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Pace Gallery Closes New York Flagship Space

On January 27, Pace Gallery’s New York flagship building closed to the public for the day after being spray-painted with pro-Palestine messages. Pace Gallery is the latest in a series of New York galleries to be tagged with phrases related to the

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Museum Closes Native American Halls

Starting on January 27, the American Museum of Natural History in New York closed two halls featuring Native American objects, citing their severe outdatedness and cultural sensitivity. This move aligns with recently revamped federal regulations regarding the display of Indigenous human remains

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Loan of the Cyrus Cylinder Triggers Protests From Iran

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

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Protesters Throw Soup at Mona Lisa

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.

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Rediscovery of Gustav Klimt Portrait

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

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Cindy Sherman Poses for Juergen Teller

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,

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Whitney Biennial to Host 71 Artists

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

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Calling for Ceasefire at Reina Sofia

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

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Loewe Collaborates with Richard Hawkins

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

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