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Durham University Archaeology students have been part of an extraordinary archaeological discovery in Spain.
What This Extraordinary Find Says About Gender in an Ancient Culture
Archaeologists have discovered a funerary stone that could completely change how we understand gender roles in ancient Iberian society.
ecce homo original and botched restoration
5 Art Restoration Fails That Will Blow Your Mind
The following failed restoration jobs range from humorous to disgraceful. Some were so easy to fix, it’s like they never happened. Others have left masterpieces so irrevocably damaged that huge fines…
Samuel Scott, Wager's Action off Cartegena, 28 May 1708, oil on canvas, before 1772, National Maritime Museum
Colombia Wants to Recover $20 Billion from Storied Shipwreck, San José
Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, has made the recovery of the San Jose, a shipwreck from 1708 laden with billions of dollars worth of treasure, a priority for his administration.
Flora Yukhnovich, She Herself Is a Haunted House, 2023.
The Monstrous Feminine in Flora Yukhnovich’s Luscious Canvases at the Ashmolean
In a New Series, the Artist Finds Dark Source Material
The Fridericianum during documenta (13)
Documenta Team Resigns Over Israel-Hamas Conflict
The entire selection committee of the prestigious exhibition, documenta, which happens every five years, has resigned over disputes related to the Israel-Hamas conflict putting the 2027 edition of…
Made by the Cypriot culture in the Late Cypriot II period, ca. 1450–1200 B.C. Height is 8 3/16 in (20.80 cm). The Met Museum. The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76.
10 Stunning Prehistoric Sculptures from The Met's Collection
This story particularly focuses on prehistoric sculptures from across the globe—which are often rather small and tend to depict humans, animals, or some combination of the two. The earliest…
Artist Tracey Emin
Artist Tracey Emin Elected to British Museum Board, and More News

 

Tracey Emin Makes History as the First Woman Artist Appointed a Trustee of the British Museum

Weighing 83 tons, the statue of Rameses II, one of the most powerful Egyptian Pharaoh, was brought to the Grand Egyptian Museum from a temporary site in Giza in a specially-built cage. Photo courtesy of the Grand Egyptian Museum.
After 20 Years, Grand Egyptian Museum Set to Reopen in 2024

The much-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum has taken twenty years to build and an estimated $1 billion, and is finally coming to fruition, with an estimated opening date slated for…

Portable Camera Obscura, 1800s. Goethe Nationalmuseum, Weimar, Germany.
What You Don't Know About the World’s Oldest Photograph
Not the most impressive at first glance, Joseph Nicéphore Niépce's photograph from the window at Le Gras, with its blurred shadow-shapes of trees and buildings, was integral to the development of…
John Singer Sargent, Lady Agnew of Lochnaw, 1892 (detail)
In John Singer Sargent's Portraits, Fashion Takes Center Stage
In “Fashioned by Sargent,” paintings by John Singer Sargent Are Paired with the Garments Actually Worn by their Subjects
Just Stop Oil activists standing by the Rokeby Venus after hitting the protective glass with safety hammers.
Activists Attack Diego Velázquez’s Venus at London's National Gallery
Just Stop Oil protestors attacked Diego Velázquez's famed Rokeby Venus painting at London's National Gallery in possibly the most damaging attack on art by the activist group thus far.
Parade of the Award Nominees
How Mickey Mouse Has Changed Over the Decades
With Mickey Mouse's birthday being celebrated on November 18, we look back across the decades to see how his look has changed with the times.
Installation view
Judy Chicago’s “Herstory” Makes Space for Women Artists, Before and After
After Six Decades, the Artist Gets Her Due
Photograph: L’AiR Arts
Famed Studio of Gaugin and Modigliani to Be Restored
Owners of Atelier 11, the studio space of Modigliani and Gaugin, are raising funds to restore the Paris space for a new generation of artists.
Tyler Mitchell at SCAD Museum of Art
For Tyler Mitchell, the Clothesline Becomes an Emblem of Luxury
In "Domestic Imaginaries" at SCAD, the first show in his homestate of Georgia, Tyler Mitchell harks back to his childhood and the great luxury of leisure time.