A painting of water lilies by French impressionist Claude Monet has sold for $74 million, as part of a lively fall art auction season. “Le bassin aux nympheas” topped the projected sale price of $65 million when it went under the hammer
The Guggenheim Museum closed temporarily closed its entrance on Nov 11 due to protests. Eight anonymous artists and cultural workers aimed to shed light on the Israeli military’s ongoing killing of Palestinian children in Gaza at the spiral entrance of the museum
A Roman-era female statue unearthed in the ancient city of Anemurium in southern Türkiye is an exciting find for the archaeology team. Archaeological excavations in the ancient city of Anemurium have unearthed a female statue believed to represent an important person. The
A preview held at the museum featured Andrew Bolton, the curator overseeing the Costume Institute’s extensive fashion collection, unveiling the latest theme for this year. Boldon announced the much-awaited annual showcase, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion.” The theme, set to serve as the
The photographer Nan Goldin announced that she had called off a project for the New York Times Magazine because of the newspaper’s pro-Israel bias in its reporting on Gaza. Goldin said: “Yesterday, I canceled a big job with the New York Times
The British Museum has released new details around the theft of 2,000 Greek and Roman antiquities that have shaken public confidence in the institution. The British Museum has recently released the terms of the independent review, which revealed that thefts of various
In the Realm of Three Inland Seas is the most comprehensive exhibition of Handan Börüteçene, whose practice has firmly focused on archaeology, history, and nature for over forty years. The title points to a geography that has inspired the artist with its
Turkey has opened a new archaeology research center that houses the country’s first archaeometry laboratory and a vast digital archive. The Kendirli Church and Latin School, which was constructed in 1860, has been refurbished with the assistance of the European Union and
A 1932 painting by Pablo Picasso titled Femme à la montre from the collection of the late New York philanthropist Emily Fisher Landau, sold. at Sotheby’s during a New York evening sale for $139 million with fees. It marks the second-highest price
Four men have been criminally charged by the Crown Prosecution Service, following the announcement made several months ago by British law enforcement regarding a major breakthrough in the 2019 theft of Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s golden toilet sculpture, as reported by the