THE MAN WHO STOLE THE GODS: A True Story of War, Obsession, and a Global Art Conspiracy, by Matthew Campbell In the years since World War II, few countries have suffered more from the twin ravages of human and cultural destruction than Cambodia. During the Vietnam War, the United States dropped 500,000 tons of ordnance…
The bucolic landscape and cultural legacy of Italy have long inspired creativity, and with the grand ambitions of the 20th century, a handful of artists took that inspiration to monumental proportions. They fashioned metaphysical fairy-tale lands in the woods; buried an entire town in concrete; and even hollowed out a mountain. A visit to these…
Generals who led the United States to victory and Native Americans who fought for tribal rights. Abolitionists and slaveholders. Athletes, musicians, movie stars and religious figures, not all of whom were American. President Trump has wanted to build a Garden of Heroes in Washington, D.C., since the tail end of his first term. Now, he’s…
The artist Banksy appears to be taking credit for a large statue that was erected in London under the cover of darkness. It displays a man in a suit marching with a flag that billows onto his face, covering it entirely. The statue, interpreted by many observers as a comment on blind nationalism, depicts the…
A hand emerges from a rough white marble block, its elegant, polished fingers reaching toward the heavens. In its palm are tiny nude figures, male and female, locked in a passionate embrace. “Hand of God,” a late-19th-century sculpture by Auguste Rodin, references the biblical creation of Adam and Eve, but also Michelangelo, the Renaissance artist…
Published on 24/04/2026 – 17:02 GMT+2 A 25-foot ice sculpture in downtown Toronto sounds peaceful enough – until it attracted flamethrowers, sledgehammers, fan frenzy, and eventually the fire brigade. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This was Drake’s way of getting people’s attention. The Canadian rapper installed the towering sculpture in a car park in his hometown to tease…
The art industry is increasingly shaped by artists’ and art businesses’ shared realization that they are locked in a fierce struggle for sustained attention — against each other, and against the rest of the overstimulated, always-online world. A major New York art fair aims to win this competition next month by knocking down the increasingly…
