Tintin-Inspired Paintings Go to Court, Hidden Self-Portrait Resurfaces,...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES PEEKABOO. A self-portrait of the coal miner artist Norman Cornish has been...
View ArticleTurkey Bans Transgender Art Exhibition Amid Intensified LGBTQ+ Crackdown
Turkish authorities have banned an exhibition that explores the art and history of the country’s transgender community, the Art Newspaper reported Thursday. Authorities shut down the exhibition,...
View ArticleUArts Faces Unfair Labor Practices Complaint from Shuttered School’s Union
A union representing faculty and staff members at the University of the Arts has filed an unfair labor practices complaint against the Philadelphia art school, which abruptly shuttered earlier this...
View ArticleAt Christie’s Art + Tech Summit, A.I. Dominated But There Were Few Answers...
When Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak took the stage for the final talk on Wednesday at the Christie’s Art + Tech Summit, a sea of iPhones rose into the air to photograph tech’s living legend. And while...
View ArticleFarhad Moshiri, Leading Iranian Conceptual Artist, Has Died at 61
Farhad Moshiri, one of Iran’s most influential contemporary artists, died on July 16 at 61. The Third Line gallery, the Dubai gallery that represented him, confirmed his death. “Our journey with...
View ArticleInternational Trafficking Operation Leads to 85 Arrests and the Recovery of...
Pandora VIII, an annual joint operation between customs and law enforcement authorities from 25 countries against international art trafficking, led by the Spanish Guardia Civil and supported by...
View ArticleTrellis Art Fund Names 12 Winners of $100,000 Artist Awards, Including Two...
Twelve artists have won the first batch of the Trellis Art Fund’s $100,000 awards, with Lorraine O’Grady, Candida Alvarez, and American Artist among the inaugural winners. The Trellis Art Fund, a New...
View ArticlePhotofairs Will Launch Hong Kong Edition in 2025 After Canceling New York...
Photofairs, the contemporary art fair focused on photography, digital art, and new media, recently announced the launch of an edition in Hong Kong for next March. The inaugural edition will take place...
View ArticleVenice Entrance Fee Leads to Mixed Results and Political Turmoil Amid Efforts...
While Luigi Brugnaro, the mayor of Venice, recently declared that the city’s new five-euro entrance fee was a “great success,” city officials said at a news conference Friday that more data analysis...
View ArticleBritish-Israeli Activists at Tate Modern Protest Len Blavatnik: ‘Don’t Mess...
At Tate Modern in London on Sunday, activists protested museum patron and billionaire Len Blavatnik. Members of the British-Israeli group WeDemocracy called on Blavatnik to “stop the attack on the...
View ArticleParis Olympics Force Galleries to Close, Leaving Dealers in a Tough Spot
Many galleries in Paris’s Saint Germain des Près area, one of the city’s major art hubs, were unexpectedly forced to close on Thursday, due to security measures put in place for the upcoming Olympic...
View ArticleDominick Di Meo, Artist of Chicago’s Monster Roster with a Cult Following,...
Dominick Di Meo, an artist who shook up Chicago’s art scene in the 1960s with surreal paintings and collages, only to gain a following far beyond the city late in his career, has died at 97. His death...
View ArticleFord Foundation President Darren Walker Will Step Down at End of 2025
The Ford Foundation announced Monday that its president, Darren Walker, plans to step down from the organization by the end of next year. Walker has been head of the organization for the past 11...
View ArticlePriceless George Washington Tent Fragment Found on Goodwill’s Website
In 2022, Richard “Dana” Moore, a history enthusiast and artifact collector, stumbled upon a framed fragment of canvas that was purported to have come from one of George Washington’s tents on...
View ArticleUK’s Arts Spending Is Lower Than That of Most European Countries, Report Says
According to a new report, the UK has some of the lowest levels of government spending on the arts in all of Europe. Titled The State of the Arts, the report by the University of Warwick and the...
View ArticleArtists Andra Ursuta, Michaël Borremans Star in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer,’...
Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, one of the most closely-watched offerings set to debut next month at the Venice Film Festival, features two artists among its stars: painter Michaël Borremans and sculptor...
View ArticleUS Feds Recovers $1.2 M. Picasso Drawing Allegedly Bought with 1MDB Funds...
The US Justice Department has reached an agreement with Jasmine Loo Ai Swan, the former general counsel of Malaysia’s sovereign investment development fund (1MDB), to recover a $1.27 million drawing...
View ArticleMuseum in St. Petersburg Facing Fine for Showing ‘Nazi Propaganda’ Painting...
St. Petersburg’s Erarta Museum – which holds the largest private collection of contemporary art in Russia – is staring down a raft of administrative charges after exhibiting a painting that Russian...
View ArticleAnne Imhof’s ‘Wish You Were Gay’ Billboards Vandalized in Austria: An ‘Attack...
Six billboards designed by artist Anne Imhof that are on view in Austria were partially torn by vandals on Tuesday, an incident that the artist described as “an act of violent aggression.” Imhof, who...
View ArticleRoman Mosaic Floor Found in Naples Waters, Project to Restore Vandalized Art...
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