Government officials in Iran have expressed objections to the British Museum’s plan to loan the Cyrus Cylinder, one of its significant antiquities, to a library in Jerusalem later this year. Hadi Mirzaei, Iran’s Director General of the general office of museums, has
Protesters have thrown soup at the glass-encased Mona Lisa painting in France, advocating for the right to “healthy and sustainable food.” The 16th Century masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci, housed at the Louvre in central Paris, remained unharmed behind its bulletproof glass.
A rediscovered portrait of Fraulein Lieser, with ties to a Jewish family in Austria, is set to go to auction on 24 April. Last seen in public in 1925, the portrait’s fate remained unclear until it resurfaced in the possession of the
In celebration of its 40th anniversary, Marc Jacobs curated a cast of friends and collaborators for its Spring/Summer 2024 campaign, lensed by German photographer Juergen Teller. The campaign features prominent figures including artist and photographer Cindy Sherman, along with musicians FKA Twigs,
The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York has unveiled the list of artists participating in the 81st edition of the Whitney Biennial, set to open to the public on March 20. Titled “Even Better Than the Real Thing” and co-organized
An enormous banner by the US street artist Shepard Fairey, based on a photograph of an injured Palestinian child crying by the Gazan photojournalist Belal Khaled, was unfurled by Greenpeace activists on the façade of the Reina Sofia museum in Madrid Wednesday
During Paris Fashion Week, Loewe presented its Autumn/Winter 2024 menswear collection, featuring collaboration with Los Angeles-based painter and University of California professor Richard Hawkins. Creative director Jonathan Anderson collaborated with Hawkins to produce digital collages reminiscent of arched stained glass windows. The
“Barbie” secured eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Ryan Gosling, and Best Supporting Actress for America Ferrera. The film also earned nods for Best Adapted Screenplay, Costume Design, and Production Design. Notably, director Greta Gerwig was not nominated
John Bonafede, a New York-based painter and performance artist who participated as a nude performer in the Museum of Modern Art’s 2010 exhibition “Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present,” has filed a lawsuit against the institution. Bonafede accuses MoMA of failing to
In the early hours of Sunday morning, a destructive fire engulfed the National Art Gallery of Abkhazia, a pro-Russian separatist region officially part of Georgia, resulting in the loss of at least 4,000 artworks, as reported by local state media. Acting Minister
