Art News

For six weeks in 2011, visitors to room 20 of the Parisian Musee d'Orsay didn't know what to look at first—Gustave Courbet's L'Origine du Monde (1866), or the woman copying it at a nearby easel.

In new community guidelines released this week, Facebook announced a new policy meant to halt the sales of looted artifacts on its platform.

Influenced by the movements of color field and action painting, Francine Tint’s paintings are the result of a process of disclosure, drawn from her own life events, dreams, and literature.

In times of great uncertainty, artists are lighting the path towards salvation. One of those is Costas Picadas, creating bridges between art and science to heal and remind us what we are made of.

A recently botched restoration of a once beautiful painting of the Virgin Mary is proving once again why it’s best to leave some tasks to the experts.

As a jewel or as a weapon, from China to Mexico, passing through India and New Zealand, jade has influenced the political, social, and economic life of many different cultures around the world.

The American Museum of Natural History today announced that it has requested that the Theodore Roosevelt Equestrian Statue, which sits on New York City public park land in front of the Museum’s Central Park West entrance, be moved.

If the quarantine blues are still getting you down, access to art is a surefire cure. These four exhibitions you can explore from home bring an infusion of color that is sure to brighten your outlook.

On-site research was put on hold abruptly in March around the world. Many students conducting their work while on fellowship-funded research years had to return home, their research paused awkwardly, without any clear idea of when they could resume their progress.

Having to wait a bit longer for New York, Chicago, and LA dealers to reopen, we turned our sights on European galleries mounting recently opened exhibitions of American artists.