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May 15, 2019
A Silver Bunny for $91 Million: Koons Tops the Living Artists
Jeff Koons's gleaming stainless-steel 'Rabbit' sold for $91.1 million in New York in 2019, briefly making him the most…
May 11, 2019
An Opera on a Fake Beach Wins Venice's Golden Lion
Lithuania's 'Sun & Sea (Marina)' — a climate-change opera staged on an artificial beach — won the Golden Lion at the 20…
May 11, 2019
Venice 2019: 'May You Live in Interesting Times'
The 2019 Venice Biennale, curated by Ralph Rugoff under a wry, ominous title, took the temperature of an anxious world.
April 15, 2019
The Night Notre-Dame Burned
On 15 April 2019 a catastrophic fire tore through Notre-Dame de Paris, toppling its spire and roof as the world watched…
February 15, 2019
All the Rembrandts, Together at Last
To mark 350 years since his death, Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum displayed its entire Rembrandt collection at once in a landm…