Middle East Fund Managers Now on Sotheby’s Reconfigured Board after Abu Dhabi...
In October, Sotheby’s announced that it had secured a $1 billion investment from ADQ, a sovereign wealth fund operated by members of Abu Dhabi’s government. Part of the arrangement stipulates that the...
View ArticleAI Is the Next Tool to Protect Heritage Sites from War and Climate Change
Cultural heritage sites will soon be armed with new artificial intelligence-powered tools to help protect them against natural disasters and the ravages of war.Paris-based HeritageWatch.AI, an...
View ArticleTrump Tariffs Could Be the ‘Kiss of Death’ for Art Transactions
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. This has already been a tough year for...
View ArticleJustine Koons, Wife of Jeff Koons, to Get Her Debut Solo Show in New York
Justine Wheeler Koons, the wife of artist Jeff Koons, will have her own solo show of artworks at Salon 94, opening on February 19. The show, titled “Myth” will include 12 glazed stoneware sculptures,...
View ArticleArt Basel Names 291 Exhibitors for Marquee Swiss Fair, Introduces New Section...
Art Basel has named the 291 galleries that will participate in the 2025 edition of its main fair in Basel, Switzerland, scheduled to take place June 19–22, with preview days on June 17–18. This year’s...
View ArticleAustralia Drops Its 2026 Venice Biennale Artist After Controversy over Video...
Artist Khaled Sabsabi was abruptly dropped as Australia’s 2026 Venice Biennale representative after a high-profile publication raised questions about a past work by him depicting a Hezbollah leader....
View ArticleVibrant Wall Paintings Discovered in 2,500-Year-Old Etruscan Tomb
A 2,500-year-old tomb with vibrant red wall paintings has been unearthed at the ancient Tarquinia necropolis in Italy, the Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Landscape for the province of...
View ArticleIsraeli Bill on West Bank Antiquities Oversight Faces Opposition from...
The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), a body of the Israeli government that oversees national artifacts and sites, rejected a proposal to take on an official role overseeing West Bank antiquities...
View ArticleArchitect Paul Rudolph’s Walker Guesthouse for Sale for $2 M.
The Walker Guesthouse, a mid-century structure designed by architect Paul Rudolph, is now on the market for a cool $2 million, if the right buyer has the space for it. Brown Harris Stevens has listed...
View ArticleBanksy’s Piranha-Emblazoned Police Sentry Box Donated to the New London Museum
The police sentry box that Banksy emblazoned with piranhas during his nine-day vandalism tour in London last summer is going on permanent display at the new London Museum.The spray-painted box made to...
View ArticleUproar Over Australia’s Move to Drop Venice Biennale Artist, Trump’s...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines UPROAR FOLLOWING AUSTRALIA’S VENICE ARTIST CANCELATION. After Australia abruptly...
View ArticleCancelation of Artist’s Australian Pavilion Draws Outcry: ‘A Very Dark Day...
Yesterday, Khaled Sabsabi was dropped as Australia’s representative at the Venice Biennale, a move that has generated widespread controversy and multiple resignations at Creative Australia, the...
View ArticleAncient Mummies Smell ‘Woody’ and ‘Sweet,’ Researchers Find
This Valentine’s Day, forget the roses, lavender-scented candles, and savoy truffled chocolate. Think outside the box, or rather, the sarcophagus, and take your crush to the closest museum to sniff...
View ArticleThe Getty Museum Acquires its First AI Photograph
The Getty Museum has acquired its first artificial intelligence-generated photograph. The work Cristian en el Amor de Calle (2024), by queer Costa Rican photographer Matías Sauter Morera, depicts two...
View ArticleCould the Riggio Estate Bring Some Froth to the Art Market in 2025?
The secondary market today is driven by two things: quality and prestige. Often those two things are tied together; after all, the most well respected collectors are usually those with the best...
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Mel Bochner, Conceptual Artist Who Had a Way With Words, Dies at 84
Mel Bochner, a conceptual artist who incisively explored the slippery relationship between language and art, died on February 12 at 84. His death was announced on Friday by three of his galleries,...
View ArticleDesign Firm Roman and Williams to Partner with Sotheby’s on Breuer Fine...
Roman and Williams, the design studio and hospitality group behind Soho’s Le Mercerie, will partner with auction house Sotheby’s to open a yet-to-be-named fine dining restaurant in the Breuer...
View ArticleReferences to Transgender Activists Removed from Stonewall Monument Webpage...
The National Park Service (NPS), a government body overseeing federally protected public grounds, has removed all mention of transgender individuals involved in the Stonewall Uprising, a 1969 New York...
View ArticleLondon’s Barbican Center to Transform Its Underground Car Park into a Rave...
London’s Barbican Center is transforming one of its underground car parks into a rave space for the new “multi-sensory” exhibition “Feel the Sound,” which will explore the relationship between sound,...
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Even Before LA’s Destructive Blazes, This Museum Show Was Rethinking Our...
Last month, a series of wildfires devastated the Greater Los Angeles region, leading to immense loss. Blocks and blocks of homes in Altadena and the Pacific Palisades are gone, generational homes and...
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