The Germany city of Düsseldorf revealed this week that it had returned an 18th-century painting to the heirs of a Jewish family who owned it during World War II. Otto and Julie Klein, two Jewish […]

The following article first appeared in the January 1954 issue of ARTnews under the headline “The Ideal Museum.” The public art gallery is a relatively recent creation—scarcely one of them is older than two lifetimes—and […]

Today, critics of museums’ values point to histories of colonialism and structural racism. Museums, they insist, are anything but neutral. In an essay titled “The Ideal Museum” in the January 1954 issue of ARTnews, British […]

Decorating ceramic pieces doesn’t have to involve just glazes. You can also draw on your in-progress pieces using brush-less implements such as pens, underglaze chalks, pencils, and more. These handy tools allow you to achieve […]

Pinking shears are the scissors with the nearly mystical power to prevent fraying on raw hems by cutting fabric in a zigzag pattern. They also are useful when you need to reduce fabric bulk on […]

Lucas Blalock: Single Father, 2020, dye sublimation print on aluminum, 25¼ by 32 inches. Lucas Blalock is best known for his still life photographs that rely heavily on the use of Photoshop tools. Melon Fingers […]

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines PRO-BEIJING FIGURES IN HONG KONG ARE CONTINUING TO TARGET some arts organizations with allegations that they promote anti-China work, the South China Morning Post reports. After […]

Robert A. Ellison Jr. started collecting ceramics in the 1960s and, in the decades since, helped transform the ways that ceramics are regarded and the histories that inform different traditions throughout the ages. Now 88 […]

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission. Like history in general, art history is subject to recurrent revisions and reappraisals. Whether […]

Is the monetization of digital art worth the energy expenditures required to verify a work’s authenticity and ownership on the blockchain? Many artists say no. Others venture that it might be, and some of them […]