Puerto Rico’s Museums Face Devastating Losses After a Spate of Earthquakes Struck the Island
artnet news - Puerto Rico has experienced a series of increasingly strong earthquakes in recent days, culminating in a 6.4 earthquake on Tuesday that ...
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For the First Time in Its History, the Netherlands Is Returning an Enormous Trove of Artifacts to Its Former Colonial Territory of Indonesia
artnet news - The objects, some of which date back to 5000 B.C., will go on view at the National Museum of Indonesia this June. - read more...
Here’s Our Definitive Guide to All the Art Fairs Taking Place Around the World in the First Half of 2020
artnet news - The roaring ’20s are upon us, and there are enough art fairs on the calendar to keep everyone prosperous. Kicking off the year is the so...
Images of 100,000 Artworks From Paris Museum Collections Now Freely Available to the Public
Hyperallergic - aris Musées announced yesterday that it is now offering 100,000 digital reproductions of artworks in the city’s museums as Open Access...
Thieves steal priceless Baroque jewels from Dresden museum
The Art Newspaper- Thieves have broken into Dresden’s Green Vault museum, one of the richest treasure chambers in Europe, and stolen priceless 18th-ce...
Nan Goldin’s New Show Is a Raw, Emotional View into the Dangers of Addiction
artsy - Two days after the opening of her first exhibition at Marian Goodman Gallery, Nan Goldin staged a “die-in” protest across town in London. - r...
Most Know Photographer Dóra Maar as Picasso’s Spurned Lover. But a New Exhibition Argues We Got Her Story All Wrong
Artnet - For many people, Dóra Maar is simply Picasso’s jilted ex-girlfriend, an independent spirit who turned into his clingy “weeping woman.” - rea...
Brice Marden’s Latest Breakthrough
Hyperallergic- The argument between drawing (line and contour) and painting (color and light) goes back to the Renaissance and what some believe is th...
Court Rules That Picasso’s Electrician Stole 271 of the Artist’s Works
Hyperallergic- It’s lights-out for Picasso’s electrician! In the end to a shocking tale of intrigue and litigation, France’s high appeals court upheld...
The UN’s World Health Organization Says Art Is a Powerful Prescription
Hyprerallergic - “Art is a wound that turns into light,” once said 20th-century artist Georges Braque. His words ring truer than ever in the wake of a...