Take a bright kid with a stupid name (Inigo Philbrick) and parents with a background in the arts and introduce him to the richest, most gullible art collectors in the world and you have all the main ...

With its vast artistic heritage, Europe presents dozens of top museum exhibits each year. Here is a short list of great art shows worth the trip in 2025. Saint Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1598, by ...

I am not an expert on art but I am an expert on gullibility, and art appreciation (and certainly art economics) can in part be understood as an example of mass gullibility at work. Take the case of an ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

In case you find yourself bored in your hotel room on vacation this summer, or you’re stuck with nothing to do on the weekend, why not check out a few art-related documentaries? Whether you’re into ...

Erling Kagge is a Norwegian art collector, explorer, mountaineer, publisher, and lawyer. He gained fame for being the first person to walk to the South Pole alone, and he has also climbed Mount ...

What is the bizarre pleasure in looking at art in banal rooms? Is it the economic disparity between the blue-chip objects and their more middle and lower class surroundings? Maybe it emphasizes that ...

Every few years, it makes the papers: somebody opposes the teaching of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in some high school, or even wants it banned from the local library. The reason, of course, is ...