Auction houses post huge half-year gains, ICOM revises ethics code, 59 looted antiquities returned, and more art industry news. Plus, artists Mickalene Thomas and David Salle are both facing legal…
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Phoenix Ancient Art funneled objects of shaky provenance into dozens of museums. Why are many of them still there? In February, the Metropolitan Museum of Art quietly returned a Roman…
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Brown butter, crunchy-toasty spices, and flaky salt. By Jesse SzewczykJuly 13, 2026Photograph by Scott Semler, Food Styling by Drew Aichele, Prop Styling by Maggie DimarcoIt’s That Simple is our series…
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Governor Kathy Hochul published several updates today. This digest highlights the main items selected from the source feed, with links back to the original reports for full context.
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My boss breezes in when convenient, and blames us when things go south.
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