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Curator's Corner with Ian Hislop: "We'll let anyone in these days"

From deep within Private Eye HQ guest curator Ian Hislop takes you on a journey through the history of protest and dissent using objects from the British Museum collection.

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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.

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Campesinos (Peasants), 1953, John Wilson (American, 1922–2015), Oil on paper, mounted on board. Private collection, Boston. Estate of John Wilson.

What’s Online Spring 2025: Art & Object Magazine

Sun Yitian

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Faux Mogao caves assembled for the 2016 show at the Getty Center.

Visiting Dunhuang: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Library Cave

Installation view, ‘Jennifer Rochlin. Paintings on Clay,’ Hauser & Wirth New York, 22nd Street, 2 May 2024 – 12 July 2024. © Jennifer Rochlin

What’s Online Fall 2024: Art & Object Magazine

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Ancient Art

Euros bills hanging to dry on a clothes line

How Money Laundering Works In The Art World

Archeology in the Movies: What Hollywood Gets Right and Wrong

The Lost Art of Ancient Greece

Drawing

Paul Sandby, A Lady Copying at a Drawing Table, 1765. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.

The History of Copying Art: A Learning Tool or a Cheat?

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

The Doodle: Art by Famous Non-Artists

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

Museum

Lower East Side, Manhattan, October 1995. License

Canyon: A New Kind of Museum to Open in New York

National Museum of Brazil to Partially Reopen After Fires

Sargent & Paris: The Early Days of a Painter

Indigenous Art

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

Highlights from Art Dubai and UAE Biennials

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

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Highlights Inuit Cultural Identity

Painting

Milt Kobayashi Lavender and Strawberries Oil 18” x 18” $12,300

Meyer Gallery's Summer Exhibition Series

An Exploration of Edwin Landseer’s “Man Proposes, God Disposes”

Marlene Dumas Painting Expected to Break Auction Record

Auction

The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, c. 1835, oil on canvas, Philadelphia Museum of Art

Turner’s First Exhibited Painting Rediscovered after 150 Years

Artists Protest First Ever AI Art Auction at Christie's

Locals Outraged Over Sotheby's Sale of Historic Island

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

Design

black and white photo of Sam and Mary Ann Scherr

20th-Century Artist-Designer Couples

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

Art 101: What was Art Nouveau?

Gallery

Monstrous Installation

Monstrous: The Symbology of a Whale

Ithell Colquhoun at the Tate: A Feminist Take on Surrealism

Scottish Colourists: Challenging Conventional Art

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?

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

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

Contemporary Art

The stage four exhibition Milan Design Week 2021. License

A Brief History of Milan Design Week

MoMA Names Christophe Cherix as New Director

Highlights from ARCOmadrid 2025

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

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

Women Artists

Dorothea Lange, Children of Oklahoma drought refugee in migratory camp in California, 1936

8 Artists Who Took Their Mothers' Names

Artists Who Were Child Prodigies Throughout History

Maxine Albro Frescoes Uncovered After 90 Years

Antiques

Michela Cattai, Naturalia Hydrangea

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

Remembering Sanford Smith: Art Lover, Collector, and Businessman

7 Art Auctions in May & June 2024 You Won't Want to Miss

Fair

Frieze New York 2025.

Highlights from Frieze New York 2025

Highlights from Art Basel Hong Kong 2025

Highlights from Frieze Los Angeles 2025

Sculpture

Almine Rech Tribeca - Heinz Mack - May 6 2025

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

Karen LaMonte's Sculptures at Munson Museum of Art

A Multimedia Art Talk with Jim Shrosbree