In a Timely D.C. Exhibition, Artists of Color Use Sculpture to Question Who’s...
Can a sculpture convey power? Historically, sculpture has been one of the key ways to depict who is in charge and who is worth remembering. That has been the case in the United States where the...
View ArticleSotheby’s to Hold Landmark Single Owner Old Masters Auction Estimated to Net...
This May, Sotheby’s New York will hold an auction for a collection of Old Master paintings, assembled over decades by Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III. Estimated between $80 million and $120 million,...
View ArticleGene Hackman’s Paintings, Canceled Exhibition in DC, and More: Morning Links...
Good Morning! Amid an ongoing investigation into the mysterious death of actor Gene Hackman and his wife, the actor’s less-famous art practice comes to light. Artist Andil Gosine’s exhibition based...
View ArticleArt Museum of the Americas Cancels Exhibitions by Black, Queer Artists
Following President Trump’s crackdown on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, the Art Museum of the Americas has cancelled two exhibitions. The exhibition “Nature’s Wild with Andil...
View ArticleHighlights from the 2025 Outsider Art Fair
The best and worst of the Outsider Art Fair, which opened to the public Thursday night, seems to come down to clutter. There’s the material excess routinely spilling out of the booths, which sometimes...
View ArticleLucas Museum Director and CEO Steps Down, with George Lucas to Lead ‘Content...
On Friday, famed film director George Lucas and businesswoman Mellody Hobson, co-founders of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, announced that director and CEO Sandra Jackson-Dumont will step down...
View ArticleStonewall National Museum Says its Financial Future is Shaky
The Stonewall National Museum, Archives & Library in South Florida claims that that state and federal anti-LGBTQ policies have siphoned off the institution’s operating budget and scared off...
View ArticleThe Guggenheim Tightens Its Belt Again, Laying Off 20 Staffers
Another round of layoffs has hit the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, as the institution struggles to balance its books in an era of dwindling tourism and rising costs, the New York Times...
View ArticleFirm that Attributed Painting Found at a Garage Sale to Van Gogh Doubles Down...
New York-based art research firm LMI International has come out fighting following backlash it faced last month after claiming a painting titled Elimar bought at a Minnesota garage sale for $50 was a...
View ArticleChristie’s Post-War to Present Spring Auction Yields $21.3 M., Led By $2.1 M....
Christie’s mid-season Post-War to Present auction in New York brought in $21.3 million, led by strong results for Helen Frankenthaler, Ed Ruscha, Richard Estes, and Diane Arbus. The large live sale in...
View ArticleSecurities Law Firm Announces Investigation of Soho House for Potential...
Securities law firm Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP (BFA) announced Friday that it is investigating Soho House, its board of directors, and its controlling stockholders for potential breaches of...
View ArticleArtist Young Joon Kwak Invites Audiences to the ‘Resisterhood’ with...
Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, an ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. Welcome to the resisterhood. That’s the premise of...
View ArticleAustralian Museum Repatriates Human Remains to Papua New Guinea
16 human skulls were repatriated to Papua New Guinea by the Chau Chak Wing Museum in Sydney, Australia last week. The ancestral remains were returned to six village communities, including Gorendu and...
View ArticlePrehistoric Vehicle Tracks Suggest a New Timeline for Human Migration
The world’s first vehicles were used some 20,000 years ago, scientists now suggest after drag marks were discovered beside human footprints in New Mexico. The prehistoric markings were found in White...
View ArticleTheater Producer Jenna Segal Brings Peggy Guggenheim’s Vision To the Present...
In the mid-1990s, film producer Jenna Segal’s life changed during a European backpacking trip. All it took was a visit to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice with her best friend. “This was...
View ArticleValue of $TRUMP Cryptocurrency ‘Artwork’ Sinks, Investors Lose $12 B.
The value of Donald Trump’s cryptocurrency, a meme coin aptly called $TRUMP, has fallen off a cliff – and its investors have lost around $12 billion. (A cryptocurrency is typically labeled a meme...
View ArticleBayeux Tapestry Fragment Found in Germany, Trump Tariffs Spell Trouble for...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines BAYEUX TAPESTRY DISCOVERY. A fragment of the Bayeux Tapestry has been discovered...
View Article66 Museum Exhibitions to See This Spring
This spring, it’s Paris calling. The French capital’s recent art history is the subject of two monumental surveys—one at the Centre Pompidou, the other at the Singaporean National Gallery of Art—that...
View ArticleBayeux Tapestry Fragment Found in Northern German Archive
A fragment of the Medieval Bayeux Tapestry has been found at the Schleswig-Holstein State archive in northern Germany, the Canberra Times reported. The famous embroidered tapestry depicts the Norman...
View ArticleAnne Imhof’s Vapid ‘DOOM’ Performance Has Nothing to Say
Before she became a Golden Lion–winning artist, Anne Imhof was a bouncer, working at a club in a Frankfurt suburb that she has described as a “headquarters” for herself and her friends. The club has...
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