The Daily Checklist: Scared Thief Returns Stolen Rembrandt Very Quickly, MFA...
Plus, another gallery moves to Bushwick.
View ArticleDesign & Architecture: As W Redesigns Its Hotels to Suit Their Cities,...
In rehabbing the W San Francisco, the architect has sidestepped the obvious Golden Gate Bridge theme to get at something darker.
View ArticlePhotography: See Helmut Newton's None-Too-Prude Polaroids from Berlin's...
Nude models dominate the new exhibition of more than 300 of his instant photos.
View ArticleDesign & Architecture: Did Mystical Spanish Architect Antoni Gaudi Enlist...
A bench at Sant Boi hospital in Barcelona may hold a clue to the Surrealist precursor's pioneering approach to treating mental illness.
View ArticlePerforming Arts: Self-Taught Musician David Lynch Releases His "Crazy" First...
Titled "Crazy Clown Time," the 14-track album showcases the musical stylings of the cult filmmaker
View ArticlePerforming Arts: Avant-Garde Composer Steve Reich Abandons Controversial 9/11...
Reich explains that he wants people to listen to his music "without something distracting them."
View ArticleMuseums: Art for the Apocalypse: A Look at the Fail-Safe Collection Inside...
Curator Andrew Robison oversees the contents of a series of boxes to protect our national art treasures from the unthinkable.
View ArticleThe Daily Checklist: "SpongeBob" Artist Accused of Bewildering Art Gallery...
Plus, the return of Matthew Barney.
View ArticleArt Market: What Moody's Thinks of MoMA: Analyzing the Top 5 Credit Ratings...
In the wake of LACMA's downgrade, a look at just how close or far away the ratings giant thinks the nation's art institutions are from defaulting.
View ArticleArt & Crime: Husband-and-Wife Art Smugglers Arrested for Spiriting 1,300...
The pair used North Korean connections to cut a deal with artists, selling their work abroad and passing profits back.
View ArticleDesign & Architecture: Plan to Remake Venice's Historic Accademia Bridge in...
Critics worry that the city will "lose a piece of its identity" if the bridge is reconstructed.
View ArticlePhotography: Fashion Photographer Mario Testino Snaps Up Inaugural Moet &...
The champagne house will honor Testino's career with a lavish, star-studded celebration.
View ArticleDesign & Architecture: The Local Element: Inside the Seattle Home of Art...
Whether shaking up their longtime neighborhood or supporting Northwest artists, they've always kept Seattle in mind while creating a world-class collection.
View ArticlePerforming Arts: Vampire Weekend Settles Copyright Lawsuit With Older and...
The band is now suing the photographer who licensed the photo.
View ArticleThe Daily Checklist: James Franco to Join Mr. Brainwash at the Toronto Film...
Plus, Richard Gere's guitar collection heads to Christie's.
View ArticleGalleries: Hardcore Yarn: Olek Brings Her Aggressive Appropriationist Spin on...
The street artist's new show at Jonathan LeVine gallery shows her riffing off of everyone from Banksy to Madonna with her yarn works.
View ArticleArt Market: Is the Market For Egyptian Art Undergoing Its Own Revolution?
The art market in Cairo has exploded since the revolution earlier this year, but the military and conservative political parties could reinstate censorship.
View ArticleDesign & Architecture: Unwrapping Our 7 Favorite Design Objects From the New...
From grabby ceramic coat hooks to life-size piggy banks, this event has everything the design wonk could crave.
View ArticlePerforming Arts: Michael Jackson's Sprawling Artist Studio and Art Collection...
The King of Pop used wax pencils to create drawings of chairs, keys, and the number 7.
View ArticlePostwar & Contemporary Art: The Kinetic Connection: New York Exhibitions...
Buckminster Fuller, Gego, Katarzyna Kobro, and the "Whole Earth Catalog" all get their due this summer.
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