Article date: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
From Speculation to Stewardship: Preserving Digital Culture on the Blockchain
The NFT boom of 2020 was an explosive moment in the history of digital art. Seemingly overnight a somewhat obscure category of contemporary art took center stage, alongside a powerful and nebulous technology – ‘the blockchain.’
Article date: Monday, May 5, 2025
Arts and Cultural Industries grew at Twice the Rate of the U.S. Economy
The arts and cultural sector grew at more than twice the rate of the total economy between 2022 and 2023, according to new data from the Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACPSA), a product of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
Article date: Monday, May 5, 2025
Tragedy in Jordan: Two Belgian Tourists found Dead, 1,700 evacuated from UNESCO Site Petra
A major search and rescue operation had been launched in Jordan after flash floods ripped through vast parts of the country at the weekend.
Article date: Monday, May 5, 2025
Marlene Dumas is set to break the Auction Record for an Artwork by a Living Female Artist
Miss January stands as the most significant work from Marlene Dumas to ever appear at auction.
Article date: Saturday, May 3, 2025
Influential Video Artist Dara Birnbaum dies at 78
Dara Birnbaum, a pioneer of the feminist and video art movements who probed, mimicked, and remixed mass media, died, May 2, at age 78.
Article date: Saturday, May 3, 2025
Schiele's "Russian War Prisoner" stays at Art Institute of Chicago for now, a Judge decides
A New York judge ruled recently that Art Institute of Chicago has to surrender a contested Schiele artwork that the Nazis allegedly looted, but an appellate judge issued an emergency stay this week, allowing the artwork to stay in Chicago, for now.
Article date: Saturday, May 3, 2025
A Masterpiece by Canaletto that belonged to Britain's First Prime Minister leads Classic Week in London
Christie’s is to sell a view of Venice by Canaletto which was once owned by Britain’s first prime minister, Robert Walpole, in its Old Masters evening sale on 1 July. It is estimated to make in excess of £20m.
Article date: Saturday, May 3, 2025
De Kooning Masterpiece installed for opening of Fenix Museum in Rotterdam
This week sees the final installation of the collection of Fenix, the new art museum about migration, opening in Rotterdam on Friday 16 May 2025.
Article date: Saturday, May 3, 2025
Today is World Press Freedom Day
3 May acts as a reminder to governments of the need to respect their commitment to press freedom and is also a day of reflection among media professionals about issues of press freedom and professional ethics.
Article date: Friday, May 2, 2025
Alexander Rotter appointed as Global President of Christie’s, Effective Immediately
Bonnie Brennan, CEO of Christie’s, has appointed Alexander Rotter as Global President of Christie’s, effective immediately.
Article date: Friday, May 2, 2025
Gustav Klimt 30 Million Euro Sale falls Through Amid Unresolved Nazi-Era Provenance
The 30 million euro sale of Gustav Klimt’s Portrait of Fräulein Lieser (1917) collapses amid unresolved restitution claims. The painting, rediscovered after decades, had been heralded as a significant find—until questions over its wartime history proved too contentious to resolve.
Article date: Thursday, May 1, 2025
Fifteenth-Century Book looted in WW2 returned to Polish Museum
A 15th-century book that disappeared from a Polish city during the wartime Nazi-German occupation has been returned after turning up at an auction in Warsaw last year.
Article date: Thursday, May 1, 2025
Buckingham Palace exhibits King Charles' Royal Tours in New Exhibition
This summer, visitors to the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace will see a special exhibition, The King’s Tour Artists, featuring over 70 works of art from His Majesty’s own collection, many on public display for the first time.
Article date: Thursday, May 1, 2025
Sold: Ari Emanuel buys Frieze Art Fair from Endeavor
The arts organization and event will be sold to a new company founded by Emanuel and backed by a consortium of investors.
Article date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Where Tintoretto Once stood: Luc Tuymans' New Works for San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice
From May 9 to November 23, 2025, the altar of the Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice will host two new works by Belgian painter Luc Tuymans.
Article date: Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Thomas J Price's 12-Foot Bronzes take over Times Square New York
A 12-foot-tall figurative bronze sculpture by artist Thomas J Price, whose multidisciplinary practice confronts preconceived notions of identity and representation takes over Times Square.
Article date: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Manifesta 16 Ruhr unveils Conceptual Framework and Urban Vision
The 16th edition of Manifesta, the European Nomadic Biennial, will be held in Germany’s Ruhr Area from the 21st of June until the 4th of October 2026.
Article date: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
CIMAM launches A Message of Care and Concern
The recent turmoil in the United States is a matter of grave concern for the art scene and its institutions.
Article date: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Brussels opens New Galleries dedicated to Art Nouveau and Art Deco in June
In June 2025, two galleries, over an area of some 1200 square metre, will highlight the rich collections of furniture and decorative objects from the 19th century and the later periods of Art Nouveau and Art Deco.
Article date: Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Bank of America supports TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund Conservation of the Black Book of Hours
The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF) and TEFAF New York Lead Partner, Bank of America, announced the Hispanic Society Museum & Library as the recipient of this year’s TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund (TMRF) in New York.
