News
Mexican Government Faces Legal Action over Its Handling of Art Collection Rich in Kahlos
2+ hour, 4+ min ago (294+ words) The Mexican government continued to face scrutiny this week over its handling of the Gelman Collection, a trove of artworks that includes an array of historically important paintings by Frida Kahlo and other artists of note. After accusations that the…...
Seven Artworks to Catch Up On During the FIFA World Cup
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (89+ words) By Osman Can Yerebakan In the spirit of the game, we present seven notable artworks to appreciate in this summer of soccer. Jerusalem can be viewed online here. Zidane, a 21st Century Portrait can be seen at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum…...
An Exceptional Bronze Votive Chariot Was Unearthed, the First of its Kind Ever Found on the Iberian Peninsula
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (265+ words) The Casas del Turu'uelo archaeological site, in the municipality of Guare'a, has turned up an extraordinary bronze votive chariot. The Casas del Turu'uelo archaeological site, in the municipality of Guare'a, has turned up a remarkable specimen, an extraordinary bronze votive…...
Mayor Mamdani Teams Up with Whitney on World Cup Poster Project
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (264+ words) As teams compete for the World Cup across North America, football fan can show some spirit at New York's leading museum of American art. The leaflet includes a blank canvas for the design, and loose instructions to convey "a powerful…...
The Pope Will Inaugurate Antoni Gaud's Sagrada Famlia After 144 Years of Construction
3+ week, 6+ day ago (262+ words) Later this month, Pope Leo XIV will visit Barcelona's famed Sagrada Familia to inaugurate the Tower of Jesus Christ, the final tower of the church. Later this month, Pope Leo XIV will visit Barcelona's famed Sagrada Familia to inaugurate and…...
Leonora Carrington Painting Made Inside Spanish Sanatorium Resurfaces After 80 Years
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (367+ words) On July 1, London museumgoers will get a first look at a painting by Leonora Carrington not seen in over 80 years. The 1940 painting, titled Villa Pillar, will appear in "The Symptomatic Surreal" an exhibition at the Freud Museum tracing Carrington's development…...
Spain Threatens to Oust Reina Sof'a Director Over Missing Artworks and Finances
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (337+ words) Spain's government is turning up the pressure on the'Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sof'a'over longstanding problems tied to its collection inventory, with lawmakers threatening consequences that could ultimately cost museum director'Manuel Segade'his job. A parliamentary oversight committee in Spain…...
Catalonia Sues Arag'n for "791, 000 for Repayment Over Restitution of 56 Artworks
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (227+ words) The Catalan government in Spain sent a formal demand to the Aragonese government asking for "791, 000 (around $920, 000) to recoup costs related to the value and upkeep of artworks from the Royal Monastery of Santa Mar'a de Sigena it was ordered to…...
Judge Orders Prado to Hold Disputed Vel'zquez Painting in Divorce Case
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (240+ words) A Spanish judge has ordered the'Museo del Prado in Madrid'to hold onto a painting attributed to'Diego Vel'zquez'at the center of a divorce dispute between steel magnate Jos" Mar'a Aristrain and his ex-wife Gema Navarro, according to'El Pa's.' At the center…...
Catalan Museum Has Yet to Follow Through on Court Order to Return Contested Murals to Aragon Monastery
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (142+ words) Barcelona's National Art Museum of Catalonia has yet to follow through on a ruling by the Spanish Supreme Court to return the Sijena murals to Aragon. Nearly a year after Spain's Supreme Court ruled that the National Art Museum of…...