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Nicole Kidman, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, and Anna Wintour at the 2026 Met Gala celebrating “Costume Art” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue The annual Met Gala has become such a global pop-culture phenomenon that many probably forget—or maybe never knew!—that the event functions as a lucrative fundraiser …

See Some of the Most Outrageous, Stylish Looks at the 2026 Met Gala Read More »

Members of Pussy Riot and FEMEN outside the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale on Wednesday. Brian Boucher “Russia kills! Biennale exhibits!” “Disobey! Disobey! Disobey!” “Art for show, graves below!” “Blood is Russia’s art!” “Slava Ukraini!” Those were some of the chants from a few dozen protesters, some clad in pink balaclavas, some with bared …

Pussy Riot and FEMEN Join Forces in Punk Protest in Venice: ‘Russia Kills! Biennale Exhibits!’ Read More »

Lavar Munroe, ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’, 2026. Courtesy the Bahamas Pavilion After a thirteen-year hiatus, the Bahamian Pavilion has returned to Venice with a proposition that is as much educational as representational: that the Caribbean nation can be reintroduced to the world through its contemporary artistic inheritance. To do so, the pavilion turns to the …

The Bahamian Pavilion Brings Junkanoo to Venice in a Biennale Standout Read More »

Stewart Butterfield and Jennifer Rubio. Photo Olivier Simille Just two months after becoming a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jennifer Rubio, along with her husband, Stewart Butterfield, have pledged $23 million to the New York museum. Rubio is an entrepreneur who founded the ubiquitous travel brand Away, and Butterfield, who is on the …

Metropolitan Museum of Art Announces $23M. Gift from Top 200 Collectors Jennifer Rubio and Stewart Butterfield Read More »

DORAL, FLORIDA – APRIL 30: A statue of President Donald Trump is seen near the ninth tee during the first round of the Cadillac Championship 2026 at Trump National Doral Miami on April 30, 2026 in Doral, Florida. Photo by Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images A gold-leafed statue of Donald Trump is now standing at his Trump …

Gold Statue of Trump Arrives at Doral After Artist Withheld It Over Money Dispute Read More »

Heidi Klum at the Met Gala. Photo Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images Though the Met Gala is held each year by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the glitzy event is known less for its engagement with art and more for tapping the fashion industry. That changed this year, in large part because the Met Gala …

How Well Do the Met Gala’s Attendees Know Their Art History? We Critique Looks by Madonna, Hunter Schafer, and More Read More »

The Venice Biennale’s 2024 edition. Photo Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images The jury for the 2026 Venice Biennale, which awards the exhibition’s top prizes, announced Thursday that it had resigned. The news was posted to the Instagram account of the journal e-flux, providing no reasoning for the decision. The statement, in full, reads: “As of 30 …

Venice Biennale Jury Resigns En Masse, Organizers to Award “Visitors’ Lions” in November Read More »

Botticelli: The Virgin and Child Enthroned, 1470s. Courtesy the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport A Botticelli painting placed under an export ban in an effort to keep it in the UK was acquired by the Klesch Collection and will stay in England by way of a three-year loan to the Ashmolean Museum at …

Botticelli Painting Banned from Export Will Stay in the UK Read More »

An AI-generated image of a Pompeii victim’s last moments Pompeii Archological Park. In AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, sending a cloud of ash and hot gas sweeping through the Roman town of Pompei. The writer Pliny the Younger—whose uncle, Pliny the Elder, died in the eruption—watched the catastrophe unfold from a vantage point across the …

Using AI, Pompeii Archaeological Park Recreates the Final Moments of a Man Who Died in the Vesuvius Eruption 2,000 Years Ago Read More »

The Russian Pavilion during the 2024 Venice Biennale. Photo Felix Hörhager/picture alliance via Getty Images Only days before the opening of the 61st Venice Biennale, Italian culture minister Alessandro Giuli has launched his long-teased investigation into the Russian Pavilion. Italian media reported today that an inspector sent by the minister to Venice has set up …

Italian Culture Minister Launches Inspection of Venice Biennale’s Russian Pavilion Read More »