The Hunt: An English King’s Jewels, Washed Away by a Rogue Tide
A roaring tide dragged away Bad King John’s army, money, and treasures, including the crown jewels of England. The search for the long-lost jewels has tantalized treasure seekers for centuries. History remembers King John as one of England’s most disastrous monarchs. His reputation and reign were so dismal that no king has taken on the […]
‘Bringing People to Art Is Important’: Star Architect Annabelle Selldorf on Her Vital Mission
Annabelle Selldorf is one of the art world’s preeminent architects. Since she founded Selldorf Architects in 1988 at only 28 years old, she’s grown it into one of the world’s most sought after firms, consistently demonstrating a deep sensitivity to context, materiality, and the needs of both art and the people who engage with it. […]
Artcore: Meet the ‘Wild Beasts’ of Early 20th-Century French Art
The Salon d’Automne in Paris may have been launched in 1903 as a liberal alternative to the staid Paris Salon, but even it was unprepared for what Henri Matisse unveiled in 1905. That year, the painter installed a portrait of his wife Amélie, her steady gaze anchoring a riot of colors. Amélie’s dress is depicted […]
Art Lovers, Here Are 7 New Non-Fiction Books to Add to Your Summer Reading List
Summer holidays and sunny weekends are the perfect moments to catch up on that part of the Venn diagram where the literary world and the art world intersect; in other words, the time is now to dive into great books about art. Our staff has been collating recent publications of note, and we picked out […]
The U.K.’s Arts Sector Is Facing a Major Wealth Drain. Can the Labour Party Stop It?
It was a big photo-op moment when the U.K.’s new prime minister Keir Starmer delivered his victory speech at Tate Modern last Friday after leading the Labour party to a historic landslide win in the general election. Standing against the red-lit backdrop of the Turbine Hall, illuminated to match the signature color of the winning […]
With a Trio of International Shows, Artist-Dealer Joel Mesler Finally Knows What Love Is
The beach ball embodies a sense of carefree exuberance, signaling that fun and games are afoot in a classic holiday setting. This object, emblazoned with words like “joy,” “us,” or “sunrise,” is dotted across three new exhibitions by the California-born, New York-based artist Joel Mesler: his “Pool Party” at Rockefeller Plaza, a solo show at […]
Spire of Famed French Cathedral Beloved by Monet Catches Fire
The covering around the spire of a French cathedral once painted by Claude Monet caught fire Thursday, prompting fears of a repeat of Paris’s Notre Dame, which was devastated by fire in 2019. The fire on the spire of the cathedral, Notre-Dame de Rouen in the village of Rouen, broke out at around noon local […]
Art Bites: What’s Up With This Museum’s Cabinet of Noses?
Only one of Copenhagen’s many museums honors broken noses. Among the elegant Glyptotek Museum’s extensive collection of archaeological artifacts, modern paintings, and many sculptures from antiquity hangs a quiet cabinet called the Nasothek. Behind its glass lie nine neat rows of nearly 100 noses that formerly adorned the museum’s sculptures. Danish Brewer and avid art […]
‘The More Repellent You Are, the More Attractive You Become’: George Condo on Contemporary Mythmaking
The ancient Greeks had two words to describe the essence of time: chronos, the relentless, linear progression of history, and kairos, the profound, unfolding moment that breathes life into the present. As I arrived at the sun-drenched opening of George Condo’s latest exhibition, on the Greek island of Hydra, these concepts prepared me to meet […]
Art We Love: A Spellbinding Ode to Creation
Mr Eazi is a Nigerian Afrobeats star celebrated for pioneering Banku music, which fuses Ghanaian Highlife with the chord progressions and passions of Nigeria. A serial entrepreneur, he founded emPawa Africa in 2018 as a talent incubator program designed to accelerate the careers of African artists. For his debut studio album, the Evil Genius, he […]