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Artist and Curator Glenn Kaino Reveals His Top Five Recent Obsessions
Glenn Kaino is the cocurator of “Breath(e): Toward Climate and Social Justice,” an exhibition at the Hammer Museum that is…
Did Dalí Trick Yoko Ono Into Buying a Blade of Grass for $10,000?
When it comes to Salvador Dalí, the most compelling stories seem at once blatantly apocryphal and perfectly plausible—a definition, of…
Today’s AJ Highlights | ArtsJournal
Happy Saturday. So you thought debates about high and low culture were long settled? David Brooks believes American culture generally…
Rheim Alkadhi Offers a Path Toward Liberation in Palestine-Themed Artworks in London
If you enter the lower galleries of London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts right now, you’ll encounter a postcard-like image described…
Huge! The Largest Prehistoric Structure South of the Sahara
Nearly 20,000 Shona citizens once animated the 1,800-acre ruins of Great Zimbabwe. Sub-Saharan Africa has many zimbabwes, or stone villages,…
Taxes Librarian’s Lawsuit For Wrongful Termination May Proceed, Federal Judge Rules
“U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman — the same judge who, in March 2023, ordered several books banned by Llano County…
National Museum of Sudan Looted, And More
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES BIG FRIEZE TO THAW? The third…
Artist Gao Zhen Detained in China Over Sculptures Criticizing Mao Zedong
The well-known Chinese artist Gao Zhen was arrested near Beijing last Monday in connection to a series of sculptures he…
The Bernstein Story Not Told in “Maestro” — Take Four: What Happened to Charles Ives?
In 1951, Leonard Bernstein, age 32, led the New York Philharmonic in the belated world premiere of Charles Ives’ Symphony…
Boy Scouts’ Art Collection Heads to Auction Amid Sex Abuse Bankruptcy
The Boy Scouts of America is auctioning off the entirety of its 321-piece art collection, which includes works by Norman…
A Show of Pre-Raphaelite Masterpieces Invites You to Smell Them, Too
Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais’ painting The Blind Girl (1854–56) shows two girls sitting in a bright green meadow with…
After Four Years And $125 Million, San Diego Symphony’s Completely Renovated Home Is Ready To Go
“Although the outside of Jacobs Music Center appears much the same as it did in March 2020, when the orchestra…
AI Installations Raise Ethical Questions about Ventriloquizing the Dead
Despite being dead, Salvador Dalí makes for a punctual employee. For the past five years, a digital doppelgänger of the…
London’s First Slavery Memorial Is an Immersive Sculpture by Khaleb Brooks
Artist Khaleb Brooks will design London’s first memorial to the victims of the transatlantic slave trade, acknowledging the city’s pivotal…
So The Disney Snow White Remake Is Going Great
Aside from the price tag, stars Rachel Zegler, who plays Snow White, “is an outspoken advocate for Palestinian rights and Gal…
Christie’s First Sale at New Asia Headquarters Lead By $35 M. Monet
One of Claude Monet‘s famous water lily paintings is slated to lead Christie’s first evening sale of 20th- and 21st-century…
How Women Shaped Monet’s Artistic Journey
Claude Monet’s legacy, often referenced in pop culture cameos and defined by astronomical auction prices, tends to overshadow the artist’s…