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Descend Into the Bunker at June Art Fair, Where Cool Alternative Vibes Abound
Less than 200 meters (or about 650 feet) away from Art Basel is the June Art Fair, an alternative, intergenerational, independent platform that is nestled in a concrete bunker. Founded in 2019 by...
View ArticleRaffle for Long-Awaited Nina Chanel Abney–Designed Jordan Sneakers Faces...
A long-awaited raffle on Thursday for Nina Chanel Abney’s Air Jordan 3 shoes did not go as planned after the website for it faced what the artist called an “unordinary malicious attack.” Though better...
View ArticleAnish Kapoor’s ‘Bean’ Sculpture Slated to Reopen in Chicago
After nearly a year of construction, one of Chicago’s biggest tourist attractions, Anish Kapoor’s massive Cloud Gate sculpture (affectionately dubbed “The Bean”), is slated to reopen to the public....
View ArticleBasquiat Triptych to Sell at Sotheby’s London for Half Its Price from Two...
Later this month, at a Sotheby’s modern and contemporary sale in London, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 1982 triptych Portrait of the Artist as a Young Derelict will head to auction for the second time in...
View ArticleCanadian Artist Who Created Famous Coin Likeness of Queen Elizabeth Sues...
Susanna Blunt, the artist whose image of Queen Elizabeth II has graced Canadian coins since 2003, has filed a civil claim against a Vancouver dealer, alleging damage to a sculpture that allegedly...
View ArticleNew Artists & Mothers Grant Aims to Fill Childcare Gap, Chardin’s Sliced...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES RECORD CHARDIN. A Jean Siméon Chardin still-life painting The Sliced Melon sold...
View Article$50,000 Latinx Artist Fellowships Awarded to Pepón Osorio, Elle Pérez, Yreina...
The U.S. Latinx Art Forum (USLAF) has named the fourth cohort for its annual Latinx Artist Fellowship. Each cohort consists of 15 artists of Latin American or Caribbean descent who were born or have...
View ArticleArtsy CFO Jeffrey Yin Moves into Chief Executive Role
Jeffrey Yin, the chief financial officer and general counsel for Artsy, has been appointed the online fine art marketplace’s chief executive following the departure of Mike Steib, who has led the...
View ArticleBarbara Gladstone, Legendary New York Dealer Who Minted Art Stars, Dies at 89
Barbara Gladstone, a dealer who built one of the top galleries in New York, died on Sunday in Paris following a brief illness at 89. The gallery confirmed her death in an email sent to the press on...
View ArticleNew York’s Center for Italian Modern Art is Permanently Closing its Doors
On Friday, the Center for Italian Modern Art (CIMA) announced its permanent closure on June 22. The art museum and research center is based in New York’s Soho neighborhood. CIMA was founded by Italian...
View ArticleThousands of Picasso’s Rare Works Are Now Available in New Online Archive
An online portal with access to thousands of Picasso’s artworks, photographs, and related memorabilia is now available online courtesy of the Picasso Museum in Paris. The artist’s rare archives were...
View ArticleStandard and Poor’s Downgrades Sotheby’s Credit Rating to B-
S&P Global Ratings has downgraded Sotheby’s credit rating from B to B- due to falling revenues and rising costs during the first quarter of 2024, according to a report from the Wall Street...
View ArticleThree UK Individuals Charged by FBI for $2.7 M. ‘Evolved Apes’ NFT Fraud Scheme
Three UK nationals have been charged by the FBI with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering for an NFT scheme known as “Evolved Apes.” Mohamed-Amin Atch, Mohamed Rilaz Waleedh, and Daood...
View ArticleArtist Tracey Rose Accuses Swiss Museum of Censoring Video Referring to...
South African artist Tracey Rose accused the Kunstmuseum Bern of having censored an artwork mentioning a “Muslim Holocaust” from her current retrospective there, claiming that the Swiss institution...
View ArticleOver 75 Percent of Collectors Want to Pass Their Holdings on to the Next...
As museums continue to court young art patrons and auction houses scramble to find consignors willing to part with top work for marquee evening sales, a new study from Bank of America Private Bank...
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At Basel’s First Digital Art Fair, Collectors and Artists Debate Whether the...
While collectors arrived at Art Basel last week dressed to the nines and ready to splash millions on everything from a Joan Mitchell diptych ($18 million at David Zwirner) to an Ed Ruscha painting...
View ArticleDealer Barbara Gladstone Dies, New York’s Merces Gallery Indicted for Ivory...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES IN MEMORIAM. The art world is mourning the loss of Barbara Gladstone, a dealer...
View ArticleCarrie Mae Weems Returns to ‘Kitchen Table Series,’ This Time with A$AP...
Photographer Carrie Mae Weems has revisited one of her most famous series, this time as a Bottega Veneta ad campaign that stars the rapper A$AP Rocky. The campaign, revealed this past Sunday to mark...
View Article12th-Century Pilaster Returned by the Art Institute of Chicago to Thailand’s...
A fragment of a pilaster with the Hindu diety Krishna lifting Mount Govardhana is being returned to Thailand by the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC). The return is the result of more thorough provenance...
View ArticleRestitution Suit Over Guggenheim’s ‘Woman Ironing’ by Picasso Dismissed
Pablo Picasso’s 1904 painting Woman Ironing, which has been at the center of a restitution lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court, will remain with the Guggenheim Foundation. The lawsuit was dismissed by...
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