Tate Modern Acquires Joan Mitchell Masterpiece in Major Gift from Pérez Family
Miami-based arts patrons and ARTnews Top 200 collectors Jorge M. and Darlene Pérez have made a major gift of artworks to London’s Tate Modern, which includes Iva (1973), a monumental triptych by Joan...
View ArticleThe Getty Trust Is Selling $500 M. in Bonds for Increased Protection Against...
Following the Palisades and Eaton wildfires in California earlier this year, the Getty Trust has decided to sell $500 million in bonds to enhance museum protection against natural disasters such as...
View ArticleThe Most Controversial Artworks of the 21st Century So Far
The world loves few things better than a controversy involving an artist. Such brouhahas are nothing new; Caravaggio’s Death of the Virgin (c. 1605–06), for instance, was rejected by the Church...
View ArticleSotheby’s CEO Charles Stewart Reveals ADQ’s Stake Is 25–30 Percent of Auction...
Earlier this week, the Financial Times published a wide-ranging interview with Sotheby’s CEO Charles F. Stewart, seemingly meant to talk up the auction house’s business ahead of next month’s...
View ArticleVal Kilmer, ‘Top Gun’ and ‘Batman Forever’ Actor, Was an Artist, Too
Val Kilmer, the actor who died at 65 this week, was known widely for his star-making experiences in films such as Top Gun and The Doors. But beyond having a significant screen presence, Kilmer was...
View ArticleSmithsonian Director Pledges Museum’s Independence Amid White House Order of...
The Smithsonian Institution’s leadership is standing firm after the Trump administration ordered a review last month of its exhibits, accusing the museum network of pushing a “race-centered ideology.”...
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Berkeley Art Museum to Stage Retrospective for Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Next Year
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in California will present a retrospective for the late artist and writer Theresa Hak Kyung Cha next year, making it the first show of its kind in two...
View ArticleSculptor Ti Pèlen, Known Figure in Haitian Arts Collective, Dies at 66
Haitian sculptor Ti Pèlen, whose birth name is Jean Salomon Horace, died last month at the age of 66. His cause of death remains undisclosed. His family will preserve the remaining artworks in his...
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This Organization Has Added Legions of Women to Art History, and Now There’s...
At New York University’s Grey Art Museum, the head of artist Rona Pondick—a cast of it, anyway—can be seen emerging from a pedestal in the center of one gallery. Her skin is pink, her ear is...
View ArticleTrump’s Smithsonian Executive Order, Explained: What Is the Smithsonian...
Since retaking office in January, President Donald Trump has issued a flood of executive orders taking up topics such as the importation of Chinese goods, Venezuelan immigrants, union protections, and...
View ArticleBavarian State Painting Collections Director Departs, White House Calls...
The Headlines AMID REPORTS OF NAZI-LOOTED ART in the holdings of the Bavarian State Painting Collections, its director, Bernhard Maaz, is stepping down, the German press agency dpa reports. An...
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How Trump’s New Reciprocal Tariffs Will Hurt the Art Industry
On Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump announced new tariffs against all nations, with specific rates for 56 countries and the European Union. Beyond the confusing method used to calculate the...
View ArticleBavaria’s Painting Collections Face Tumult as Director Leaves and Claims of...
The Bavaria State Painting Collections, an organization that stewards famed paintings shown at many of Munich’s top museums, is currently the subject of further controversy in Germany following a...
View ArticleNational Endowment for the Humanities Cancels Previously Awarded Grants
Some arts and cultural groups across the United States that were previously awarded federal grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have received letters informing them that their...
View ArticleHong Kong’s International Airport Will Get a Standalone Art Storage Facility
Hong Kong’s international airport will have an art storage facility that will open later this year or early next year, reports the South China Morning Post. The temperature-controlled facility will be...
View ArticleSmithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch Faces Political Pressure Amid Trump’s...
Lonnie G. Bunch III, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, is confronting the most pointed political challenge...
View ArticleFrench Couple Owns Site Where van Gogh Made His Final Painting, Court Rules
A lengthy legal dispute over a patch of land in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, that is believed to be the place where Vincent van Gogh made one of his final paintings, has come to an end, with a court...
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Les Lalanne Continues to Be a Bright Spot in a Tough Art Market
Some trends last longer than others, even in a fragmented art market. One of the most notable ones over the last year has been a spike in the market for François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne, whose...
View ArticleNew York Attorney General Sues Trump Administration Over Museum and Library...
New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit—alongside 20 other attorneys general—against the Trump administration over an executive order that effectively shuts down three federal...
View ArticleNational Parks Service Alters Webpages on Jim Crow, Slavery, and Harriet...
The National Parks Service has edited dozens of webpages since President Trump’s inauguration, seemingly to remove or soften references to slavery, racial division, the civil rights struggle, the Jim...
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