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The 1830 condom at the Rijskmuseum. Rijksmuseum The Rijksmuseum’s latest acquisition—a nearly 200-year-old condom made from sheep intestine—has prompted outrage from a conservative Christian group in the Netherlands, which has called its display “a grotesque insult to God, the Catholic Church and the entire Dutch nation,” according to the Art Newspaper. On view in the museum’s print …

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Pink stuff: Phos-Chek is a flame-retardant used at airports. courtesy Max Goelitz Gallery While Liste Art Fair is known for showcasing younger galleries and more experimental artwork, the satellite fair is now 30 years old. It’s hardly the young upstart it once was—and yet, it still manages to surprise. In 2021, the fair moved from …

The Best Booths at Liste, From an Eerie Sound Installation to Miniature Industrial Sculptures Read More »

Tourists outside Buckingham Palace in St James’s Park, London, England, 2025. Photo James D. Morgan/Getty Images The final design plans for a national memorial to Queen Elizabeth II in London’s St James’s Park have been determined by the UK government. A team led by architect Norman Foster of Foster + Partners, which includes British-Nigerian artist …

Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Design in London’s St James’s Park Includes Sculpture by Yinka Shonibare Read More »

Antony Gormley, Angel of the North, 1998. Universal Images Group via Getty Images In addition to a host of ravenous zombies and a fractured Scottish family, 28 Years Later features one of the most famous public artworks in the UK: Antony Gormley‘s Angel of the North, a 1998 sculpture that towers above the A1 roadway …

‘28 Years Later’ Features Antony Gormley’s ‘Angel of the North’ Alongside Flesh-Eating Zombies Read More »

Pablo Picasso’s L’hetaire (1901) covered in pink paint. Last Generation Canada On Thursday, a Picasso painting on display at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts was splashed with bright pink paint by an environmental activist, in the latest of such attempts to draw attention to the accelerating climate crisis.  Footage posted on social media by …

Climate Activist Hurls Pink Paint at Picasso Painting at Montreal Museum Read More »

View of the Uffizi Museum courtyard, 2024, Florence, Italy. Photo Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images A 17th-century portrait of Grand Prince Ferdinando de’ Medici was damaged when a tourist tried to take a picture with the work for social media on Saturday at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, Italy. On a visit to the museum, the young …

Tourist Damages Medici Portrait at Uffizi Galleries for Social Media Selfie Read More »

Ai Weiwei in his studio. Photo Adam Simons/Courtesy RIBBON International This fall, Ai Weiwei will realize a new work in the Ukraine about the country’s ongoing war with Russia. Titled Three Perfectly Proportioned Spheres and Camouflage Uniforms Painted White, the work will be on view at Pavilion 13, a Soviet-era exhibition space in Kyiv, from …

Ai Weiwei to Stage New Work About ‘War and Peace’ in Ukraine Read More »

The White House. Getty Images The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a decision on Monday finding that the Trump administration‘s withholding of funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), appropriated by Congress, is in violation of the law. In March, President Trump signed the executive order “Continuing the Reduction of the Federal …

Trump Administration Violated Law by Withholding Institute of Museum and Library Services Funds, Government Agency Reports Read More »

Martin Puryear’s 2019 US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Photo Simone Padovani/Awakening/Getty Images Two weeks after the New Yorker revealed that a “dissident-right art hos” US Pavilion was being floated for the 2026 Venice Biennale, Vanity Fair has now reported further details of the proposal, which hinges on the loan of a Titian painting from …

Curtis Yarvin Details Proposed Titian-Centric ‘Art Hos’ US Pavilion for Venice Biennale Read More »

Excavation trench showing mudbrick layers and a foundation wall at Tell al-Faraun. Hamada Hussein Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of Imet, a once-prominent city in Egypt’s Nile Delta, buried for centuries beneath a mound in the Sharqia governorate. The discovery, led by a British team from the University of Manchester, was announced this week by …

British Team Uncovers Lost Nile Delta City Built Around Temple and Trade Read More »