Artists Are Hit Hard by Europe’s Twinned Energy and Inflation Crises
artnet news - One silver lining in an otherwise bleak situation is that many had already cut back on production costs during the pandemic. - read more ...
Rubens Painting, Lost for Centuries, Heads to the Auction Block
Hyperallergic - The work, whose whereabouts were unknown until a French family discovered it in their collection, could sell for up to $35 million. - read more ...
Brazilian Artists Celebrate Lula’s Comeback as President
“The last four years have been of orchestrated cultural destruction at the hands of the extreme right,” artist Laercio Cubas Jr. told Hyperallergic. - read more ...
The Earth is Flat at Carriage Trade
The Earth is Flat Carriage Trade
by Sara Blazej
Edited by Liam Davis
An Artery Exclusive
In a 2013 speech at Georgetown University in Washington D.C., former president Barack Obama addressed a rapt public o...
In “Largest Return” in Central American History, Netherlands Sends 300+ Artifacts Back to Panama
Hyperallergic - Dutch officials have agreed to repatriate hundreds of Indigenous artifacts to an archaeological museum in Panama. The announcement on August 29 claimed that the 343 pre-Hispanic ceramics held in...
Extreme Floods in Pakistan Devastate Cultural Heritage Sites
Hyperallergic - News of catastrophic climate change has been dominated this week by an unprecedented monsoon season in Pakistan that has killed more than 1,000 people and impacted a significant majority of the ...
What Sold at New York’s Spring 2022 Auctions
artsy - On the same day that the Dow dropped 1,100 points, Phillips’s 20th-century and contemporary art evening sale netted a company best of $225 million in sales. Much was uncertain entering the spring New Y...
Sacred or Sexist? After a Brazen Theft, Seeing de Kooning in a New Light
NY Times - When “Woman-Ochre” goes on view at the Getty Museum after its conservation, the painting will have a new mystique. But competing interpretations remain. - read more ...
Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs Ousted From Tate Museums
Hyperallergic - London’s Tate museums have cut ties with two Russian oligarchs who were sanctioned by the United States and the European Union (EU) as punishment for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. - read more ...
Arts Sector Shrank at Twice the Rate of US Economy During Pandemic, NEA Finds
Hyperallergic - For nearly a year after the initial March 2020 lockdowns across the United States, economic productivity throughout the arts sector came to a standstill, as closures affected employment and reve...