Jun 13, 2022 | Art, Museums, News & Trending
Ancient art worth $5 million was destroyed at the Dallas Museum of Art by a man who was “mad at his girl” and decided to take it out on the irreplaceable artifacts. Brian Hernandez broke into the museum late Wednesday night, smashing through a glass door with a metal...
Mar 10, 2021 | Art, Auctions, Culture
At some point in the 1980s, looters swiped a stone sculpture of a Hindu diety from a small shrine in Nepal. After several years on the black market, it appeared at auction at Sotheby’s. Despite a complete lack of provenance, the art auction house sold it to a...
Nov 20, 2017 | News & Trending
Curator Gavin Delahunty of the Dallas Museum of Art has resigned amid allegations of misconduct. Delahunty is best known for orchestrating the highly acclaimed 2016 exhibition “Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots.” Details regarding the exact nature of his offenses have yet...