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This post was originally published on artnews.com This has been a monumental year for further insight about Stonehenge’s creation. Researchers are now positing that the iconic stone circle may have been erected in an effort to unite ancient farming communities, CNN reported. Earlier this year, experts discovered that Stonehenge’s central six-ton altar stone may have… Continue reading Stonehenge Possibly Erected to Unite Ancient Farming Communities, Study Finds

This post was originally published on artnews.com Like most years in the art world, 2024 saw a slew of lawsuits wind their way through the courts. There were, of course, the professional relationships that went sour and the family drama that spilled into open court. But there were also stranger disputes, like a discrimination battle… Continue reading The Most Discussed Art World Lawsuits of 2024

This post was originally published on artnews.com Diriyah Art Futures, the first institution in the Middle East and North Africa dedicated to new media arts, has officially opened its doors to the public. Situated in Diriyah, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Saudi Arabia’s capital city of Riyadh, Diriyah Art Futures is an international hub,… Continue reading Diriyah Art Futures, MENA Region’s First Hub for New Media Arts, Opens to the Public

This post was originally published on artnews.com World heritage is rarely exempt from war, as 2024 proved in the cases of Israel and its enemies in the Middle East, and Ukraine and Russia. Amid each clash, monuments, religious landmarks, and ancient ruins—cultural property defined by the Hague as “immovable” sites with immense value to history—were… Continue reading Year in Review: The World’s Heritage Sites Faced Destruction in the Middle East, Ukraine, and Sudan

This post was originally published on artnews.com Eungie Joo, head curator of contemporary art at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art since 2017, has been fired amid claims of workplace conduct. The news was first reported by the San Francisco Standard. “In accordance with institutional policy on workplace conduct, Eungie Joo was separated from… Continue reading SFMOMA Head Curator Eungie Joo Fired for Alleged Workplace Misconduct

This post was originally published on artnews.com Historically, the relationship between Black Americans and the American South—in both the art world and the world writ large—is reduced to that of oppression and enslavement, with little attention paid to the creative and scientific innovations that both preceded and followed emancipation. The California African American Museum in… Continue reading George Washington Carver Exhibition Looks at How a Scientific Genius Still Influences Artists Today

This post was originally published on artnews.com When Liliane Lijn moved to Paris in 1958, she found herself at the tables of the storied Surrealist cafés. By then, she remembered years later, they had become “kind of boring.” André Breton, whose 1924 manifesto had launched the movement, had since “banished all the most interesting people.”… Continue reading Liliane Lijn’s Magical Mechanisms Span Science and Surrealism

This post was originally published on artnews.com French figurative painter Claire Tabouret has been chosen to create new stained glass windows for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which reopened on December 7 after a six-year-long renovation. Tabouret was selected by French president Emmanuel Macron and the Paris archbishop, Laurent Ulrich, and said in a statement… Continue reading French Painter Claire Tabouret Chosen to Create New Stained Glass Windows for Notre-Dame Cathedral

This post was originally published on artnews.com The world’s oldest-known stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments surpassed expectations at a Sotheby’s auction on Wednesday. Expected to sell for an estimated $1 to $2 million, the tablet fetched a whopping $5 million. “The result reflects the unparalleled importance of this artifact,” Richard Austin, Sotheby’s global… Continue reading The Oldest-Known Ten Commandments Tablet Sells at Sotheby’s for $5 M.

This post was originally published on artnews.com Zawyeh Art Gallery, the organizer and sole venue of the Ramallah Art Fair, wants it known that the name of the event is a bit of a misnomer. Yes, the works in its newly opened fourth edition are for sale—and at purposefully affordable prices—but here the market comes… Continue reading The Ramallah Art Fair Returns with a Theme of Resilience