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The Eastern Pennsylvania District Court. Wikimedia Commons A Pennsylvania man pled guilty on May 29 to selling works falsely attributed to Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, and other notable artists. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the man, 77-year-old Carter Reese, of Reading, was charged with one count of wire fraud and one count …

Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Peddling Fake Picasso, Basquiat Works Read More »

Anonymous, Condom with print, ca. 1830. Photo Kelly Schenk/Rijksmuseum On Tuesday, the Rijksmuseum announced that a rare condom dating from 1830 will go on display at the museum in its print room, where it will form part of a display on 19th-century sex work and sexuality. It will stay on display through November. The condom …

Rijksmuseum Puts 200-Year-Old Condom Featuring Erotic Print on View Read More »

Simi Valley, CA – February 26: The installation of the 4Q57 Isaiah Scroll at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley on Wednesday, February 26, 2025. The Isaiah Scroll and other Dead Sea Scrolls in “Dead Sea Scrolls: The Exhibition”. Due to their light sensitivity, the Dead Sea Scrolls are rotated every three months …

AI May Have Exposed the Dead Sea Scrolls’ Real Age—And They’re Much Older Than Previously Thought Read More »

Kim Sajet. Photo Shannon Finney/Getty Images President Donald Trump said on Friday afternoon that he had fired Kim Sajet, director of Washington, D.C.’s National Portrait Gallery. It is now unclear who will lead the museum, one of many run by the Smithsonian Institution, a museum network Trump has targeted since returning the presidency in January. …

Trump Fires National Portrait Gallery Director for Being a ‘Strong Supporter of DEI’ Read More »

Facade of of Washington State University building. via Google Maps. A team led by Washington State University has successfully recreated a millennia-old pigment first synthesized in ancient Egypt. Egyptian Blue is considered the the oldest manufactured pigment in history. The pigment was widely used to adorn stone objects used in funerary rituals and to embellish …

Researchers Replicate Ancient Egyptian Blue Pigment Read More »

The general view of the ultra-luxury hotels Raffles and Fairmont in Doha, Qatar, on December 21, 2024. The dual-branded property is located within the iconic Katara Towers, a unique crescent-shaped building gracing the skyline of Lusail (Photo by Noushad Thekkayil/NurPhoto via Getty Images). NurPhoto via Getty Images Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter …

The Middle East Art Fair Race: Doha Steps in Front of Dubai and Abu Dhabi, Thanks to Art Basel Read More »

Japanese sculptor and terracotta artist Kunimasa Aoki. Courtesy Loewe LONDON — Japanese sculptor and terracotta artist Kunimasa Aoki has been named the winner of the 2025 Loewe Craft Prize on Thursday evening during an award ceremony in Madrid with a cash prize of 50,000 euros. Selected by a 12-member jury from 30 shortlisted works on display at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in …

Japanese Sculptor Kunimasa Aoki Wins 2025 Loewe Craft Prize Read More »

The Whitney Museum. Patrick McMullan via Getty Image On Monday, Whitney Museum director Scott Rothkopf sent the museum’s Independent Study Program an email in which he said he would “pause” the program’s 2025–26 academic year. “Today, the program is without a Director,” Rothkopf wrote in that email, which was obtained by ARTnews. “This leadership gap …

Whitney Museum Pauses Independent Study Program After Cancellation of Pro-Palestine Performance and Backlash Read More »

Listed by: Lisa and John Cregan of Sotheby’s International Realty – Palm Beach Brokerage FLYLISTED LLC. / Sotheby’s International Realty Jamie McCourt, a former US ambassador to France and Monaco, has added a Palm Beach landmark to her portfolio, paying $19.2 million for a restored house on North Lake Way, according to the Palm Beach Daily …

Former US Ambassador Buys Marc Glimcher’s Palm Beach ‘Boat House’ for $19.2 M. Read More »

WALTHAMSTOW, ENGLAND – AUGUST 09: A group of people take a selfie in front of mural purportedly by the artist Banksy, showing pelicans eating fish, on the side of Bonners fish and chip shop on August 09, 2024 in Walthamstow, England. It was the fifth artwork debuted by the elusive street artist in London this …

Banksy’s Back with a Lighthouse, and No Clue to its Location Read More »