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Sotheby's auctioned off the collection of David Bowie on November 10.

David Bowie Art Collection Shatters Records, High Pay for Art World Social Media Jobs

The late entertainer’s art collection sold at Sotheby’s London last Thursday evening, setting 59 new auction records and fetching $41.1 million.
By Alanna Martinez
Cenotaph with Finials Iran, (11th–12th century).

Museum Diplomacy: Could Islamic Art Inspire Middle East Peace?

US ambassador Samantha Power employs "museum diplomacy" and takes diplomats on a tour of the Met Museum.
By Pamela Falk
A replica of Palmyra's Arch of Triumph with the National Portrait Gallery framed behind is unveiled in Trafalgar Square, central London, on 19 April 2016. The original arch was destroyed by the Islamic State (IS) and the replica has been crafted using the latest 3D printing and carving technologies by the Institute for Digital Archaeology.

Palmyra Arch Rebuilt in London, Presidential Candidates Arts Guide—and More

The arch will be on view in London for three days beginning April 19, and there are plans to erect it in New York in September.
By Alanna Martinez
Leonard Lauder.

Whitney Names Building for Leonard Lauder, Lost Caravaggio Allegedly Found—and More

By Alanna Martinez
The Municipal House in Prague is one of the most prominent Art Nouveau buildings in the city.

Prague Named Most Art Nouveau City, Huntington Library Plans Expansion—and More

By Alanna Martinez
The Great Colonnade in Palmyra, Syria.

Islamic State Driven Out From Ancient City of Palmyra

By Ryan Steadman
Toby Juan Lopez

The Feds Release Freelance ISIS Negotiator

By Allan Ripp
The ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.

Syrian Troops Ready to Retake Palmyra, Vermeer’s ‘Little Street’ Comes Home—and More

By Alanna Martinez
The ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.

Museum Director Wants to Rebuild Palmyra, How We Choose Favorite Colors—and More

By Alanna Martinez
Morehshin Allahyari's 3D print reconstruction of Lamassu, also destroyed by ISIS (2015).

These ISIS-Destroyed Artifacts Are Now Available to Download and 3-D Print

By Casey Quackenbush
Members of the French Jewish community hold signs reading in French "I am Charlie" during rally in Jerusalem on January 11, 2015, to demonstrate Jerusalem's support for France and the Jewish community and to protest against the attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo's office in Paris which killed 12 people and the attack on a kosher supermarket. Four of the fatalities in France's three-day wave of violence were Jews killed in an attack on a kosher supermarket hours before the start of the Jewish Sabbath on Friday. AFP PHOTO/ GALI TIBBON (Photo credit should read GALI TIBBON/AFP/Getty Images)

Charlie Hebdo Memorial Exhibit in Tel Aviv Allegedly Censored

By Alanna Martinez
A fighter from the Jaish al-Islam (Islam Army), the foremost rebel group in Damascus province who fiercely opposed to both the regime and the Islamic State group, guards a position on the front line in Jobar, on the eastern edge of the Syrian capital on January 4, 2016. Jaish al-Islam has fought off both government forces and IS group jihadists in its Eastern Ghouta bastion, east of the capital. AFP PHOTO / AMER ALMOHIBANY / AFP / AMER ALMOHIBANY (Photo credit should read AMER ALMOHIBANY/AFP/Getty Images)

ISIL’s Ministry of Rape and Enslavement

By Austin Bay
The Museum of Modern Art.

MoMA Remixes Its Collection, New World Record for Indian Art, and More

By Alanna Martinez
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 01: Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a press conference at the United Nations on October 1, 2015 in New York City. Russia started a bombing campaign in Syria yesterday, claiming to target ISIS locations, though western countries dispute this claim and say Russian bombs were aimed at locations held by Syrian rebels who oppose the government. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

Russia Foreign Minister to John Kerry: Stop Being a Skirt-Wearing Woman, Accept Assad

By Mikhail Klikushin

On ‘Meet the Press,’ National Journal’s Ron Fournier Foresees an ‘Unraveling’

By Joe Lapointe
The Funerary Temple at Palmyra in Syria. (Photo: Joe & Clair Carnegie/Libyan Soup, via Getty Images)

Can 3-D Imaging Save Ancient Art from ISIS?

By Alanna Martinez
The ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.

FBI Warns US Art Dealers: ISIL-Looted Antiquities Are Hitting the Market

By Alanna Martinez
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani (Photo: Getty Images).

Giuliani Rips Obama for Presser Over Ferguson Death, Not ISIS Massacre

By Will Bredderman

Top 10 Online Videos That Mattered in 2014

By Laura Dawn
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