Israel’s National Pavilion Won’t Open Until a Ceasefire Is Reached, Artist Says
Artist Ruth Patir, who was selected to represent Israel last September, said she will not open her exhibition for the country’s national pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale until “a cease-fire and...
View ArticleAs Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange Building Burns, Artworks are Carried to...
The historic former stock exchange building in Copenhagen, which is home to one of Denmark’s most valuable art collections, caught fire. The blaze has claimed the 17th-century Dutch Renaissance-style...
View ArticleTate Modern Launches Acquisition Fund for Sámi and Inuit Art
London’s Tate Modern has today announced a new initiative aimed at boosting the representation of Indigenous artists in its collection, starting with a four-year acquisition fund dedicated to Sámi and...
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Pino Pascali, a Little-Seen and Much-Loved Giant of Italian Art History, Gets...
Pino Pascali once called the typical format for exhibitions, wherein an artist passes off finished products to someone else now charged with showing them, “a kind of graveyard.” So what does it mean...
View ArticleWhat is the Venice Biennale? Everything You Need to Know
The Venice Biennale is upon us, returning for its 60th edition. Thousands will pour into the Italian city for the opening of one of the art world’s most prestigious events—barring a few...
View ArticleBruce Museum Director and CEO Robert Wolterstorff to Depart
The Bruce Museum has announced the departure of its executive director and CEO, Robert Wolterstorff, effective June 30. Wolterstorff joined the Greenwich institution five years ago, leading its $68...
View ArticleHudson Yards Sculpture ‘Vessel’ To Reopen With Nets After Suicides Prompted...
Visitors will be able to walk up The Vessel, Thomas Heatherwick’s gleaming sculpture at Hudson Yards later this year, after several suicides closed public access in 2021. New “cut-resistant” steel...
View ArticleDali Museum Launches Campaign Replicating Artist’s Voice Using AI
In the lead up to the 120th birthday of the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí in early May, the Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, has unveiled a new ad campaign: an artificial...
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Robert Zhao Renhui’s Seeing Forest, A Dance Between Man and Nature, Takes...
With one of the highest population densities of any country in the world, Singapore often draws up associations with bustling urbanism. Related Articles Singapore Art Museum Mints Ambitious Residency...
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Artist Bernar Venet Is Far More Than His Gigantic Steel Arcs
With no fewer than four solo exhibitions last summer in France, Bernar Venet was everywhere in home country, from Nice’s Le 109 arts space, which showed a large selection of works made in 1963, to...
View ArticlePro-Palestine Protest Staged Outside Israeli and American Pavilions at Venice...
At least 100 protestors on Wednesday, the second day of previews for the 2024 Venice Biennale, gathered in front of the American and Israeli pavilions, which are positioned next to each other in the...
View ArticleWinston Churchill’s Least Favorite Portrait Set for Sotheby’s, Met Returns...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES PORTRAIT OF A STATESMAN. A preparatory painting of Winston Churchill by Graham...
View ArticleMetropolitan Museum of Art Returns Artifact to Iraq After Internal Research
On Tuesday, the Metropolitan Museum of Art said that it had returned a sculpture to Iraq dated from the third millennium BCE as part its investigation into the origins of artifacts held in its...
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A Creepy, Entrancing German Pavilion Is This Venice Biennale’s Big Hit
In more senses than one, this year’s German Pavilion is the most out-there national pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale. For one, it’s the most unsettling experience on offer: Space travel,...
View ArticleThree Former Venice Biennale Artistic Directors on How to Best Curate (and...
Looking for expert advice on how to get the most out of your visit to the 60th Venice Biennale? Amid the opening of the prestigious art exhibition, ARTnews caught up with some of the festival’s former...
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In Venice, 1OF1 and Collector Ryan Zurrer Introduce Web3 Phenom Sam Spratt to...
Digital artist Sam Spratt is living the artist’s dream. This week, he celebrated the opening of “The Monument Game,” his first-ever art show. But it wasn’t a group show in some DIY space in New York,...
View ArticleArt Dealer Arrested by Spanish Police Over Looted Egyptian Artifact Offered...
Spanish national police recently arrested an antiques dealer for selling a stolen Egyptian sculpture dated from 1450 BCE. The artifact was set to be offered by a Swiss gallery during the TEFAF...
View ArticleMasterpieces Saved in Notre Dame Cathedral Fire to be Exhibited in Paris
A new exhibition at the Mobilier National in Paris will showcase masterpieces that have been restored since the devastating fire at the Notre Dame cathedral in 2019. The national furniture...
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For the Canadian Pavilion, Kapwani Kiwanga Considers the Hefty Historical...
At the core of Venice’s history is trade. The floating lagoon has, for centuries, served as a meeting place for different cultures, both in terms of the people who visited La Serenissima and the goods...
View ArticleFor Venice Biennale Artists, a Very Real Halo Effect in the Market
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. The Venice Biennale was essentially an...
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