David D'Arcy

1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | David D'Arcy

From 1936 to 1939, Spain endured a brutal civil war won by Nazi-aligned fascists. This led to mass exile to France, mostly in the south, eventually numbering half-a-million people. When France surrendered to the Nazis in June 1940, Spanish socialist refugees were interned and many were deported along with Jews to concentration camps.

1 month ago | theartnewspaper.com | David D'Arcy

Metro Pictures was known for independence and curatorial care—deep commitment rather than deep pockets. That approach worked for four decades. Founded in New York by two women who went to junior-high school together in Los Angeles, the gallery was always a single space: first in Soho, then in Chelsea, with a short-lived branch in East Hampton.

2 months ago | theartnewspaper.com | Martin Bailey |David D'Arcy

London’s Imperial War Museum owns a highly sensitive painting: one of the most important official portraits of Adolf Hitler, a work by the Nazi artist Heinrich Knirr. Last month The Art Newspaper viewed the work, which is currently off view and held on a rack in the museum’s art storeroom. In 1937 the Nazis entitled the portrait Adolf Hitler, Creator of the Third Reich and Renewer of German Art. Today, the museum now simply calls it Der Führer (The Leader).

Mar 28, 2025 | theartnewspaper.com | Benjamin Sutton |David D'Arcy |Linda Yablonsky |Roger Bevan

Robert Rauschenberg, the tirelessly experimental and collaborative American artist who died in 2008, would have turned 100 this year on 22 October. In honour of his centenary, the New York-based Robert Rauschenberg Foundation is spearheading a globe-spanning programme of exhibitions, publications, performances and more, beginning this spring and continuing well into 2026.

Mar 18, 2025 | theartnewspaper.com | Carlie Porterfield |David D'Arcy |Milton Esterow

Tuesday, 18 March marks the 35th anniversary of the day thieves entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and seized 13 works of art. The robbery is believed to be not only the world’s largest art heist, but also the largest single instance of property theft by value. In the early hours of 18 March 1990, two men disguised as police officers entered the museum, handcuffed the two security guards on duty and took off more than an hour later with 13 works.