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Is It Furniture or Fine Art? How Artists Are Rethinking Everyday Design

1 day ago | news.artnet.com | Emily Steer

Physical contact with art is rarely encouraged by galleries. The use of furniture within modern and contemporary art has often played with this rule, offering—but not always providing—the tantalizing promise of touch or rest. Readable as both art object and design commodity, artist-designer furniture blurs the boundary between these two often distinct categories.
Stonehenge May Soon Get Extra Protection From Future Development

2 days ago | news.artnet.com | Richard Whiddington

Less than a year on from the cancellation of the controversial plan to build a two-mile tunnel near Stonehenge, local authorities are moving to safeguard the prehistoric monument. Wiltshire Council, the government body that helps manage the site and its surrounding area, has launched a consultation to create a planning document that would have to be considered ahead of any future developments.
Bob Dylan Rolls Out a Show of Nearly 100 New Paintings in London

2 days ago | news.artnet.com | Richard Whiddington

Given Bob Dylan’s reticent public persona, his art has long seemed the closest one can get to standing in the songwriter’s shoes. Much of the octogenarian’s work may be done on the road, in moments Dylan himself says help to “relax and refocus a restless mind,” but it is most certainly not a whimsical hobby. His easy sense of line is too assured and his eye too keen for any such condescension.
The Parthenon Was Once Illuminated by Dazzling Tricks of Light

2 days ago | news.artnet.com | Richard Whiddington

In its bid to claim the mantle as the Athens of the South, the city of Nashville constructed a life-size replica of the Parthenon for Tennessee’s centennial celebrations in 1897. Its architects followed the designs of the 5th century B.C.E. temple as best they could, but upon completion, faced a problem: the interior was really rather dark.
U.K. Government Eyes Scrapping Culture Department—and More Art Industry News | Artnet News

3 days ago | news.artnet.com | Annie Armstrong

Our weekly news roundup is an extension of Paint Drippings, which drops first in The Back Room, our lively recap funneling only the week’s must-know art industry intel into a nimble read you’ll actually enjoy. Artnet News Pro members get exclusive access—subscribe now to receive this in your inbox every Friday. – New York’s marquee auctions kick off this week.
What to Expect at New York’s Auctions

3 days ago | news.artnet.com | Sonia Manalili

New York’s marquee auctions kick off this week. This annual bellwether event boasts more material than the same sales last year, including the $250 million dollar art trove of Barnes and Noble founder Len Riggio at Christie’s. As economic uncertainty continues, however, will collectors be eager to buy?
Oopsie! 6 Times Small Children Caused Big Damage at Art Museums

3 days ago | news.artnet.com | Tim Brinkhof

It’s up there on the list of parents’ worst nightmares: You bring your kids to a museum, turn around for a moment, then turn back to find they have broken or damaged some priceless piece of art. No, this doesn’t only happen in movies. At a museum in the Netherlands, for example, a child under the age of five recently scratched a painting from American artist Mark Rothko, causing it to be removed from display for restoration. Children, it should be noted, rarely damage art on purpose.
Gilded-Age Tiffany Window Heads to Auction With Multimillion-Dollar Price Tag

3 days ago | news.artnet.com | Richard Whiddington

For proof of supply and demand economics at work in the art market, look no further than Tiffany Studio windows. With most surviving examples of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s mastery of mottled glass still affixed to the walls of churches or stately homes, purchasing opportunities are rare. Two Tiffany windows have set the tone in recent years. In 2023, the Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired a three-part window to hang in the cavernous courtyard of its American wing.
The Many Lives of Istanbul’s 1,500-Year-Old Architectural Icon

3 days ago | news.artnet.com | Tim Brinkhof

Few buildings, including culturally significant places of worship, have a history as rich and complicated as the Hagia Sophia. First erected in the 6th century C.E., the structure has variously been used as an Orthodox cathedral, Catholic church, Islamic mosque, and secular museum, with appropriate decorations to boot.
How Much Decorative Art Sold at Auction in 2024?

3 days ago | news.artnet.com | Margaret Carrigan

This article is part of the Artnet Intelligence Report, The Year Ahead 2025. Our analysis of the second half of the year’s market trends provides a data-driven overview of the current state of the art world, highlighting auction results and trends, and spotlights the evolving tastes in a turbulent market.