The painting of 15-year-old Bélizaire with the children of the family that enslaved him was restored to its original composition after his figure was covered around 1900. Find out more here.
On August 14, the Orlando Museum of Art (OMA) filed suit against former director Aaron De Groft on the grounds that he destroyed the institution's reputation by knowingly displaying fake works by Jean-Michel Basquiat with the intention of legitimizing them and selling them for their own profit. Find out more here.
Entitled “Women dressing women" ("Women who dress women", in the Portuguese translation), the exhibition will be on display at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) in New York, between December 7th and March 3rd, 2024, showing more of 80 objects that portray the designers' work, including pieces by Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, Sarah Burton, Ann Demeulemeester, Elizabeth Hawes, Jeanne Lanvin, Germaine Émilie Krebs, Miuccia Prada and Elsa Schiaparelli. Find out more here.
A group of German students have for the first time deciphered an ancient script dating back thousands of years to the Kushan Empire, nearly 70 years after it was first identified. Records a previously completely unknown Middle Iranian language. Find out more here.
The Baroque movement was an important cultural, artistic and literary period that extended approximately from the end of the 16th century to the middle of the 18th century. It had its origins in Europe, but it also had influence in other parts of the world, including the Americas. Baroque is characterized by its complexity, drama, exuberance and contrast. Find out more here.
Pieces by Sandro Botticelli, Francesco Granacci and Giovanni Bellini from the Uffizi Gallery are featured in Ferragamo advertisements. Find out more here.
The Lost&Found collection heads to an RM Sotheby's auction (August 17-19) as part of Monterey Car Week in California, the world's premier automotive event. Find out more here.
Nigerian-born British artist Mary Evans has been chosen as the next director of London's prestigious Slade School of Fine Art, effective October 4 this year. Find out more here.
Artist Brice Marden, whose abstract paintings defied easy categorization, died at home Wednesday in Tivoli, New York. The 84-year-old artist's daughter, Mirabelle Marden, announced the news on Instagram. Find out more here.
The Douro International Engraving Biennial starts this Thursday, in Régua, runs until October, honors 26 artists and includes 15 exhibitions spread across six municipalities, with 800 works by 500 authors.
Jamie Reid, the artist who helped define the look of punk with his brilliantly subversive collages and protest art, has died aged 76. Reid's death was first reported by Louder Than War and confirmed by his gallery, John Marchant. In a post on Instagram, the gallery remembered Reid as “an artist, iconoclast, anarchist, punk, hippie, rebel and romantic”. Find out more here.
Museo Reina Sofía, FIDMarseille and Doclisboa present the second edition of this annual residency program aimed at filmmakers and artists working in the field of essay film, experimental cinema and, essentially, all the manifestations that constitute non-fiction cinema . Find out more here.
Graffiti made up of 24 Chinese characters stamped in red paint against a white background on walls across London divided street art lovers and online communities over the weekend. Find out more here.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, one of the most prominent and influential figures in the history of Western art, is today celebrated for his unparalleled mastery in painting, drawing and engraving, but he stood out not only for his outstanding technical skill, but also for his profound understanding of human psychology and his ability to capture the essence of life in his works. Find out more here.