With Frieze London, the Fair Organizing Giant Introduces a Regional Approach...
Last summer, Frieze surprised the art world by announcing that it was adding two of the biggest art fairs in the US, The Armory Show and Expo Chicago, to its roster of major market events in London,...
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Which Collectors Are True Believers in Art?
In June, in the wake of underwhelming marquee auction results, the art adviser Jacob King sent a memo to his clients with a provocative thesis: Could the mainstreaming of an “investment mindset” be...
View ArticleEthiopian Shield Pillaged by British to Be Repatriated, Israeli Bombs Land...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines MAQDALA SHIELD REPATRIATION. A 19th-century Maqdala shield pillaged in Ethiopia...
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Thomas Schütte’s MoMA Retrospective Is the Year’s Strangest Show
Just a few years after Germany was reunified, Thomas Schütte began making his “United Enemies” sculptures (1993–94), each composed of two figures that are knotted together by string and encased in a...
View ArticleAlarms Raised Over UNESCO World Heritage Site in Lebanon After Israeli Air...
Lebanese Culture Minister Mohammad Mortada has called for international action after an Israeli airstrike hit perilously close to Baalbek, a triad of Imperial Roman temples and UNESCO World Heritage...
View ArticleMaqdala Shield Will Be Repatriated to Ethiopia After Exhibition in Ohio
A 19th-century shield withdrawn from public auction in the UK earlier this year will be repatriated to Ethiopia. The Royal Ethiopian Trust (RET) recently announced it had negotiated the repatriation...
View Article2,800-Year-Old Burial Mound Found in Siberia Mimics Graves of Eurasian Steppe...
A 2,800-year-old burial containing the remains of an elite individual was identified in Siberia. Experts believe that the culture responsible for the burial would have been closely related to the...
View ArticleCharli xcx Is Bringing ‘Brat’ to Storm King Art Center
Charli xcx’s Brat tour is making an unexpected stop this Thursday at Storm King Art Center, a popular sculpture park in New York’s Hudson Valley. “nyyyyyyy I want to play my new album : ) shall we go...
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Amazon Prime Big Deal Day Bargains on Tech for Artists and Galleries
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, ARTnews.com may receive an affiliate commission. Related Articles October Prime Day Deals for Artists from...
View ArticleThe 32 Best Surrealist Artworks, Ranked
In the summer of 1924, the roses of France turned a shade of blue. Wood became glass, and words transfigured into beings, rapping at windows to let people know they were there. That, at least, was how...
View Article5 Shows to See Around London During Frieze
The circus has rolled into town. Frieze London and Frieze Masters open their doors to the VIPs today, but are London’s fairs fast becoming an amuse-bouche for the feast that will be Art Basel Paris...
View ArticleMarina Abramovic Says Chinese Government Continually Rejected Her Shows...
Right now, Marina Abramović is currently having her first-ever show in China, at the Modern Art Museum Shanghai, and it is perhaps astonishing that it has taken so long, given that she is arguably the...
View Article5,000-Year-Old Jade Artifacts Connect Inner Mongolia and Early Chinese...
A trove of more than 100 Stone Age jade artifacts discovered by archaeologists in inner Mongolia may reveal evidence of long-distance trade between two ancient Chinese civilizations. Three...
View ArticleActivists Cover Picasso’s ‘Motherhood’ Painting with Image of Gazan Mother...
This morning, two activists pasted a photograph of a Palestinian mother and child over the protective glass of Pablo Picasso’s 1901 painting Motherhood (La Maternité) at the National Gallery in...
View ArticleMet’s Costume Institute to Examine Black Dandyism in Spring 2025 Show
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute will turn its focus to the intersection of race, fashion, and identity with its spring 2025 exhibition, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.” The...
View Article13 Ancient Egyptian Artifacts Seized by US Government at JFK Airport
Between 2020 and 2021, the US government seized 13 ancient Egyptian artifacts at JFK airport, including a 5,200-year-old vase, according to a legal documents filed earlier this month. A declaration...
View ArticleNew Experiential Art Platform VIV Arts Launches During Frieze with a Bang as...
Back in July, London-based VIV Arts – a new sales platform supporting artists and collectors in the experiential art sector – hosted a talk at Christie’s London HQ titled “Can you collect...
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Artists and AI: Shaping a Collaborative Future
Viewed by some as a crisis, a group of artists and art world leaders are partnering with artificial intelligence to strengthen the industry’s present and plot a brighter future. Related Articles...
View ArticleFrieze London’s Best Booths, From Statement Sculptures to Symbolic Gardens
I often find it hard not to think of Halloween once October begins, when plastic pumpkins, spooky decorations, and cheap bags of candy start cropping up across the US. While Halloween doesn’t have...
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For More than Half a Century, Collector Joan Agajanian Quinn Has Been the...
For nearly 50 years, Joan Agajanian Quinn has asked the questions that everyone wants to answer. A consummate journalist, she was the West Coast editor at Interview magazine, a society editor at the...
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