Italian Photographer Gusmano Cesaretti’s Chronicles of East LA
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens has acquired 238 boxes of the artist’s images, negatives, books, and ephemera.
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Anne Imhof’s Vapid ‘DOOM’ Performance Has Nothing to Say
Her first New York piece in a decade updates Romeo and Juliet for a new age, with vapes, selfies, and back tattoos included.
Hélène de Beauvoir Steps Out of Her Sister’s Shadow
The first show of the artist’s work in the UK is both a celebration and an act of historical correction.
Art Institute of Chicago Returns Sacred Buddha Statue to Nepal
The sculpture was identified by the online heritage activist group Lost Arts of Nepal as matching one stolen from Kathmandu.
Bayeux Tapestry Fragment Found in Northern German Archive
The Schutzstaffel had ordered the remeasurement of the Bayeux Tapestry by a team of German scientists in 1941.
Buried for Nearly 2,000 Years, a Monumental Dionysian Fresco Sees the Light of Day in Pompeii
An ancient “megalography” comprises a cycle of paintings with nearly life-size figures.
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Jana Euler’s Gherkin-Goggled Cover Girl Asks If a Trip to the Spa Can Fill the Void
The artist’s painting features on the cover of Art in America’s Spring 2025 “Wellness” issue.
IFPDA Print Fair Showcases Over 500 Years of Printmaking at the Park Avenue Armory
The largest art fair for prints and editions will bring together an international group of galleries and publishers to New York City, March 27–30.
University of Arkansas Celebrates its First Graduating Cohort of MA Art History Students in Partnership with Crystal Bridges
This year’s graduating students share an inside look into this tuition-free program.
Absolutely Amazing Dark Artworks That Transport Us To Creepy Yet Familiar Realms
Hari Ren, a Stalybridge-born artist and musician, invites us into his vivid world of industrial decay, folklore, and working-class life—a space that’s haunting yet strangely familiar. Growing up amidst the old mills and factories of an East Manchester town in the ’80s and ’90s, these remnants of an industrial past shaped his creative vision. Inspired […]