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Installation View - Swivel Gallery - Kiah Celeste - To Be Held A Long Time - May 6, 2025

Kiah Celeste’s Found Objects Romanticize Mundanity

Multi-dimensional artist Kiah Celeste (1994) reappropriates found objects, gleaning material from urban and industrial environments, to build …

The Snettisham Hoard on display at the British Museum. The hoard contains hundreds of pieces of gold and other metal objects including about 70 intact torcs. License

Exploring the British Iron Age: 7 Fascinating Found Objects

Though often overshadowed by the grand architectural and…

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Antiques

Alphonse Mucha, Poster for the publishing house of F. Champenois, 1897. Color lithograph.

Art 101: What was Art Nouveau?

Maison Gerard Celebrates 50 Years With Historic Art Deco Pieces on View

Remembering Sanford Smith: Art Lover, Collector, and Businessman

Contemporary Art

Installation view, Kaimurai at Blueprint12, Bawwaba, Art Dubai.

Highlights from Art Dubai and UAE Biennials

A Brief History of Milan Design Week

MoMA Names Christophe Cherix as New Director

Fair

Christie's, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan, New York.

Marlene Dumas Painting Expected to Break Auction Record

Highlights from Frieze New York 2025

Highlights from Art Basel Hong Kong 2025

Design

View of the Chrysler Building taken from the Empire State Building. 2008. License

The Chrysler Building, New York’s Art Deco Monument, Is For Sale

Pharaoh Hatshepsut: Successful Ruler and Art Collector

Santa Maria Maggiore: Pope Francis' Final Resting Place

Black Artists

The exhibition "Waters of the Abyss: An Intersection of Spirit and Freedom" in the Hostetter Gallery, 27 February 2025 – 25 May 2025. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Fabiola Jean-Louis on the Language of Fashion

The Whitney Reintroduces Amy Sherald: The New Miss Americana

Jamel Robinson’s Solo Exhibition on Grief and Survival

Sculpture

Almine Rech Tribeca - Heinz Mack - May 6 2025

Heinz Mack on the Fundamentals of Color, Space, and Motion

The Lost Art of Ancient Greece

A Multimedia Art Talk with Jim Shrosbree

Painting

Installation view of Sargent and Paris , on view April 27 – August 3, 2025 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo by Hyla Skopitz , courtesy of The Met

Sargent & Paris: The Early Days of a Painter

8 Artists Who Took Their Mothers' Names

Scottish Colourists: Challenging Conventional Art

Museum

Christina Ramberg, Untitled (Hair), 1968, Acrylic on Masonite, in artist's hand painted wood frame, 17.8 × 51.5 cm (7×20 1/4 in.)

Fashioning Christina Ramberg’s Paintings

Stepping into the Mind of Michelangelo at the Muscarelle Museum

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Highlights Inuit Cultural Identity

Auction

Sample Generative Artwork Shown, Alexander Reben (B. 1985) Untitled Robot Painting, Estimate: $100 – 1,728,000

Artists Protest First Ever AI Art Auction at Christie's

Locals Outraged Over Sotheby's Sale of Historic Island

A Lost Camille Claudel Sculpture Now Set to Go To Auction

Indigenous Art

Benjamin West, The Battle of La Hogue, c. 1778. Oil on canvas. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

History Painting: An Art Genre or the Manipulation of Truth?

Painting a Narrative with Julie Buffalohead at Jessica Silverman

An Ode To The Woven Arts At 2024 Venice Biennale Golden Lion Awards

Modern Art

Berthe Morisot, Woman at Her Toilette, 1875-1880

11 Lesser-Known Women Artists from Art History

Cultural Stays: The Prince Kitano & The Arlo Hotels as NYC Art Destinations

Tensions Rise Between David Zwirner and The Hilma af Klint Foundation

Women Artists

Ithell Colquhoun, Alcove, 1946, Private Collection

Ithell Colquhoun at the Tate: A Feminist Take on Surrealism

Artists Who Were Child Prodigies Throughout History

Maxine Albro Frescoes Uncovered After 90 Years

Photography

The Terror of War, June 8, 1972. License

World Press Photo Questions Authorship of “Napalm Girl” Image

These Photographers Stunningly Capture Climate Change

Developing Magic: Unlocking the Secrets of Darkrooms

Asian Art

Installation view of Qi Baishi: Inspiration In Ink, at the Asian Art Museum

Qi Baishi’s Inspiration in Ink: A Culturally Immersive Experience

David Castillo Gallery Showcases Asian Art Through “Alien/ΛᄂIΣП”

What is Kawaii Art?

LGBTQ Artists

8 - self-portrait in the afternoon light, january 2019, puberty

Preview Laurence Philomene’s Masterful Monograph: "Puberty"

Eisenman’s Paintings Back in NYC Art Scene at Hauser & Wirth

6 Art World Events for Pride 2022

Latin American Art

Frida Stays Forever, 2020. License

Director Carla Gutierrez Examines Frida Kahlo’s Life Through Film

8 Latin American Artists You Should Know More About

ARTBO Celebrates 20 Years of Colombian Art

Renaissance

Angel on left, Mary on right. Lines in painting create a sort of golden ratio

How Artists Used The Golden Ratio To Create Masterpieces

The Mona Lisa: A Brief History of da Vinci's Famous Painting

Bronze Cast of Da Vinci’s Last Known Beeswax Maquette Priced at $100 Million

Ancient Art

Reproduction of Lascaux artwork in Lascaux II

What Does Cave Art Tell Us About Early Humans?

Stuart Handler’s New Art History Book is a Cultural Treasure Trove

The U.S. Returns $80 Million Worth of Stolen Artifacts to Italy

Drawing

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Café at Royan, Royan, 15 August 1940, Oil on canvas 97 × 130 cm, Musée national Picasso-Paris. Dation Pablo Picasso, 1979.

A Compilation of Sketches in "Picasso: The Royan Sketchbooks"

The Doodle: Art by Famous Non-Artists

John Wilson’s Art Explores Humanity and Activism at the MFA Boston

Gallery

Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. March 30, 2025 to September 7, 2025, Ann and Graham Gund Gallery

A Revisioning of Van Gogh’s Portraiture at MFA Boston

Keita Morimoto Captures Urban Nightscapes in To Nowhere and Back

Joël Andrianomearisoa’s Miracle Textiles at Almine Rech