Climate Change Protesters Arrested After Spraying Stonehenge with Orange Paint
Two protesters with Just Stop Oil sprayed Stonehenge in England with orange powder paint on Wednesday, according to a video posted by the activist group on X. The protesters, identified as 21-year-old...
View ArticleGerman Artist Receives Death Threats After Center-Right Politicians Denounce...
Artist Sophia Süßmilch told the German media that she had received death threats after her exhibition at the Kunsthalle Osnabrück became the subject of controversy among center-right politicians....
View ArticleMonet Painting Sold Under Duress During the Nazi Era Will Be Auctioned from...
After reaching a settlement, the Kunsthaus Zurich will put a Claude Monet painting in its collection up for sale. The museum reached a settlement with the heirs of Jewish textile manufacturer Carl...
View ArticleArt World Luminaries Remember Legendary Dealer Barbara Gladstone
When news broke on Monday that legendary art dealer Barbara Gladstone had died, it felt like something the end of an era for the New York art world. Gladstone had opened her gallery in 1980 in a...
View ArticleH&M Collaborates with Jean-Michel Basquiat Estate for New Clothing Line
Clothing store H&M recently launched a new line of garments done in collaboration with the late artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and rising fashion label Who Decides War. This collaboration grew out of...
View ArticleSFMOMA Acquires Yayoi Kusama ‘Infinity Mirror Room’ Featured at David Zwirner
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art recently announced it had acquired one of Yayoi Kusama’s immensely popular “Infinity Mirror Rooms.” The reflective installation Dreaming of Earth’s Sphericity, I...
View ArticleHuman Rights Groups Condemn Six-Year Prison Sentence of Iranian Artist Atena...
Iranian artist and activist Atena Farghadani has been sentenced to six years in her home country of Iran, a ruling that has been denounced by human rights organizations. Fragahdani was arrested by...
View ArticleAlicia Keys and Swizz Beatz’s Collection to Travel from Brooklyn Museum to...
After premiering at the Brooklyn Museum earlier this year, the art collection of Grammy-winning singer Alicia Keys and Kasseem Dean, the Grammy-winning rapper and producer known as Swizz Beatz, will...
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Outed as a LGBTQ Activist in Uganda, Leilah Babirye Finds Fame Abroad with...
Like her imposing sculptures, Leilah Babirye is still standing. And even better, she is thriving. In 2015, Babirye fled Uganda after she was outed by a local publication as an activist and a member of...
View ArticleThe ARTnews Culture Lover’s Guide to Madrid
With 3.4 million inhabitants, Madrid is the second-largest city in the European Union, and with about 45 museums, it is one of Europe’s most robust cultural centers. Landmarks in Spain’s capital city...
View ArticleRon DeSantis Slashes Arts Funding, Paris’s Centre Pompidou Defends Renovation...
The Headlines FLORIDA SLASHES ARTS BUDGET. Governor Ron DeSantis has vetoed over $32 million in arts and culture grants that had already been approved by the state legislature for next year’s budget,...
View ArticleFlorida Gov. DeSantis Vetoes $32 M. in Arts and Culture Grants from 2025 Budget
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis last week vetoed over $32 million in arts and culture grants from next year’s budget, a move that could cripple institutions across Tampa Bay and greater Florida, the...
View ArticleMan Receives Two-Year Prison Sentence for Stealing a Banksy Artwork in France
After trying to steal a Banksy in Paris, a man received a two-year suspended prison sentence from a French court on Wednesday. The mysterious British graffiti artist had stenciled a masked rat holding...
View ArticleArchitects for the Centre Pompidou’s Five-Year Renovation Project Have Been...
Despite major financial concerns, the Centre Pompidou announced the architects for its forthcoming five-year renovation project. The museum, designed by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano in 1977, will be...
View ArticlePhiladelphia’s UArts Lacks Funds Owed to Employees Under Federal Law, Union Says
The University of the Arts in Philadelphia lacks the funds legally owed to employees, according to union representatives for staff at the abruptly shuttered school. Representatives from the...
View ArticleNew York’s Mitchell-Innes & Nash to Close Chelsea Space, Transition to...
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, a gallery that represents artists such as Pope.L, Martha Rosler, and Jacolby Satterwhite, will close its Chelsea space and transition away from its current business model....
View ArticleFormer Uffizi Director Poised to Lose Florence’s Mayoral Election by Large...
Eike Schmidt, a German art historian who once served as director of the Uffizi Galleries, seems likely to lose his bid to become mayor of Florence. Although the outcome of the election remains...
View ArticleThe Market for South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art Keeps Growing
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. When most people talk about the art...
View ArticleSotheby’s Relocates French Headquarters to Former Home of Famed Paris Gallery
Sotheby’s will relocate its Paris headquarters to 83 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, once the home of the famed Galerie Bernheim-Jeune. That puts the Paris auction house three blocks from its current...
View ArticleJudy Garland Museum Aims to Raise $3.5 M. to Buy Back Dorothy’s Stolen Ruby...
In 2005 the Judy Garland Children’s Museum lost a pair of ruby-red slippers worn by its namesake in the iconic movie The Wizard of Oz. The slippers were stolen by a career burglar after breaking one...
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