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Vast storage facilities for high-value items such as art and cars have stoked controversy Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to become the UK’s next prime minister, has announced plans to establish a series of freeports around [...]

Archaeologists Believe They Have Identified the Unlikely Secret Ingredient Used to Build Stonehenge: Lard A new study suggests that animal fat found at nearby Durrington Walls wasn't used in cooking, but in construction. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/archaeologists-stonehenge-lard-1600891

Ever wondered what Salvador Dalí was looking at when he painted? You can see for yourself via Google Street View. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/artists-studios-google-street-view-1591681

The National Arts Festival has announced that its long-serving Chief Executive Officer, Tony Lankester, will be stepping down from the position later this year after more than a decade at the helm of the country’s [...]

South African artist Esther Mahlangu, poses at her home in Mabhoko Village, Siyabuswa, Mpumalanga on March 6, 2017. Image: AFP PHOTO / GULSHAN KHAN (Photo credit should read GULSHAN KHAN/AFP/Getty Images) Renowned artist, Dr Esther [...]

Finding people at weddings, in markets, and even scooting past them in the street, Dutch photographer Julius Rooymans has created a replica of Rembrandt’s masterpiece The Night Watch. In a project taking eight months, the [...]

Three artists and a pair of curators came together at The New York Times to attempt to make a list of the era’s essential artworks. Here’s their conversation. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/15/t-magazine/most-important-contemporary-art.html

When you think of the French Revolution, what comes to mind? Most likely, you picture chaos on the streets of Paris; maybe you imagine the movement’s most triumphant figures; or, perhaps you simply see the [...]

Anti-apartheid activist and world-renowned sculptor Dumile Feni's daughter, Marriam Diale, is suing well-known Gallery Momo for R12m over nonpayment. Diale filed papers at the Joburg high court last week in which she seeks a court [...]