Art and Society

The Art Newspaper - Pablo Picasso was 85 when he gave the monumental untitled sculpture now famously known as The Chicago Picasso to the city in 1967. The work precipitated an aesthetic shift in civic and urban...

The Art Newspaper -The Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich and Garage Magazine founder Dasha Zhukova—one of the contemporary art scene’s biggest power couples—have split. In a statement released to the media o...

Artnet - A long-running argument between the founder of Zurich’s iconic Le Corbusier museum is heading to court. Heidi Weber, a close collaborator, confidant, and friend of the legendary architect is suing the ...

Hyperallergic - For a brief moment this weekend, the “Fearless Girl” statue on Wall Street became a pee post, her dignity denigrated by the addition of a tiny sculpted pug lifting its leg over her left foot.  -...

The Art Newspaper -  France's cultural sector has breathed a sigh of relief after centrist Emmanuel Macron became elected president of France on Sunday, making the 39-year-old the youngest president in French h...

DW - The polemical filmmaker Michael Moore is preparing a surprise documentary on the US president, called "Fahrenheit 11/9." He says that Donald Trump should be worried about what it will reveal. - read more ...

The Art Newspaper - The Tehran-based artist Atena Farghadani, who was sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison for her satirical cartoons depicting members of the Iranian government as monkeys and goats,...

Antiques - In April 1914 the Modernist Studios in New York City held an “Exposition of Bad Taste.” Wallpaper patterns that had been popular in the 1880s served as the backdrop for a crowded display comprising “...

DW - He never wanted his success as a musician to affect how people viewed his paintings. As confidently as Paul McCartney has promoted himself and his music, he has remained markedly modest when it comes to hi...

DW - After Sunday's first-round vote, it is now clear that either the centrist Emmanuel Macron or far-right candidate Marine Le Pen will be the next president of France. Here's how French cartoonists reacted on...