Jackie Ferrara’s sculptures Stepped Tower, 2000, being installed at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Photo Darlene Pfister/Star Tribune via Getty Images Jackie Ferrara, a New York–based artist known for stacked-wood sculptures, traveled to Basel, Switzerland, to end her life via physician-assisted suicide. She died on October 22 at age 95, according to a report in …
Deformation patterns and intensive rock fractures in the antechamber and burial chamber ceilings of King Tutankhamen’s tomb. Courtesy Sayed Hemeda, Nature The tomb of ancient Egyptian King Tutankhamen, located in the Valley of the Kings, has experienced instability and damage from flash flooding and major faults that has worsened over time. One expert outlined methods …
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The Louvre upon its reopening. Photo Mohamad Salaheldin Abdelg Alsayed/Anadolu via Getty Images Fifty-seven curators and museum directors—including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)’s Christophe Cherix and Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)’s Michael Govan—signed an open letter in support of Louvre‘s director Laurence des Cars, following the theft of the museum’s crown jewels …
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Books stacked on a shelf. Photo DANIEL ROLAND/AFP via Getty Images Seven leading foundations have come together to launch the Literary Arts Fund to distribute $50 million over a five-year span to support nonprofit literary arts across the United States. The Literary Arts Fund will award grants to US-based nonprofits and fiscally sponsored literary organizations …
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The Vatican Museums. Photo Beytullah Eles/Anadolu via Getty Images The Vatican will return several dozen cultural objects to Indigenous communities in Canada as part of a continued reckoning with the role the Catholic Church played in the oppression of Indigenous groups in the Americas. The objects include an Inuit kayak and are housed in the …
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Chris Levine. Photo Oli Scarff/Getty Images British artist Rob Munday has filed a lawsuit against Chris Levine, claiming he is the co-creator of two of the most recognizable portraits of Queen Elizabeth II—Equanimity and Lightness of Being—which Levine has for years presented as solely his own work. The dispute, filed in the High Court, centers on the …
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Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Where Is My Mind?, 2020. ©Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige and Sursock Museum The Biennale of Sydney, Australia’s top biennial, has revealed the full artist list for its 2026 edition, which is due to open on March 14, 2026. The exhibition is closely watched by curators and has accordingly brought on …
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A newly discovered megalithic monument in Jordan. Photo : University of Copenhagen Archaeologists in Jordan have discovered a landscape of megalithic monuments that offer insight into how ancient societies responded to the tumultuous cultural transition into the Early Bronze Age. The discovery was made by a team from the University of Copenhagen during an excavation …
The sale’s sell-through rates were 90 percent by value and 81 percent by lot, while 39 percent of the works sold above their high estimate. Christie’s Christie’s Modern British and Irish Art evening sale in London on Wednesday netted £17.3 million ($23 million), marking a 20 percent increase on last year’s equivalent sale. Barbara Hepworth’s …
Empress Eugenie presides over the award ceremony at the Imperial Institution of Honor Region in Saint Denis, 1869, France, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original artwork from the 19th century, exact original date unknown. Bildagentur-online/Universal Ima Before the shocking theft of the French Crown Jewels from the Louvre on October 19, most had all …
