Louvre, Guggenheim Among Major Museums Awarded Conservation Grants

The Bank of America Art Conservation Project has distributed some $20 million since 2010. Read more

Sotheby’s to Offer Four Paintings by Joan Mitchell in ‘Momentous’ May Auction

Two works by the Mitchell sold at auction for more than $20 million last November. Read more

Venice Diaries: Pride and Prejudice

“I WANT TO TURN THE VIEWERS INTO FOREIGNERS,” Tesfaye Urgessa says to me. We’re in one of the baroque rooms in Venice’s Palazzo Bollani near San Marco, where, this week, the Addis Ababa–based painter is the first to represent Ethiopia… Read more

This Is the Painting a German Museum Worker Snuck Into a Show

The Guardian published a photo of the now-terminated technician’s artwork, along with details about his motive for secretly installing it in the museum. Read more

Maine Potters Gear Up for 12th Annual Maine Pottery Tour

Maine Art Scene Magazine | (Augusta, ME) Spring bursts onto the scene in Maine the first weekend of May, and this year, it coincides with the highly anticipated 12th Annual Maine Pottery Tour. Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 4,… Read more

Met Returns Ancient Sumerian Statue to Iraq

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, has repatriated to Iraq a Sumerian copper alloy statue dating to the third millennium BCE. Museum officials returned it to Iraqi authorities in a ceremony in Washington, DC, with Iraqi prime minister Mohammed… Read more

The 10 Best National Pavilions at the Venice Biennale, From a Cut-Up Giraffe to Body Horror in a Church

A strong batch of shows questioned the notion of countries altogether. Read more

Venice Diaries: Boatless Wayfarer

Trevor Yeung at the Hong Kong pavilion: The only artist I’m aware of whose chief medium has been horticulture. Yet for his Venice show he has shifted to water, appropriately enough, in a new series of installations, including Cave of Avoidanc... Read more

Robert Indiana Gets a Revealing Survey in Venice, Where ‘Love’ Is Just One of Many Emotions Explored

An exhibition at the Procuratie Vecchie shows the American artist from different views. Read more

Our Critics Predict the Golden Lion Winners at the 2024 Venice Biennale

Ahead of the official announcement on Saturday, we reflect on whose work moved us. Read more