Jeff Koons convicted of plagiarism
DW - A Paris court ruled on Thursday that the American artist and the Centre Pompidou museum in Paris, which intended to show Koon's sculpture "Naked," must pay 20,000 euros ($21,225) in compensation to the fam...
TEFAF, the art market for the super rich opens in Maastricht
DW - If dozens of private jets from the US or Asia are landing at Maastricht-Aachen airport and hotel prices in the region are skyrocketing, then it's TEFAF time. From March 10-19, the conference hall in this ...
Grandmother of French New Wave Agnès Varda on Becoming an Artist at 88
Artsy - Though known as the “grandmother of the French New Wave,” for decades 88-year-old Agnès Varda felt she wasn’t allowed to be an artist. Looking back, the filmmaker realizes it was something she had alway...
Is Art an Object of Passion or an Asset Like Any Other?
Artsy - As the global ultra-rich snap up trophy artworks and build collections scattered around many homes and storage facilities, art services are becoming an increasingly important part of wealth professional...
Facebook slammed for not removing sexualized child images
CNET - Facebook has come under fire again for failing to remove sexualized images of children. As part of a BBC investigation, published Tuesday, 100 such images were reported to the social network. Only 18 w...
WikiLeaks: Here’s how the CIA hacks your phones, TVs and PCs
CNET - WikiLeaks says it's released thousands of documents showing the CIA's secret hacking tools that the agency can use to break into our phones, cars, computers and smart TVs.
WikiLeaks, which has publish...
Jenny Holzer to use augmented reality in Blenheim Palace show
The Art Newspaper - The US artist Jenny Holzer will show new works, some of them using augmented reality, in an exhibition due to open at Blenheim Palace this autumn (28 September-31 December). The 18th-century...
Mondrian Turned His Studios into Giant Abstract Paintings
Artsy - Piet Mondrian was almost 70 when he had his first solo show, but his bold, geometric paintings have since become iconic. Lesser-known (but no less fascinating), however, are the spaces where the De Stij...
Controversial trove from imperial Chinese shipwreck lands in New York
The Art Newspaper - Treasures from an ancient shipwreck, discovered off the coast of an Indonesian island, will be shown in the US for the first time. The Asia Society in New York is presenting 76 extraordinari...
Female Old Masters finally get their day in the sun
The Art Newspaper - Female Old Masters are enjoying a belated renaissance. A major survey of the 18th-century French portraitist Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun drew crowds at the Grand Palais in Paris, the Metr...