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Art World Abstracts

The young Saint John the Baptist, Michelangelo Buonarroti. Original pieces in marble and reconstruction in resin. (Photo: Museo del Prado)

Art World Abstracts: Spain’s Only Michelangelo Returns to View, and More!

Michelangelo’s TheYoung Saint John the Baptist is on display for the first time in 19 years at the the Museo del Prado in Madrid. It is the only Michelangelo sculpture belonging to Spain, and was nearly destroyed during its Civil War while being shown at the Chapel of the Savior of Ubeda in Andalusia.
By Alanna Martinez
Installation view of James Turrell at the National Gallery of Australia. (Courtesy the National Gallery of Australia)

Art World Abstracts: The Kids Are Getting Naked for a James Turrell Show, and More!

Things are often much more fun if everybody's naked. Like, take skinny dipping. That's a good thing! Normal swimming is boring. But that doesn't exactly mean that one must go to art shows topless and bottomless, in search of some greater truth without the burden of clothes or something. And, so, just because a museum in Australia is letting people go see a James Turrell show in the nude, that doesn't mean other museums need to follow suit. And it doesn't mean you need to be naked to, like, get Turrell or anything. I saw a ton of wonderful works by James Turrell in the span of a few days and it never occurred to me to take my pants off. [
By Nate Freeman
Museum partner Bob Kierlin points out some of the details in Emanuel Leutze's 1851 painting of "Washington Crossing the Delaware" during an unveiling at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona, Minnesota. (Photo: (Matthew Seckora, AP / Winona Daily News)

Art World Abstracts: Minnesota Museum Buys Washington’s Delaware Crossing, and More!

There are only two existing versions of Emanuel Leutze’s iconic Washington Crossing the Delaware, and one has just found a new home at the Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona, Minnesota. The 1851 painting was acquired by museum’s founders from a private collection, and had been on loan to the White House for the past 35 years.
By Alanna Martinez
Masa Takayama and Larry Gagosian at Kappo Masa. (Photo courtesy Patrick McMullan)

Art World Abstracts: Larry Gagosian’s Kappo Masa Is a Hit Despite Itself, and More!

By Nate Freeman
David Geffen. (Courtesy Getty Images)

Art World Abstracts: The Tale Behind David Geffen’s Gift to Lincoln Center, and More!

By Nate Freeman
Lichtenstein, The Ring (Engagement). (Photo courtesy Sotheby's)

Art World Abstracts: A Lichtenstein to Go for $50 Million at Sotheby’s, and More!

By Nate Freeman
Drake. (Photo courtesy Getty Images)

Art World Abstracts: Drake to Soundtrack a Show at Sotheby’s, and More!

By Nate Freeman
The Bode Museum in 1926, before the war. (Photo: Bode Museum website)

Art World Abstracts: Berlin’s Bode Museum Exhibits Artwork Damaged in WWII, and More!

By Alanna Martinez
Gabriele Finaldi. (Courtesy the Prado)

Art World Abstracts: London’s National Gallery Taps Director Amid Strikes, and More!

By Nate Freeman
Artist David Lynch at the opening of his exhibition: Between Two Worlds at Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) on March 13, 2015 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Glenn Hunt/Getty Images)

Art World Abstracts: David Lynch Opens a Museum Retrospective in Brisbane, and More!

By Alanna Martinez
Just when you think Kanye can't get any crazier...

Art World Abstracts: Art Institute of Chicago to Give Degree to Kanye West, and More!

By Nate Freeman
The selfie stick, now contraband. (Photo courtesy Shutterstock)

Art World Abstracts: The War on Selfie Sticks Reaches Europe’s Museums, and More!

By Nate Freeman
Ban this, Facebook! (Courtesy the Courbet Museum)

Art World Abstracts: Facebook’s Censorship Network Targets Nude Paintings, and More!

By Nate Freeman
The sign from the Old Yankees Stadium is being auctioned at Sotheby's New York sale on April 1. It belonged to former player Reggie Jackson. (Photo: Sotheby's)

Art World Abstracts: A Piece of Yankee Stadium Heads to Sotheby’s, and More!

By Alanna Martinez
BMW paid Jeff Koons a lot of money to design something it calls the BMW Art Car, because that's just the world we live in. (Photo courtesy BMW)

Art World Abstracts: Brands Have Basically Taken Over Everything, and More!

By Nate Freeman
Goodbye, Armory. (Photo by Billy Farrell.)

Art World Abstracts: Looking Back at Armory Week, Details About Venice, and More!

By Nate Freeman
Noah Horowitz at The Armory Show. (Photo by Billy Farrell)

Art World Abstracts: Armory Show Roundups, Facebook Bans Jerry Saltz, and More!

By Nate Freeman
A bronze sculpture of Peter Pan by Sir George Frampton. (Photo: Bonhams)

Art World Abstracts: Bonhams to Sell Peter Pan Sculpture, and More!

By Alanna Martinez
Jeff Koons. (Courtesy the Whitney Museum of American Art)

Art World Abstracts: A Peek Inside Jeff Koons’ Stone-Cutting Facility, and More!

By Nate Freeman
Marina Abramovic. (Photo courtesy Patrick McMullan)

Art World Abstracts: We’re Finally Getting a Memoir From Marina Abramovic, and More!

By Nate Freeman
A rendering of the sculpture by Jeff Koons. (Courtesy the Sacramento Kings)

Art World Abstracts: West Coast NBA Stadium to Get a Jeff Koons Sculpture, and More!

By Nate Freeman
The Museo Jumex. (Photo from Observer archives)

Art World Abstracts: Museo Jumex Abruptly Cancels a Controversial Show, and More!

By Nate Freeman
Constantin Brancusi's The Wisdom of the Earth, shown at Cotroceni Art Museum in Bucharest. (Photo: Daniel Mihailescu/AFP/Getty Images)

Art World Abstracts: Romania Hangs on to Treasured Brancusi Sculpture, and More!

By Alanna Martinez
Snuff Box, (ca. 1770), Marked by Jean-Baptiste Bertin (French, master 1740, died 1771) Retailed by Jean George (French (Paris), active 1752-1765), French (Paris) Gold, enamel decoration, Gift of the heirs of Bettina Looram de Rothschild. (Photo: MFA Boston)

Art World Abstracts: Rothschild Heirs Donate Nazi-Looted Art to MFA Boston, and More!

By Alanna Martinez
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