‘Leonardo da Vinci’ shatters Louvre exhibition attendance records
After running its course, the numbers are finally out for the Louvre’s blockbuster Leonardo da Vinci exhibition and a blockbuster it was. A staggering 1,071,840 people ended up waiting their […]
Saudi Arabia’s artistic whitewash part of a well-trodden tradition among autocrats
The latest iteration of the site-specific art installation festival Desert X is currently underway in Al Ula, Saudi Arabia – but not without controversy. Normally associated with the barren wastelands […]
$10,000 AWARE Prize will recognise 20th century female artist at the Armory Show
As the kick off to the 2020 edition of the Armory Show edges closer and closer, the fair has announced a new art prize to add to its list of […]
Caroline Baumann, former director of Cooper Hewitt, calls report behind resignation a ‘sham’
For the first time since her abrupt resignation as the director of the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum on February 7th, Caroline Baumann has now spoken out. In a statement […]
US court upholds $6.75m ruling concerning the fate 5Pointz graffiti art
The US Court of Appeals has upheld a landmark decision that real estate developer Gerald Wolkoff did indeed violate the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) when he ordered 32 graffiti […]
Three Pompeii houses reopen to the public
Pompeii is nothing short of a gem. The Roman city offers a unique snapshot into the lives of its residents in 79 AD, before Mount Vesuvius’ eruption, and the opportunity […]
NBC’s ‘The Good Place’ makes the Getty Center its own heaven
For centuries, people and artists have tried to envision what heaven must look like. John Martin painted a sweeping landscape revealing lush green forests, blue bodies of water, and staggering […]
