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Portrait of Susan Rothenberg, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2012. Photo: Annie Leibovitz © Annie Leibovitz Before her death in 2020, Susan Rothenberg said that she had not expected to receive “a lot of applause,” during the post-Minimal movement for her formally explorative, psychologically nuanced artwork, perhaps given its subject matter: big horses and, later, disembodied heads, …

Estate of Susan Rothenberg, Who Fused Symbolism with Abstraction, Joins Hauser & Wirth Read More »

Ancient and famous burial chambers of Hegra, carved into sand stone in Al Ula, in Saudi Arabia Getty Images The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art (NMAA) has signed a partnership agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Royal Commission for AlUla, expanding a quiet but strategic collaboration that’s been underway behind the scenes for two years. According …

Smithsonian Teams Up with Saudi Arabia’s AlUla Project Amid Growing Cultural Ambitions Read More »

Koyo Kouoh. ©Mehdi Benkler Koyo Kouoh, the celebrated Cameroonian-born curator behind some of the most significant exhibitions of African contemporary art in recent decades, has died unexpectedly at the age of 57. The New York Times reported on Sunday that she died the day before in a hospital in Basel, Switzerland, and that the cause …

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The Official Edition of the Final Text of the Constitution. Ardon Bar-Hama Citadel CEO and billionaire collector Ken Griffin has announced plans to lend his copy of the U.S. Constitution to the National Constitution Center (NCC) for public display through 2026. The loan accompanies a $15 million gift from Griffin to the NCC, the single …

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The Magna Carta in London. Photo Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A Magna Carta classified by Harvard as an unofficial copy for almost 80 years has been declared as an original issued by Edward I from 1300, the university has announced. The discovery means that there are now seven surviving copies of the first document to effectively …

Harvard’s Magna Carta, Listed as ‘Unofficial’ for 80 Years, Turns Out to Be Real Read More »

Ana Pellicer. Courtesy Mexican Culture Ministry Ana Pellicer, a sculptor beloved in her home country of Mexico for her copper creations, has died at 79. Mexico’s culture ministry announced her death this week but did not state a cause. Pellicer has received international praise in the past decade for the jewelry she made for the …

Ana Pellicer, Mexican Sculptor Who Made Jewelry for the Statue of Liberty, Dies at 79 Read More »

The White House. Photo Alex Wong/Getty Images A class action lawsuit was filed Monday by the Authors Guild, along with independent scholars and writers, against the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and officials within the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for terminating millions in committed grants from Congressional funds. The lawsuit argues that these …

The Authors Guild Sues the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Department of Government Efficiency Read More »

A view of the Metropolitan Museum of Art building in New York City, United States on July 15, 2024. NurPhoto via Getty Images The Metropolitan Museum of Art has received a promised gift of more than 6,500 photographic works from German American collector Artur Walther and the Walther Family Foundation, which operates photography-focused exhibition spaces …

Met Receives ‘Trailblazing’ Photography Gift from Collector Artur Walther Read More »

The Sainsbury Wing’s rehang. Getty Images To celebrate its 200th anniversary, London’s National Gallery has recently revamped its Sainsbury Wing, a transformation that has taken three years and $113 million. It was an arduous process, and one that has not always received positive attention. But when I met Gabriele Finaldi, director of London’s National Gallery, …

London’s National Gallery Reopens Its Sainsbury Wing, Now ‘More Approachable’ Than Ever Read More »

German Historical Museum, new building, Pei Building, behind the foundry, Mitte, Berlin, Germany. (Photo by: Bildagentur-online/Schoening/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Bildagentur-online/Universal Ima A nearly century-long legal battle over royal property has ended, as Germany’s federal government and the states of Berlin and Brandenburg reached a settlement with the descendants of a German noble family …

Germany Settles Century-Long Restitution Dispute Over Royal Property Read More »