Verity Babbs on Muck Rack

Verity Babbs

As seen in: MSN UK, The Guardian, The Times, Atlas Obscura, Flipboard, Art Market Minute, Artnet, Yahoo Style Canada, Hyperallergic, Pando and
Art Critic-Comedian - Writer & Presenter - Art Laughs Comedy - Arts & Culture Show @voicefmradio - Rep @PFDAgents

Get in touch with Verity

Contact Verity, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Articles

Prado Museum Moves to Curb Overcrowding

|
By Verity Babbs
| news.artnet.com
The problem with the world’s most famous museums is precisely that they’re the world’s most famous museums. Visits to prestigious arts institutions can feel like an exercise in keeping your balance as you battle through crowds, rather than a moment of genuine connection with the art on display.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Rare Rembrandt Drawing Nets Record-Smashing $18 Million at Auction

|
By Verity Babbs
| news.artnet.com
A Rembrandt drawing of a young lion has become artist’s most valuable work on paper to sell at auction after it realized a breathtaking $18 million at Sotheby’s New York on February 4. The work, Young Lion Resting (ca. 1638–43), which carried a $15 million to $20 million estimate, smashed Rembrandt’s $3.7 million auction record for a drawing.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Robert Rauschenberg Headlines Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum Reopening

|
By Verity Babbs
| news.artnet.com
The show will debut as part of the National Air and Space Museum’s newly renovated Flight and Arts Center. • The artist had a lifelong fascination with flight and did a residency with NASA in the 1960s. An exhibition devoted to Robert Rauschenberg will headline the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum when it reopens its Flight and Arts Center in July following a multi-million-dollar renovation.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 296 licensed articles (297 Total)
 •  Privacy  •  Terms  •  Security and Legal  •   •   •   • 

© 2026 Muck Rack

SOC 2® Certified