Blink-182 Cofounder Mark Hoppus to Sell $5 M. Banksy Painting at Sotheby’s in...
A rare, hand-painted work by Banksy from the collection of Blink-182’s cofounder and bassist Mark Hoppus will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London on March 4. The painting, titled Crude Oil...
View ArticleHow Will Trump’s Anti-DEI Policy Impact the Arts? Cleveland Museum of Art...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines ANTI-DEI ART BACKLASH. As the US government leads a shift away from recognizing...
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Afrofuturism: Reimagining the Past and Telling a Black Fantastic Future
There are Black people in the future.” In 2017, contemporary visual artist Alisha B. Wormsley began placing those words on billboards across the country in cities including Pittsburgh, Detroit,...
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Richard Flood, Forward-Thinking Curator Who Inspired Many, Dies at 81
Richard Flood, a curator who held high-ranking posts at New York’s New Museum and Minneapolis’s Walker Art Center, has died at 81. A spokesperson for the New Museum, where Flood was once chief...
View ArticleNike Revives Partnership with Tom Sachs Two Years After Workplace Controversy
Nike has revived its partnership with Tom Sachs with a sneaker release in this fall, less than two years after former studio staff accused the artist of creating a toxic workplace environment,...
View ArticleA Camille Claudel Sculpture, Lost for a Century, Sells in Paris for $3.8 M.
A rare bronze sculpture by Camille Claudel, lost for over a century before its discovery in an abandoned Paris apartment, sold at auction in France for €3.7 million ($3.8 million)—more than double its...
View ArticleItalian Archaeologists Discover 200 Tombs in Iron Age Necropolis
Archaeologists have discovered a “monumental necropolis” dating to the pre-Roman Iron Age (500 BCE-1 BCE) in Santa Croce, according Italian officials. The ancient cemetery found in the Northern...
View ArticleFrieze New York Names More Than 65 Galleries for 2025 Edition
Frieze New York will return to the Shed this May with over 65 galleries representing more than 25 countries. This year’s edition, which runs from May 7 to May 11, aims to provide a snapshot of...
View ArticleFollowing Bowery Ballroom Secret Shows, Paul McCartney Photos to Sell at...
In April, Gagosian’s Beverly Hills location will showcase a collection of singer-songwriter Paul McCartney’s rediscovered photographs, shot during the height of Beatlemania. But, unlike the pictures...
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Yes, the Art World Is Still Debating Whether Frieze LA Should Have Gone...
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. “I was actually surprised, kind of...
View ArticleEx-FBI Art Crime Agent’s Nonprofit Partners with Anti-Counterfeiting Tech...
US-based nonprofit Art Legacy Institute (ALI) has partnered with anti-counterfeiting technology firm Alitheon to help protect art against theft, fraud, and misattribution. ALI was founded by ex-FBI...
View ArticleArtists Send Letter Criticizing Trump’s Anti-DEI Policy, Lisa Schiff’s...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines NEA PROTEST LETTER. Over 460 artists sent a letter to the National Endowment for...
View ArticleFirst Royal Tomb Since King Tutankhamun Unearthed in Egypt
The tomb of ancient Egyptian King Thutmose II has been found, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced. This is the first royal burial chamber to be discovered since 1922, when King...
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A Spin Through Some of the Week’s Biggest Gallery Shows in Los Angeles
Although some Frieze Los Angeles–related events were held on Monday evening, things didn’t really get rolling until Tuesday, when some galleries began to unveil the week’s biggest shows. The most...
View ArticleMan Vandalizes 500-Year-Old Artifact in Peru, Causing ‘Irreversible Damage’
A man was arrested in Peru after damaging a 500-year-old artifact known as the 12-angle-stone, Peruvian officials have announced. The incident took place at 12:49 a.m. on February 19, when a man...
View ArticleArtists Protest New Anti-Diversity Policy at National Endowment for the Arts
Hundreds of American artists are calling on the National Endowment for the Arts to reject a new edict from the Trump administration stating that arts organizations cannot use federal funds to promote...
View ArticleAspen Art Museum’s $20 M. AIR Initiative Positions Artists as Global Thought...
The Aspen Art Museum has unveiled AIR, a $20 million, decade-long initiative aiming to position artists as leaders in shaping society. Launching this July, AIR will culminate in a yearly summer...
View ArticleHong Kong’s M+ and New York’s MoMA Firm Up Ties in Newly Struck Agreement
After a year of discussions, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and M+ in Hong Kong, a contemporary art museum in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon arts district, have formalized an agreement that could soon...
View ArticleLondon’s Brutalist Barbican Center is Planning a $240 M. Revamp in 2027
The 23,00-square-foot glass-panelled roof over the Barbican Center’s vast conservatory is at risk of caving in.Safety nets hang in the warm air above the 1,800 species of tropical, subtropical, and...
View ArticleThe Netherlands Returns 113 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, Art Forgery Workshop...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines MAJOR BENIN BRONZE RETURN. The Netherlands is returning 113 Benin Bronzes to...
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