Thursday. Julian Cassady Photography/Alive Coverage/Courtesy Sotheby’s Good Morning! Sotheby’s kicked off the May marquee auction season with a $433.1 million result at its modern and contemporary art evening sales. Australia’s Yindjibarndi Ngurra Aboriginal people say a $107 million payout from a recent …
The Central Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Photo Simone Padovani/Getty Images Good Morning! Iran denies ever withdrawing from the Venice Biennale, and the Somalia Pavilion sparks controversy. A new report led by France‘s parliament has revealed wide-ranging flaws in the country’s museum security management. US Interior Department staff are concerned that Trump‘s Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool repairs are behind schedule and of poor …
Band-aids featuring designs by Redon, Van Gogh, and Monet Kenvue Brands LLC. Following the success of their 2025 collaboration, BAND-AID® Brand and the Metropolitan Museum of Art have reunited to produce a new lineup of art-themed adhesive bandages. This year, the band-aids feature details from three flower paintings in the Met’s collection: Impressionist painter Claude …
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Valie Export, 2025. Photo Nicole Toferer Valie Export, whose groundbreaking work questioned the very nature of art and cinema, all through an explicitly feminist lens, has died at 85. The news was confirmed by Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, which represents her. Her death on May 14 came three days before her 86th birthday, according to AFP. …
Ronald Lauder with Gustav Klimt’s Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, one of the Neue Galerie’s prized possessions. Photo Chris Hondros/Getty Images The Neue Galerie, a private museum in New York’s Upper East Side run by collector Ronald S. Lauder, will merge with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, making yet another major expansion of the …
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Bruno Bischofberger with a collaborative work by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Photo Luc Castel/Getty Images Bruno Bischofberger, a legendary dealer who grew so close to the artists he loved that he became something like a collaborator to them, shaping art history along the way, has died at 86. His Zurich-based gallery announced his death …
Remains of a public bathhouse uncovered in Alexandria. Courtesy Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities An excavation in Moharam Bek, a neighborhood in central Alexandria, has uncovered a trove of archaeological findings dating from the Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods. The news was announced by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities earlier this month and …
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Clothing from the Hurley x Keith Haring collection. Courtesy Hurley The streetwear brand Hurley, which is known for surf and swim apparel, has released a capsule collection inspired by Keith Haring, one of the most recognizable and oft-licensed American artists. The collection includes cotton T-shirts, board shirts, bucket and trucker hats, bathing suits, and sweatshirts …
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