At Large
In a talk at TEDx Nuremberg in July 2022, Dr. Carina Popovici posed the question, “Can AI detect forged art?” Using a work by Impressionist painter Eugène Boudin as an example, she highlighted the…
Success in the business of making, selling, or collecting art demands an entrepreneurial mindset. To be an entrepreneur requires original thinking and the ability to transform an idea into an…
“What belongs to one, belongs to almost no one,” said Spanish sculptor Eduardo Chillida, who dedicated a significant portion of his practice to public works. Too big to travel, you won’t see any…
The theft of royal jewelry, collectively valued at $102 million, from the Louvre Museum’s Apollo Gallery on October 19 has sparked everything from memes to heated debate over the museum’s…
Our 2026 ranking includes many familiar schools throughout the country, from SCAD and MassArt, to Yale and SAIC. We’ve used the same criteria as in our previous lists to reach our conclusions,…
In June this year, a colossal ancient marble head was discovered in Rome. Presumably once part of a larger, full-body statue, the identity of the bust is yet to be determined. Although it was found…
In 1943, the Uruguayan artist Joaquín Torres-García sketched a map of South America with the continent turned upside down, so that its southern tip was at the top, marked “South Pole.” Titled …
Step into the Tivoli Kopke Porto Gaia Hotel in Portugal, and step back in time to the 1630s, when wine was the primary economic force in the region. Today, it's still an essential part of the…
The title creation process for abstract art can be fascinating. Sometimes titles are chosen by a family member, agent, or gallery. But most artists title their works themselves, deliberately crafting…
Faced with government funding cuts and mounting redevelopment expenses, the British Museum is taking a page out of the American fundraising playbook with an inaugural ball on October 18th.
Stock exchanges have been offering the public a piece of corporate earnings since the Dutch East India Company opened one in 1602, but only recently has art become a tradable security. Half a dozen…
Born in England, formed as a surrealist in Paris, residing in Mexico since 1942, Leonora Carrington had her first solo exhibition in New York in 1948. It was held at the Pierre Matisse Gallery,…
On August 16, 1972, at Riace Marina on the south coast of the Italian boot, amateur diver Stefano Mariottini reported to the local Carabinieri station the presence of archaeological finds which…
Known as the Renaissance's greatest sculptor, Michelangelo was often commissioned to apply his talents to other mediums such as painting and architecture.
Contemporary museums and galleries are faced with the dual challenge and opportunity of working directly with living artists to display work in a way that feels authentic to both parties. However, in…
