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Earlier this year, the University of Pennsylvania made history as the first Ivy League to offer an undergraduate degree in artificial intelligence....
In the 1990s, Thomas Taylor, a recent art school graduate, was working at a children’s bookshop in Cambridge in the U.K. when he received his first...
In the early months of 2008, street artist Shepard Fairey created what would become a defining image of Barack Obama’s presidency. His HOPE portrait...
Tom Siebel, the billionaire head of artificial intelligence (A.I.) company C3.ai, is funneling $50 million into data science research and education at...
Owned by John Jacob Astor IV, the timepiece went down with the ship more than a century ago.
A 20th-century Monet, a contemporary LED installation by Jenny Holzer and a duo of Japanese wooden statues will soon receive conservation upgrades...
From the beginning, art was at the core of Iowa philanthropists Mary and John Pappajohn’s relationship. In 1961, the then-newlyweds adorned their...
The arts organization is restructuring to further its sustainability and impact.
This year marks the 150th anniversary of Impressionism, the 19th-century art style defined by strong brushstrokes and ordinary subjects in open-air...
From Harry Cooper taking on a newly created role at the National Gallery of Art to Stefan Krause’s curatorial appointment in the Metropolitan Museum...
In the 1960s, a 12-string acoustic guitar was the instrument of choice for John Lennon as he recorded and performed hits like Help! Despite its...
In the 1990s, curator John Szarkowski was tapped by PaineWebber’s CEO Donald Marron to amass a collection of photography for the stock brokerage...
For his 80th birthday in 1954, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill received more than 150,000 gifts from around the globe. One gift in...
From a record-breaking donation to expand Belmont University’s presence in Nashville’s Music Row to a $10 million gift toward arts initiatives at...
From pieces that played an influential role in the male-dominated New York School to nature-imbued paintings created in the French countryside, the...
There’s no question that Miami has in recent years transformed into one of the nation’s most vibrant cultural capitals. Between the city’s...
Billionaire Jeff Bezos is looking for practitioners, researchers and innovators with ideas about combatting climate change with artificial...
The Bell Theater's programming for 2024 ranges from musicals and dance performances to concerts and film.
Leonora Carrington, the late British-Mexican artist known for mystical landscapes and fantastical creatures, was one of the last surviving Surrealists...
For decades, devotees of investing icon Warren Buffett could bid in an annual auction to win a lunch with the Oracle of Omaha, and over the years,...
Norman Lear, the late producer behind iconic programs like All in the Family, The Jeffersons and Good Times, didn’t just explore culture through...
Though a noted scholar of Mediterranean culture, history and religion, Katherine Fleming’s love affair with the region was initially less than...
“Buy now, pay later” loans are coming to Christie's, which will offer the option during its Prints and Multiples sale on April 16. The catch is...
Gavin Brown, the art dealer behind the trailblazing gallery Gavin Brown’s enterprise (GBE), is donating the institution’s archival collection to...
The 1938 comic introduced writer Jerry Siegel and illustrator Joe Shuster's Superman to the world.
Actor and activist Jane Fonda is partnering with Gagosian Gallery and Christie's to support the Campaign for a Safe and Healthy California, a...
Portland-based real estate developer, philanthropist and art collector Jordan Schnitzer hopes to boost the arts scene at Portland State University...
Vivienne Westwood didn’t just inject punk-rock aesthetics and anti-establishment sentiments into her clothing lines. The late British designer and...
The Japanese artist's work generated $80.9 million at auction last year.
Dallas-based art collectors Cindy and Howard Rachofsky have long focused on acquiring works from international movements that lack widespread global...
The billionaire hedge fund manager expects workweek compression will benefit leisure industries.
An early Titian masterpiece with a storied past will highlight Christie's Old Master offerings this July. The 16th-century painting, which measures...
The literary legacy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes story The Sign of Four can be traced back to a fateful dinner in the summer of...
A group of rare early paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat will make their auction debut this spring with Phillips, potentially bringing in more than...
A donation from the late telecommunications executive Glenn Britt is the largest-ever bequest for scholarships in Dartmouth history. Thank you...
The celebrated art collection of Rosa de la Cruz, a Miami-based arts patron who died earlier this year at age 81, is headed for the block. Starting in...
The collection at the Norton Museum of Art just became a lot bigger. Thanks to a nearly 700-piece gift from art collector Jonathan “Jack” Frost,...
From Southern Guild’s hiring of two new directors for its Los Angeles gallery to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s decision to appoint a provenance...
Don and Mera Rubell first met in the early 1960s in the library of Brooklyn College. The duo, now aged 83 and 80 respectively, sat at the same table...
Ellis Island was once home to the largest and busiest immigrant processing station in the U.S. Since 1990, the stories and impact of immigrants who...
The 34-year-old museum is the focus a much-needed revitalization campaign.
Ibrahim Mahama, a Ghanaian artist known for his monumental textile installations, has been announced as the inaugural recipient of the Sam Gilliam...
In 1983, gallerist Bruno Bischofberger made the fateful suggestion that Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat combine their talents on a collaborative...
With a looming crisis, the U.S. must rethink how it approaches retirement ages and defined contribution pension plans, said BlackRock (BLK) chairman...
After being the subject of a 2005 heist and subsequent FBI recovery, a pair of red ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz is set to...
For London’s Serpentine Galleries, 2024 is the year of artificial intelligence (A.I.). The organization, which encompasses the Serpentine South and...
On October 1, 1975, heavyweight boxers Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier met in Quezon City, Philippines, for a match that would go down as one of the...
The Union League Club of Chicago is selling a rare claude monet painting that has been in its collection for over a century. The social club, which...
Billionaires Steve Cohen and Alexandra Cohen are giving a staggering $116.2 million to LaGuardia Community College, a public institution in Long...
Francis Bacon, the Irish-born artist known for figurative and occasionally unsettling portraits, painted subjects ranging from disfigured friends to...