With Increased Buzz, Art Collaboration Kyoto May Not Remain Japan’s...
Beauty, contemplation, freedom and peace. Those aren’t usually the first words that come to mind when you think of an art fair, yet they are the reasons that Tim Neuger, co-founder of Berlin-based...
View ArticleArrest Warrant Obtained for Dealer Accused of Trafficking Looted Artifacts...
New York authorities have obtained an arrest warrant for embattled dealer Edoardo Almagià, whom they said sold antiquities that were worth tens of millions of dollars. According to the New York Times,...
View ArticleThieves Blew The Door Off Gallery to Steal Two of Four Rare Warhol Prints...
Thieves with a taste for Pop Art literally blew the doors off of MPV Gallery in Oisterwijk, Netherlands Friday before stealing two screen prints from Andy Warhol’s “Reigning Queens” series, one of the...
View ArticleThis Italian Art Fair’s Focus on Experimental Art Continues to Lure Curators...
Paris-based art dealer Philippe Jousse remembers when he first participated in the Turin-based fair Artissima a few years ago. “I went home with my pockets stuffed with business cards from curators,”...
View ArticlePelosi Desk Covered in Poop and Trump Torch Sculptures Appear in D.C. Ahead...
Two politically charged statues have appeared in Washington, D.C., sparking public interest and discussion just days before the election, according to CNN. One statue, a bronze replica of former...
View ArticleKamala Harris Advertisement Draws Inspiration from Carrie Mae Weems
As part of her national campaign advertisements, Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris was lent imagery from artist Carrie Mae Weems’s landmark “Kitchen Table” series from 1990. The video,...
View ArticlePace Gallery Senior Director Departs for New York’s Canada Gallery
Christiana Ine-Kimba Boyle has left her post as senior director at Pace Gallery to return to Canada gallery, the New York space where she once held that same title. At Canada, Boyle will now be...
View ArticleBritish Painter Sarah Cunningham Missing In London
British painter Sarah Cunningham is missing in London. Lisson Gallery, which represents Cunningham, posted on Instagram Sunday that Cunningham was last seen at 2:30 a.m. on November 2 on Jamestown...
View ArticleArt X Lagos Makes the Case for Art Fairs Having Diverse Offerings Beyond Just...
In its nine years, Art X Lagos in Nigeria has grown to become the largest art fair in West Africa. Held from October 31 to November 3, at the capital city’s Federal Palace Hotel, this year’s edition...
View ArticleCuban Dissident Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Invites Havana Biennial...
Cuban dissident artist and activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, who is currently jailed in Havana, has invited attendees of the upcoming Havana Biennial to visit him in prison as a part of an art...
View ArticleDallas Museum Director Agustín Arteaga to Step Down After Eight Years
Agustín Arteaga, the director of the Dallas Museum of Art in Texas, will depart his post on December 31 after eight years, leaving open one of the top institutional roles in the South. The museum’s...
View ArticleSwiss Architects Herzog & de Meuron to Update Sotheby’s Breuer Building
Sotheby’s has tapped Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron to head renovations for the brutalist Breuer building, purchased by the auction house last year to be the new site of its New York...
View ArticleEleven Sealed Burials Excavated from Ancient Egyptian Tomb in Luxor
An ancient Egyptian tomb with 11 sealed burials was excavated by archaeologists in Luxor, the country’s tourism and antiquities ministry announced on Friday. The tomb was found in the South Asasif...
View ArticleSotheby’s Will Auction Picasso Portrait of Françoise Gilot in November
Sotheby’s will auction a Pablo Picasso painting of Françoise Gilot during a modern art evening sale on November 18. Last exhibited to the public in 1981, the piece comes to auction from the Neumann...
View ArticleCarrie Mae Weems Offers a Respite at Gladstone Gallery Before an...
Carrie Mae Weems’s film Cyclorama: The Shape of Things (2021) isn’t specific to the upcoming Presidential election, although it certainly does refer to the fallout of the last one, with video of the...
View ArticleSotheby’s Will Auction Hundreds of Works from Aso O. Tavitian’s Collection
Sotheby’s has been consigned a large collection of Old Master paintings, sculptures, and decorative art objects from the collection of Aso O. Tavitian. The house will sell those works this coming...
View ArticleSuchitra Mattai Uses Vibrant Tapestries to Create New Histories for Herself...
While she was still a high school student in Metuchen, New Jersey, Suchitra Mattai found herself puzzled by a history class she was taking. The course was called World History, but despite its name,...
View ArticleThe Long-Awaited Holocaust Museum of Greece is Being Funded by Germany and...
Last week, Germany’s head of state, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, visited the Greek port city of Thessaloniki and declared, “Anyone who stands and speaks here as German president is filled with shame.”He...
View ArticleSarah Cunningham, Abstract Painter on a Fast Ascent, Dies at 31
Sarah Cunningham, a British painter whose abstracted pictures of forests charmed audiences on both sides of the Atlantic, has died after having gone missing in London this past weekend. She was 31,...
View ArticleBritish Artist Sarah Cunningham Dies at 31, Trio Charged for Vandalizing...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines MISSING ARTIST FOUND DEAD. Lisson Gallery confirmed the passing of Sarah...
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