1+ hour, 16+ min ago  (280+ words) A Miffy toy posed as Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' has become an internet celebrity after an appearance at a Tokyo press conference. You've heard of Johannes Vermeer's ca 1665 painting Girl with a Pearl Earring, long housed at the…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (198+ words) Last week, as much of the art world was focused on the marquee sales in New York, Christie's announced a major change to its leadership in London. The auction house appointed Fran'ois-Henri Pinault as board chairman and non-executive director. Pinault…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (171+ words) In 2024, the luxury brand sponsored the museum's acquisition of a cache of 21 artworks by 15 contemporary Chinese artists. The Pompidou and Chanel began working together in 2019, and in 2024 the luxury brand sponsored the museum's acquisition of a cache of 21 artworks by…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (287+ words) A 5. 5-carat diamond ring, known as Ocean Dream, sold for over $17 million dollars during Christie's Magnificent Jewels auction in Zurich. Earlier this week, a 5. 5-carat diamond ring sold for over $17 million dollars during Christie's Magnificent Jewels auction in Zurich The…...

2+ week, 21+ hour ago  (397+ words) The Frick Collection has announced a three-year partnership with Louis Vuitton that includes support for three exhibitions and its free Fridays....

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (60+ words) Below, a look at six must-see shows in New York that revisit the nude. Through May 30, at 39 Walker Street. Through May 30, at 394 Broadway. Through May 16, at 52 White Street. Through September 20, at 26 Wooster Street. Through June 6, at 424 Broadway, #601. Through May 17, at…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (337+ words) The title is a ploy and the Stedelijk knows it. "Beyond the Manosphere: Masculinities Today" is a clickbait thirst-trap trend-driven symptom of everything wrong with museums entering the attention-economy game. The veneer of urgency and cultural relevance feels forced and…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (287+ words) Chanel is teaming up with the'Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation'on a new curatorial fellowship that will move between New York and Venice, tying one of the art world's biggest institutions more closely to one of its busiest international stages'and to a growing…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago  (214+ words) Zoe Leonard, a celebrated artist whose work is headed to the Venice Biennale next week, has departed one of the world's biggest art galleries and joined the roster of a much smaller one based only in New York. Until earlier…...

4+ week, 21+ hour ago  (338+ words) During the much-ballyhooed visit of King Charles and Queen Camilla to New York City on Wednesday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani called on the King to use his power to return the Koh-i-Noor Diamond to India. As reported by Reuters, at a…...