Fine Art

Each of these vignettes required 37 "hexies," little hexagonal scraps cut from donated neckties.

Arts

These 'Ties That Bind' Explore Life With Father

10:00am June 16, 2019

by Jon Kalish

A group of women calling themselves the Catskilled Crafters took apart hundreds of donated neckties to make fabric art exploring their relationships with their fathers and the men in their lives.

Pablo Picasso and Francoise Gillot in 1951.

'Life With Picasso' Stands As An Invaluable Work Of Art History

11:44am June 06, 2019

by Lily Meyer

Newly reissued, the intellectual heft of Françoise Gilot's now classic memoir is in its art criticism, even as its emotional arc lies in Picasso and Gilot's unequal romance.

Lonnie G. Bunch III speaks during the 2016 dedication of the National Museum of African History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Bunch, the museum's founding director, will be taking over as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in mid-June.

Lonnie Bunch III Set To Become Smithsonian Institution's First Black Secretary

2:36pm May 28, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

Bunch, the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, will assume the mantle of leadership — and in so doing, make history at the 173-year-old organization

The Louvre was closed on Monday as security and reception staff went on strike over what they say are deteriorating working conditions as the museum draws record crowds. Here, visitors queue outside the Louvre in July 2015.

'The Louvre Is Suffocating': Museum Closed As Workers Strike, Citing Overcrowding

2:22pm May 28, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

Staff at the Paris museum went on strike Monday, citing deteriorating conditions for tourists and staff amid record-setting attendance. It's unclear whether the galleries will re-open Wednesday.

Tintoretto was in his late 20s when he painted this self-portrait circa 1546/48. (Scroll down to compare this portrait to one he painted 40 years later.)

Arts

Happy 500th, Tintoretto — A Retrospective Honors The Venetian Artist

5:37am May 28, 2019

by Susan Stamberg

Several of the artworks in the exhibition are coming to the U.S. for the first time. "He never saw a wall that he couldn't envision covered with a large Tintoretto," says co-curator Robert Echols.

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Arts

Jeff Koons 'Rabbit' Sets Record For Most Expensive Work By Living Artist

4:33pm May 16, 2019

by Neda Ulaby

A 3-foot-tall silver bunny, created by Jeff Koons in 1986, sold at an auction for $91 million Wednesday night at Christie's in New York City, making Koons the world's most expensive living artist.

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Rabbit by Jeff Koons was sold for more than $91 million at Christie's in New York on Wednesday night. It set a record for the most expensive work by a living artist to be sold at auction.

Jeff Koons' 'Rabbit' Fetches $91 Million, Auction Record For Work By A Living Artist

2:19pm May 16, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

Robert Mnuchin, an art dealer and the father of the U.S. Treasury secretary, bought the sculpture for a client. Some art collectors consider the silver bunny to be "the holy grail of Koons works."

A visitor in 2005 views the impressionist painting called Rue St.-Honore, Apres-Midi, Effet de Pluie, painted in 1897 by Camille Pissarro, on display in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid.

Jewish Family Loses Legal Battle To Recover Painting Stolen By Nazis

9:39am May 02, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

The Spanish museum that purchased the artwork didn't know it was stolen. Under Spanish law, it belongs to the museum, the judge said.

Institutions Distance Themselves From Sackler Family Donations

6:46pm March 28, 2019

by Andrew Limbong

Institutions that get donations from the Sackler family's trust and foundation are being pressured to distance themselves from that money due to the Sackler family's alleged role in the opioid crisis.

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Books
Arts

'Now, Now, Louison' Attempts To Bring Art, And Its Artist, To Life

10:48am March 28, 2019

by Martha Anne Toll

Writer and gallery owner Jean Frémon inhabits artist Louise Bourgeois as if she herself were writing this novel-cum-memoir, opening up our understanding of both the artist and her art.