Thieves snatched jewelry valued at more than $100 million, but the museum will not be compensated for the loss.
Category: Art
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New York Names a Street in Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat
A stretch of Great Jones Street where the artist lived and worked now goes by “Jean-Michel Basquiat Way.”
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Gilles Larrain, Photographer of 1970s Drag Culture, Dies at 86
He shot portraits of stars like John Lennon and Miles Davis. But he is best remembered for “Idols,” an intimate look at a vital New York underground.
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Music Influenced Peter Doig’s Art. Now, Experience Them Together.
At “House of Music,” a London exhibition of paintings by Peter Doig, songs he typically plays in his private studio help bring his work to life.
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Looking for a Day Trip From Paris? Try Lens.
The city, once a mining center, has an outpost of the Louvre that claims “the architectural creativity of the Guggenheim and a collection worthy of the Met.” It’s an easy train ride from Paris.
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Overlooked No More: Violeta Parra, Folk ‘Genius’ Who Redefined Latin American Music
A self-taught composer and interpreter, she led an unconventional and itinerant life devoted to spreading Chilean folkloric music.
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Renato Casaro, ‘Michelangelo of Movie Posters,’ Dies at 89
Few moviegoers knew his name, but directors like Sergio Leone, Sylvester Stallone and Quentin Tarantino considered his vivid work invaluable.
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Ken Jacobs, Visionary of Avant-Garde Film, Is Dead at 92
Using found footage and toying with dimensions (2-D could seem like dazzling 3-D), he sought to explode cinema’s traditional boundaries.
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Lee Lozano Didn’t Speak to Other Women for 28 Years. What Did It Cost Her?
When it came to using her life in her work, the artist Lee Lozano went about as far as a person can go.
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6 Tree House Hotels That Offer Glamour With a Rustic Vibe
From Botswana to Sweden and from Tennessee to Italy, these accommodations make the dream of sylvan slumber come true.
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Where an Artist Draws a Crowd, and the Crowd Draws the Artist
For a music critic, drawing the violinist Jennifer Koh was a balancing act between perception and creation, not unlike criticism itself.