New York Investigators Return 36 Artifacts to Syria, Including Relief Looted...
Thirty-six antiquities, collectively valued at more than $5 million, including a stone relief looted from the ancient site of Palmyra, have been retuned to Syria, New York investigators announced on...
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Newly Speculated Goya Painting to Feature in 2028 Museo del Prado Show
A painting that well-placed observers surmise was painted by Francisco de Goya will be on view in a forthcoming exhibition timed to commence 200 years after the celebrated Spanish artist’s death....
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Art Collector and Publisher Benedikt Taschen Lists Mid-Century Modern Beverly...
ARTnews Top 200 collectors Benedikt and Lauren Taschen have spent the past eight years restoring the Adelman Residence, a 5,000-square-foot mid-century modern home designed by architects Thornton...
View ArticleMOCA LA Names Former Public Media Executive as New Director
For its next director, the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles has gone with a figure whose expertise lies outside the art world. Jonathan Abbott, the former head of the public media organization...
View ArticleGreek PM Rejects British Museum Comparison of Parthenon Marbles and Bayeux...
In August, British Museum Director Nicholas Cullinan told the Financial Times that the Bayeux Tapestry loan from France was “a very compelling example of international partnership,” and a successful,...
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At Spring/Break’s First Edition in the Old CBS Newsroom, (Almost) Everything...
This weekend, for likely the last time, cameras are rolling at 555 West 57th Street. The longtime headquarters of CBS News’s most hallowed properties—60 Minutes and Inside Edition—was recently...
View ArticlePrivate Members Club Maison Estelle Under Police Investigation, Canceling...
Maison Estelle, a private members club in London, temporarily shuttered today following a Metropolitan Police investigation outside the premises. The club was set to host parties and dinners to mark...
View ArticleAI-Generated Mural Sparks Backlash in Banksy’s Hometown of Bristol
A new AI-designed vinyl mural, mounted in Banksy’s hometown of Bristol, is facing heavy criticism for its mistakes, including a depiction of the wrong Banksy work. The mural in question is pasted...
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Sotheby’s is Selling One of the World’s Most Coveted Whisky Bottles
“This story is also part of a new series on the convergence of art and luxury. See all of our reporting on the topic here.” On October 9, Sotheby’s will take one of the world’s most famous bottles of...
View ArticleGreek Prime Minister Compares Cutting the Bayeux Tapestry to the Parthenon...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good Morning! In a provocative essay, the Greek prime minister argues that just as it would be...
View ArticleBavarian State Painting Collections in Munich Returns Painting to...
Paul Laporte, a great-grandson of the well-to-do Sofie Heilbronner, who fled Munich for the United States in 1938, spent the past eight years working to reclaim a painting that belonged to his...
View ArticleSotheby’s to Sell a $37 M. Cache of Works Once Owned by Armand Hammer,...
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Big Number: $37 M. That’s the high...
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How Collectors Jon and Kim Shirley Stepped In to Restore the Senate...
In March 2016, former president and chief executive of Microsoft Jon Shirley and his wife, Kim, flew from Seattle, where they are based, to Washington, D.C., for a meeting of the National Gallery of...
View ArticleEl Museo del Barrio Apologizes for Renting Space to Event that Aired 9/11...
New York’s El Museo del Barrio said this week that it regretted renting space to a group that organized an event at which 9/11 conspiracy theories were freely aired. Titled “Turning the Tide: 9/11 25...
View ArticleAmateur Archaeologist With a Metal Detector Finds 934 Roman Silver Coins in a...
A trove of 934 Roman silver denarii was discovered by an amateur archaeologist with a metal detector in a field in Wesseling, Germany. The coins date to the time of the Roman emperor Hadrian. When his...
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The Only Shocking Thing About Jordan Wolfson’s Gagosian Show Is How Boring It Is
Jordan Wolfson’s first New York gallery show in a decade arrived at Gagosian last Friday, exactly a week after the 25th anniversary of 9/11, bringing with it three new sculptures related to that...
View ArticleArt Institute of Chicago Returns a Metzinger to Family of Jewish Collector...
The Art Institute of Chicago will return Jean Metzinger’s painting Woman with a Fan (1913) to the family of Jewish art collector Emanuel Lewenstein, the museum has announced. The museum bought the...
View ArticleLA’s Getty Museum Acquires Recently Rediscovered Velázquez Painting, a First...
The Getty Museum in Los Angeles has acquired Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares, a painting that was recently attributed to Diego Velázquez. The acquisition means a Velázquez painting will for the...
View ArticleLucia Laguna, Brazilian Artist Who Got Late But Fruitful Start on Painting...
Lucia Laguna, a Brazilian painter inspired by her lush surroundings in the hills above Rio de Janeiro, where she lived, died there at the age of 85, according to her gallery, Fortes D’Aloia &...
View ArticleMauritshuis Returns Nazi-Looted Painting to Heirs of Jewish Dealer
The Mauritshuis in The Hauge, the home of famed Dutch Old Master works by Rembrandt and Vermeer, is returning Jan van Goyen’s painting Fishermen by the Lakeshore (1651) after new research has revealed...
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