2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (389+ words) It was one of the wildest assassination stories of recent times, when, on December 4, 2024, surveillance cameras captured a masked man as he gunned down United HealthCare CEO Brian Thompson outside the company’s annual investor conference in New York. Kahn edited…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (256+ words) A monumental Joel Shapiro sculpture that was disassembled last week at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. has found a new owner: none other than the embattled center’s former chairman, David Rubenstein. Rubenstein, a billionaire philanthropist,…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (230+ words) The sale will take place on the evening of September 17, the first day of London Fashion Week. The auction has been curated by art collector Peter Brant Jr., who is the son of art collector and publisher Peter M. Brant and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (259+ words) Leon Black, a billionaire investor who counts among the world’s top art collectors, has sued the House Oversight Committee, alleging that its subpoenas to testify in its investigation into the convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein were “invalid.” His representative issued…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (244+ words) United States President Donald Trump has big plans for his Triumphal Arch near Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC, with excavation work for the proposed monument slated to start over the next two weeks, according to secretary of interior Doug…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (353+ words) The removal of a monumental Joel Shapiro sculpture at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. has generated concern among artists who have shown there. In that Times report, Ivy Shapiro, the artist’s daughter, said that her…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (345+ words) Heatwaves come at hefty cost to French museums, the far-right threatens to restrict arts funding amid regional elections in Germany, and more art news. Good Morning! Trump is proceeding with the construction of his triumphal arch despite lacking federal approval…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (374+ words) Neither the Smithsonian Institution nor the museum immediately responded to a request for comment. The report also accused the museum of seeking to “legitimize illegal immigration and open borders” and “present the view that biological men can be women and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (594+ words) The feminist activist had a rich history with artists and the art world, including rooming with Barbara Nessim, mentoring Annie Leibovitz, and being refused at the door by Georgia O'Keeffe. Gloria Steinem, the feminist activist who furthered the modern women’s…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (398+ words) China threatens to withdraw from Gwangju Biennale and the Trump administration threatens to cut federal support for the Smithsonian Institution. Good Morning! Feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem has died at 92 Chinese participants threaten to withdraw from Gwangju Biennale unless the Taiwan…...