Employees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on January 16 announced that they have officially unionized under the auspices of Local 2110 of the United Automobile Workers, forming one of the largest bargaining units at a US cultural organization. Staffers voted 542...

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December 5, 2025 – February 1, 2026

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Sablone is perhaps best known to the art-viewing public for skating down the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum’s spiral ramp in 2023.

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The museum theft ring operated from 1999 to 2019.

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Paucar said he intends to use the award money to convert his family’s home in the central highlands of Peru into a museum and art school.

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The piece was bought by Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani, a cousin of the Emir of Qatar.

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The student was charged with criminal mischief.

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The works include a painting by Degas, Winston Churchill’s desk, and photographs by Bill Brandt.

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An Almine Rech show in New York marks a turn in his engagement with sculpture and moving images.

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Play a single song impeccably on the piano, organize the pantry, take a hike, read all the books that have been piling up, bird watch. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today...

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“An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail.”— Edwin Land I spend a lot of time writing about mindset. Ideas like doing less, better. Letting good enough be good enough. Showing up without forcing outcomes. Remembering...

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The selected artists include Edra Soto, Fred H. C. Liang, Trish Tillman, and Nadrea Njoku.

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The new union, approved by a vote of 542-172, comprises staff from across 50 departments at the Met, including curators, conservators, visitor experience coordinators, and archivists.

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A representative for the museums said it was "good that we did not get involved."

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The Brussels-based artist has a tendency to play with her food. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article...

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Klimt’s work combines the sensuousness of Art Nouveau with the solemnity of ancient Egyptian tomb paintings and Byzantine icons

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Sitting between a dazzling milieu of precious luxury and an industrial age recovering from a great war, Art Deco asks us to reckon with the place of art and design in modern life.

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November 21, 2025 – January 18, 2026

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November 22, 2025 – February 14, 2026

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Roland Augustine, who alongside Lawrence Luhring cofounded influential New York gallery Luhring Augustine forty-one years ago, is leaving the business to engage in philanthropic pursuits and work as an independent adviser. Luhring will continue to lead the gallery, with the assistance...

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