Pablo Picasso, Guernica, 1937 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid. Artwork copyright © 2025 Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photo: Erich Lessing/Art Resource, New York. Pablo Picasso was something of a latecomer to political activism, having embraced it only after reaching his 50s. Prior to that, his sole dedication …
Vessel supported by two rams. Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art recently announced that it will return three ancient sculptures to Iraq, dating from 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. They are estimated to be collectively worth $500,000. The items are a Sumerian vessel …
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Tiffany Studios, designed by Agnes Northrop, Mountain Landscape (Root Memorial Window), 1917. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, acquired a monumental landscape stained-glass window created by Tiffany Studios, marking the first window of its kind to enter the museum’s collection. Measuring approximately nine feet tall by …
The exterior view of the Guggenheim Museum designed by architect Frank Gehry in Bilbao, Spain. Photo Joaquin Gomez Sastre / NurPhoto via Getty Images The Mediterranean Alliance for Wetlands launched a campaign to protect the Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve from an extension of the Guggenheim Museum, which has been trying to expand its Bilbao outpost. “A …
Kerry James Marshall’s Past Times (1997) before it headed to auction at Sotheby’s. Photo Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images According to multiple reports this week, rapper and record executive Sean Combs may see many of his assets seized by the Department of Justice if he is found guilty of sex trafficking, a charge that he …
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Michelangelo, David, 1501–1504, Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence, Italy Paolo Lo Debole/Getty Images. Calling Michelangelo’s David iconic is something of an understatement: A monument of art history both literally and figuratively, it is undoubtedly the world’s most famous sculpture—and, with a height of nearly 14 feet and a weight of more than six tons, impossible to ignore. …
Yan Du, the founder of YDP, says the project happened “very organically.” courtesy YDP This October, Chinese collector and philanthropist Yan Du will open a new nonprofit space supporting artists from Asian backgrounds in London’s Bloomsbury district. Called Yan Du Projects (YDP), it is located in a huge, Grade 1-listed, 18th-century Georgian townhouse in Bedford …
Four of the ten glass spearheads being returned by the Fowler Museum. Courtesy of the Fowler Museum, UCLA The Fowler Museum at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) recently returned 11 objects to an Aboriginal community in Northern Australia. A kangaroo tooth headband and 10 glass spearheads, some of which are more than 100 …
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Installation view of “Rasquachismo: 35 Years of a Chicano Sensibility,” 2024–25, at McNay Art Museum, San Antonio. Photo Jacklyn Velez/Courtesy the McNay Art Museum Most people probably think of San Antonio as the “home of the Alamo,” and while the city may be the birthplace of a certain Texan imaginary, it’s also given rise to …
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Ana Pellicer. Courtesy Mexican Culture Ministry Ana Pellicer, a sculptor beloved in her home country of Mexico for her copper creations, has died at 79. Mexico’s culture ministry announced her death this week but did not state a cause. Pellicer has received international praise in the past decade for the jewelry she made for the …
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