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Faux Mogao caves assembled for the 2016 show at the Getty Center.

Visiting Dunhuang: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Library Cave

Installation view, ‘Jennifer Rochlin. Paintings on Clay,’ Hauser & Wirth New York, 22nd Street, 2 May 2024 – 12 July 2024. © Jennifer Rochlin

What's Online Fall 2024: Art & Object Magazine

Sungsic MOON 문성식, Summer Night 여름밤, 2022.

Denver Art Museum Showcases the Politics of Korean Ceramics

Matthew Wong, The Realm of Appearances, 2018.

The Parallel Life and Art of Matthew Wong and Vincent Van Gogh

Gustave Klimt, Park at Kammer Castle, 1909.

The Lush Solace of Gustav Klimt’s Landscapes

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Indigenous Art

Archie Moore, Australia Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2024, image by Andrea Rossetti.

An Ode To The Woven Arts At 2024 Venice Biennale Golden Lion Awards

History Painting: An Art Genre or the Manipulation of Truth?

9 Indigenous Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram

Antiques

Park Avenue Armory

Remembering Sanford Smith: Art Lover, Collector, and Businessman

7 Art Auctions in May & June 2024 You Won't Want to Miss

How Money Laundering Works In The Art World

Photography

Sybil and David Yurman in the atelier at the Vestry Street headquarters, New

A Book Review of “Sybil and David Yurman: Artists and Jewelers”

11 Photographs That Highlight the Beauty of Summer

Mazlish Gallery Brooklyn: Making Space for the Self-Made Artist

Auction

Elton John's 1992 Bentley Continental

Christie’s Announces Acquisition of Major Vehicle Auction House

Claude Monet’s Water Lilies to Debut At Christie’s Hong Kong

Designer Vivienne Westwood’s Personal Wardrobe Goes To Auction

Contemporary Art

Kaleidoscope for plural perspectives, 2024

Olafur Eliasson Encourages Visitors To “OPEN” Up Through His Light Installations

From Art Fairs to Biennales, Contemporary Art Is Blossoming in South Korea

Cultural Engagement Through Art at Susan Eley Fine Art

Design

a sheet of yellow fabric with rows and rows of smiley faces

The Smiley Face's History: Exploring a Joyful Symbol

Designer Behind Popular Album Covers Gets a New York Retrospective

Helen Drutt English: America’s Ambassador for Craft

Renaissance

Yan Wang Preston, Egongyan Park, Chongqing, China, 2017, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund

An Intersection of Art & Science at PST Art

Julianne Moore To Star In Television Adaptation Of The Lost Leonardo

7 Shocking Incidents of Mona Lisa Vandalism & Theft

Women Artists

Artemisia Gentileschi, Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, 1620

A Missing Painting By Artemisia Gentileschi Now On View In Texas

A Book in Celebration of Women in the Arts: "Great (Women) Sculptors"

Mary Cassatt At Work, Defying the Odds as a Female Artist

Modern Art

Miniature room box, by Ruth McChesney; displayed at Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

10 Must-See Pieces at the Carnegie Museum of Art

The Best Art Museum in All 50 U.S. States 2024

Discovering MoMA: 10 Surprising Facts About the Museum of Modern Art

Latin American Art

Melchor Pérez Holguín, Pietà (detail), Bolivia, c. 1720.

Why the LACMA’s “Archive of the World” Catalogue Matters

Neo-Concretism: the short-lived but influential art movement

Pre-Columbian Latin America: The Chavín of Ancient Peru

Museum

Left: Unidentified artist, Shawl, Ethiopia, 20th century, cotton, 110.49 x 195.58 cm (43.5 x 77 in.). Salem, The Peabody Essex Museum, Gift of Charles R. and Elizabeth C. Langmuir, after 1973, acc. no. E68695. Right: Aïda Muluneh, Part Three (from the 99 series), 2013. Photograph printed on Hahnemuehle Photo Rag, Bright White, 40⅜ x 39⅜ in

Ethiopia at the Crossroads: An Exhibit of Resilience

10 Must-See Pieces at Yale University Art Gallery

Game On: The Nostalgic Art of Video Games

Fair

Installation view, The Source of Everything (Sagarika Sundaram, Sight Unseen, 2024) at Manitoga, Garrison.

10 Must-See Shows During Upstate Art Weekend 2024

10 Highlights from Art Basel 2024

Previewing Independent Art Fair’s 15th New York Edition

Asian Art

Leonardo da Vinci, Annunciation, c. 1472.

The Golden Ratio Revealed in 7 Masterpieces

'Beyond Bollywood' Brings Together 2000 Years of Dance in Art

Colors as Transgression in the Holi Festival

Black Artists

Howard University, Washington D.C. - Founder's Library

7 Notable Artworks and Artists Associated with Howard University

Simone Leigh's Monuments on Subjectivity

Mickalene Thomas is “All About Love” in Her New Exhibition

Gallery

Brie Ruais: Bone Dice, September 5–October 12, 2024.

Brie Ruais’ Wall Sculptures Evoke the Cyclical Nature of Life

An Appreciation for the Unfamiliar at bG Gallery

The Transformative Layers of Alexandre Lenoir

LGBTQ Artists

8 - self-portrait in the afternoon light, january 2019, puberty

Preview Laurence Philomene’s Masterful Monograph: "Puberty"

Eisenman’s Paintings Back in NYC Art Scene at Hauser & Wirth

6 Art World Events for Pride 2022

Drawing

Norman Rockwell's Santa

Santa Claus Through History: Tracing the Evolution of a Beloved Icon

The Mystical Tradition: Drawings of Memory and Mystery at the Drawing Center

The History of Copying Art: A Learning Tool or a Cheat?

Painting

'Family Portrait' (1964) by Pablo Picasso - Museo Soumaya - Mexico

Mysterious Picasso Found In Italian Cellar

An Interview with Kenny Schachter on Collecting, Curating, and Creating

Chelsea Ryoko Wong’s Ode To Mindfulness at Jessica Silverman

Ancient Art

Roman sculptural fragments of Mithras Slaying the Bull, recovered by the Carabinieri art theft squad in Fiumicino, 2014. License

The U.S. Returns $80 Million Worth of Stolen Artifacts to Italy

Archaeologists Uncover Mysterious Ancient Roman Dodecahedron

A Brief Look at Sun Symbolism Through Art History

Sculpture

Installation View of Rose B. Simpson’s Seed at Madison Square Park

Vessels, Interconnectedness, and the Beauty of Boundaries With Rose B. Simpson

George Petrides’ Hellenic Heads in Venice: Portraying Family and Greek History

6 Sculpture Gardens To Visit In New England This Summer