National Archives Accused of Censoring Images of Civil Rights Leaders and...
The Biden-appointed Archivist of the United States, Colleen Shogan, directed the National Archives to alter photographic exhibits to obscure certain parts of US history, according to a recent report...
View ArticleTwo Major Art Collectors Have Made Billions of Dollars Since Donald Trump’s...
Two of the world’s richest people—Jeff Bezos and Larry Ellison, both of whom are notable art collectors—have made billions of dollars since Donald Trump won his reelection bid as President of the...
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A Sonia Boyce–Lygia Clark Double Feature at Whitechapel Offers an...
For its fall programming, London’s Whitechapel Gallery decided to present an intriguing pairing of exhibitions of two artists who at first may seem an unlikely duo: Sonia Boyce and Lygia Clark. But...
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Artwork Made by Humanoid Robot Ai-Da Using AI Algorithms Sells for $1 M. at...
Sotheby’s recently sold the first artwork made by a humanoid robot using artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for $1 million, blasting past its estimate of $120,000 to $180,000. On November 7, the...
View ArticleAI Robot’s Painting Smashes High Estimate at Sotheby’s, Pompeii Victims Not...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines PAINTING BY AI HUMANOID ROBOT SMASHES AUCTION PREDICTIONS. In a historic first,...
View ArticlePompeii Victims Weren’t Who Archaeologists Thought They Were, DNA Analysis...
A new DNA analysis suggests that archaeologists were previously wrong about how they understood the relationships between certain victims of Vesuvius’s eruption in 79 CE. At Pompeii, there is, for...
View ArticleMucha Museum to Relocate to Renovated Palace in Prague
The Mucha Museum, a new institution centered on Czech artist Alphonse Mucha, a key figure behind the Art Nouveau movement, will open a new space in Prague near the city’s historic Old Town Square...
View ArticleGuggenheim Foundation Rebrands With Arabic Typeface as It Prepares to Open...
On Thursday, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation unveiled the new “visual identity” for its growing network of museums, a custom-designed, open-source typeface including both Latin and Arabic...
View Article‘Wizard of Oz’ Ruby Slippers Up for Auction for $800,000 Decades After Being...
Judy Garland’s iconic ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” are being auctioned by Heritage Auctions for over $800,000, years after they were infamously stolen by a mobster from a museum. The slippers...
View ArticleYemen Signs International Treaty Denouncing Illicit Trafficking of Cultural...
Yemen recently agreed to an international treaty on stolen or illegally exported cultural objects. The treaty is aimed at remedying one of the main weaknesses of the 1970 UNESCO Convention against...
View ArticleSouth Korea’s Art Market to Benefit from New Laws, Dancer Judith Jamison...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines KOREAN ART MARKET TO BENEFIT FROM EASED REGULATIONS. The South Korean art market...
View ArticleJadé Fadojutimi Explains Why She Left Her London Gallery for Gagosian: ‘It...
In a new profile published this week by the New Yorker, Jadé Fadojutimi, a fast-rising painter, explained her reasons for departing Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, the London-based gallery that made her...
View ArticlePérez Art Museum Miami Gets $10 M. Gift from Kenneth Griffin
Collector Kenneth C. Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, has donated $10 million donation to the Pérez Art Museum Miami, which will use the funds to maintain its collection and which will now...
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At MASS MoCA, Osman Khan Marries ‘One Thousand and One Nights’ with an...
Drone-operated flying carpets held captive inside a Taj Mahal–shaped cage; a mammoth head of the British colonialist Sir Cyril Radcliffe moonlighting as a djinn in charge of border control; and a...
View ArticleFollowing a Trail of Banksy Forgeries, Italian Police Uncover $215 M....
38 people across Europe are suspected of involvement in a sweeping scheme to create and sell fake works attributed to Banksy, Pablo Picasso, and Andy Warhol, among other marquee 19th, 20th, and 21st...
View ArticleMysterious Monument Linked to King Arthur is 4,000 Years Older than Long...
An inconspicuous stone and turf monument on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, southwest England, is likely 4,000 years older than first thought, according to local archaeologists. The rectangular structure,...
View ArticleNewsmakers: Dealer Emmanuel Di Donna on Surrealism’s Expanding Canon and Market
Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, a new ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. Emmanuel Di Donna has cultivated a unique...
View ArticleRestoration of Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’ is Underway in a Glass Chamber at...
The second phase of the Rijksmuseum’s Operation Night Watch, the largest research and restoration project ever undertaken for Rembrandt’s 1642 masterpiece – The Night Watch – is in motion.On Tuesday,...
View ArticleItalian Police Smash Art Forgery Ring, Mark Rothko’s ‘Ukrainian Flag’...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines BUSTED ART FORGERY NETWORK. Italian authorities have uncovered a pan-European,...
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Frank Auerbach, Painter Who Redefined Portraiture, Dies at 93
Frank Auerbach, a towering figure of British art history who plotted new paths for painting with his thick, smeary portraits, died on Monday in London at 93. His passing was announced on Tuesday by...
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