Annah Otis
The summer of 2026 has been an unusually successful one for museum thieves as European institutions grapple with a rising number of break-ins and heists.
As car enthusiasts perused hundreds of unique vehicles along the Carmel coast, five auction houses sold a record $762 million in collector machines during Monterey Car Week this August, far…
Eight prints from Henri Matisse’s celebrated 1947 Jazz series, valued at about $190,000, are back in the hands of Brazilian authorities after being recovered from an apartment…
From coconut palm leaves folded into ceremonial forms in Bali to brown ash splints woven into baskets in Maine and wool blankets woven across the Navajo Nation, a younger generation of artists is…
Staff at both the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) and Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG) voted to strike over pay and working conditions in late July as European cities recover from a record-breaking…
The Smithsonian Institution, long regarded as a trusted keeper of the nation’s shared history, has spent the summer fighting to defend its independence.
A new influx of nine-figure gifts is reshaping American arts institutions as the second Gilded Age emerges and newly minted billionaires begin hefty rounds of giving.
Auction houses have long measured their seasons by paintings and sculptures, but the numbers favored a relatively overlooked category this spring season.
This year’s FIFA World Cup in North America has turned into an unlikely showcase for art as soccer, sculpture, and sports memorabilia converge across the tournament cities.
More than 130 museums and historic landmarks in Iran have been damaged since the conflict with Israel and the United States erupted in January, despite efforts to mark protected locations and…
Two major additions to American culture opened their doors within days of each other after multi-year projects strategically planned to culminate during the country’s 250th anniversary: the …
Villa Pilar, which was painted in 1940 by Leonora Carrington during her confinement at the Sanatorio Morales—a clinic located just outside Santander, Spain—remained in her psychiatrist’…
By the time the British Museum’s doors opened to ticket holders for a lecture on Ancient Israel and Judah on June 11, the event had already been postponed once and embroiled in a fierce debate…
The backroom work of conservation is increasingly becoming a form of public engagement and education at museums that have turned the restoration of their greatest works into forms of theater.…
New York’s marquee spring auctions have wrapped with a combined $2.5 billion in sales across Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Phillips.
