A Controversial Caravaggio Masterpiece Makes Its Debut in India
It’s said that Caravaggio painted Mary Magdalen in Ecstasy in 1606 while holed up on the Neapolitan estates of the…
Category: Culture & Arts
The Shakespearean actor who goes onstage absolutely hammered
Marissa Chaffee starts her shift by housing a Five Guys burger with pickles, mustard and ketchup. It’s 6:15 p.m. on…
Christie’s to Sell $30 M. Basquiat Painting During May Auctions
Jean-Michel Basquiat‘s market dominance seems poised to continue during the May auctions in New York, where Christie’s will sell one…
Justin Sun Responds to David Geffen’s Countersuit Over $78 Million Giacometti: ‘Extremely Misguided’
In an explosive 100-page countersuit filed Wednesday, music mogul David Geffen slams crypto magnate Justin Sun’s attempt to claw back…
Scholars Have Lost the Plot!
Dear reader, I want to apologize, because we literary scholars have failed you. We’ve done so by praising and encouraging…
Onstage and Off, Whitney White Is Everywhere This Spring
This spring, Whitney White directed the ensemble drama “Liberation” Off Broadway, then the two-hander “The Last Five Years” on Broadway.…
President Trump Replaces Obama Portrait with His Own
The White House has reshuffed its artwork on display, with the official portrait of former President Barack Obama replaced by…
5 Questions About Cultural Exchange in the Middle East, With Alexie Glass-Kantor, Executive Director, Curatorial, for Art Dubai Group
This article is part of the Artnet Intelligence Report, The Year Ahead 2025. Our analysis of the second half of…
In St. Gallen, Switzerland They Love Books . . . Even American Poetry in English | Straight Up
One pleasure of walking the streets of St. Gallen, a town near the foothills of the Swiss Alps, was to…
Review: Dance Theater of Harlem, Reshaped and Back at City Center
Robert Garland, the company’s artistic director, has created his first work for the dancers since taking over in 2023. Source…
Salvador Dali’s Screenplay Produced With Google AI Video Platform
In December, Google announced that it would soon launch a new version of its generative video model, Veo 2. Among…
A Milan Exhibition Explores the Softer Side of Minimal Design
Hermès doesn’t shy away from a maximal production, but for their presentation at Milan Design Week, they went minimal—in a…
These Are the 381 Books Removed From the Naval Academy Library
Maya Angelou’s seminal autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” and books on the Holocaust were included on the…
At 30, ‘A Goofy Movie’ Has Made a Serious Impact
“If we listen to each other’s heart / We’ll find we’re never too far apart,” sang the fictional pop star…
AG James Challenges Trump Order Targeting Federal Library and Museum Agency
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit—alongside 20 other attorneys general—against the Trump administration over an executive…
These Unassuming Artifacts From King Tut’s Tomb Could Tell a Remarkable Story
They are, by the archaeologist’s own admission, one of the more mundane objects pulled from Tutankhamun’s glittering tomb. Call them…
Acting is an ancient tool of connection we can all play with
It’s a paradox of our age that we have never been more connected, nor ever more alone. We live in…
Paul McDonough, Whose Photographs Evoked Street Life, Dies at 84
Paul McDonough, whose evocative candid photographs, often of crowds, captured what he called the galvanizing energy of turned-on New Yorkers…