Pirated-Books Database LibGen, Which Meta Used to Train AI, Includes Books By...
Library Genesis, the pirated database of millions of books, scientific papers, comics, and magazine issues, was used by Meta to train its flagship AI model. Court documents released on March 19 show...
View ArticleTrump Names New Director of Museum Agency He Moved to Dismantle Last Week
Last Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the dismantling of seven federal agencies. Chief among them was the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which provides...
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The Book of HOV: The Artist, the Mogul, the Icon
In this epic collab between two titans of prestige, entertainment behemoth Roc Nation and luxury bookmaker Assouline offer up the chance to own a historic work of art—a sleek tome that embodies Shawn...
View ArticleItalian Village Wants Louvre to Return Church Carving, Trump Appoints New...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines FREE AND SMALLER MUSEUMS MAKE SENSE. A new study by think tank Remuseum, argues...
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Almeida & Dale Shakes Up Brazil’s Art Market by Purchasing Storied Millan...
São Paulo–based gallery Almeida & Dale will officially acquire Millan, a stalwart of Brazil’s contemporary art scene. This move will consolidate a top primary dealership, Millan, and a major...
View ArticleArt Museums Spend A Median of $82 Per Visitor, But Bigger Isn’t Always...
A new report on spending at art museums says most such institutions spend a median of $82 per visitor, expansions don’t always lead to deeper public engagement, and free admission can lower costs per...
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The Storied Collection of Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio’s Founder Heads to...
On April 10, Sotheby’s Paris will hold a sale dedicated to Niomar Moniz Sodré Bittencourt, a Brazilian businesswoman and journalist and the founder of Museu de Arte Moderna (MAM) in Rio de Janeiro....
View ArticleBritish Museum Was the Most Visited UK Attraction in 2024
The British Museum held the record for the most visited attraction in the UK for 2024 for the second year in a row. According to statistics recently released by Alva, the Association of Leading...
View ArticleNona Faustine, Photographer Who Pictured Enslavement’s Unseen Histories and...
Nona Faustine, a photographer who used her work to highlight the perseverance of Black women, has died at 48. The Brooklyn Museum, which mounted an exhibition of the artist last year, confirmed her...
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Amid a Shaky Economy in China, Hong Kong Hopes Renewed Art Ecosystem Stays...
While Hong Kong’s economy has rebounded since lifting severe Covid-era travel restrictions at the end of 2022, the city has still not yet fully recovered. Last year, the city posted a moderate GDP...
View Article8 Under-the-Radar Shows to See During Hong Kong Art Week
Curator Aaditya Sathish recently recalled returning to Hong Kong from New York in 2020, at the height of the pandemic. It was, he said, a fascinating time. “From what I could understand, Hong Kong was...
View ArticleHigh Hopes Ahead of Art Basel Hong Kong, UK Fines Art Businesses, and More:...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines HONG KONG TEMP CHECK. Ahead of Art Basel Hong Kong opening this week, in a piece...
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Singaporean Artist Ho Tzu Nyen Troubles the Boundary Between Nostalgia and...
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. When Hong Kong’s M+ opened in 2021 after over a...
View ArticleUK Art Businesses Fined for Money Laundering Compliance Failures
Nearly 50 UK art businesses have landed on a newly published list of Art Market Participants (AMPs) that failed to comply with money laundering regulations, according to a disclosure by HM Revenue...
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President Trump Calls for Portrait in Colorado State Capitol to Be Taken Down
President Donald Trump recently called a portrait of him hanging in the Colorado state capitol in Denver “distorted” and said that it should be taken down. The president claimed that the image was...
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How Yoko Ono Met John Lennon at a Solo Exhibition in 1966
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from Yoko, a new biography about Yoko Ono from author David Sheff. It releases March 25 from Simon and Schuster. On September 14, 1966, there was an announcement in...
View ArticleForgotten Work at French Museum Attributed to Renaissance Painter Lavinia...
A painting sitting in storage at a provincial museum in northern France was recently reattributed to Lavinia Fontana, one of the foremost female painters of the Italian Renaissance. The painting in...
View ArticleNew British Museum Trustee Opposed to Returning Parthenon Marbles to Greece
Among of the new trustees appointed to the British Museum is an academic expert opposed to the return of antiquities taken from their country of origin in colonial contexts, such as the museum’s most...
View ArticleMan Paraglides Off Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, Experts Say Megalith...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines NOTRE DAME PARAGLIDER. Last week, a man managed to slip by security and climb to...
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Jonathan Anderson Leaves Loewe and Fashion More Tightly Intertwined with the...
Designer Jonathan Anderson announced his departure from Loewe last week after months of speculation that he’s headed for the top job at Dior. As the brand’s creative director for a little over a...
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