Protestors Glued Their Hands to Italian Masterworks

Protestors Glued Their Hands to Italian Masterworks

Climate activists keep gluing themselves to artworks, and they’re not doing it out of any disrespect, but to force open a dialogue. Many of the original artists would probably have approved. In recent weeks, climate activists for Just Stop Oil and the Italian...
Nirvana Lawsuit: Nevermind

Nirvana Lawsuit: Nevermind

Nirvana wins a lawsuit over their 1991 Nevermind album cover, brought by the man who was featured on it as an infant. The cover of Nevermind by Nirvana, featuring a nude infant with nothing censored underwater in a pool being tempted by a dollar on a fishhook, was...
Guelph Treasure Dispute Dismissed

Guelph Treasure Dispute Dismissed

The Guelph Treasure art dispute between a German museum and the heirs of Jewish art dealers has been dismissed by a U.S. court for a second time, over jurisdictional issues. The Welfenschatz, or Guelph Treasure, is a 200 million euro hoard of silver and gold church...
Michael Heizer Opens ‘City’

Michael Heizer Opens ‘City’

Michael Heizer has spent 50 years completing his massive art installation, “City”, and now he’s opening it to the public. Michael Heizer began building “City” in 1970, out in the desert of Nevada. It may be the largest contemporary artwork in the world, built on...
A Closer Look at Vermeer

A Closer Look at Vermeer

A closer look at Vermeer’s paintings, with new technology, has revealed that his perfectionism is in the finish, not the process. Johannes Vermeer, the Dutch painter behind “Girl with the Pearl Earring,” has long had a reputation of being an obsessive...