Monumental Ruins Emerge Following Massive Myanmar Earthquake
The ruins of a possible water palace from the Konbaung Dynasty era have emerged following the massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar late last month. The earthquake that killed thousands...
View ArticleQatar Names Lina Ghotmeh as Architect for Forthcoming National Pavilion in...
Qatar has selected Lina Ghotmeh as the architect to create the permanent Qatar Pavilion for the Venice Biennale. To be located in the Giardini, where France, Great Britain, the United States, and some...
View ArticleTrump’s Sculpture Garden of ‘American Heroes’ Moves Ahead with NEH Funding
President Trump’s planned National Garden of American Heroes is one step closer to construction, as the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has reportedly re-dedicated a portion of its funding...
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Amy Sherald’s Portraits Have Injected the Genre with New Life, But They Also...
In Amy Sherald’s unique visual language, muted yet commanding Black subjects are set against bold color fields. These eye-catching portraits reward longer looking. Her subjects, donning carefully...
View ArticleBritish Museum to Loan ‘Some of the Rarest Surviving Examples’ of Ice Age Art...
The British Museum has announced that it will loan “some of the rarest surviving examples” of Ice Age art to Bradford, the 2025 UK City of Culture.Around 70 objects from the museum will be shown in...
View ArticleThe 15 Most Expensive Artworks Ever Sold at Auction
Auction records make for great headlines. There’s a thrill in watching numbers climb into the stratosphere, each sale another reminder that, in the art market, money has a way of bending reality. But...
View ArticleDealer Arrested for Warhol Fakes, Artist Killed inn Ukraine, and More:...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines UKRAINIAN ARTIST MARGARITA POLOVINKO DIED in combat, while serving on the...
View ArticleNew Exhibit at National Archaeological Museum in Naples Features 600...
An exhibition featuring hundreds of previously missing artifacts, some of them hunted by a special police unit over decades, are now being exhibited for the first time at the National Archaeological...
View ArticleAsset Manager Group Led by Hollywood Super Agent Ari Emanuel Nears Deal that...
Ari Emanuel, Hollywood superagent and CEO of Endeavor Group Holdings, is edging closer to a major acquisition that could expand his influence from sports and entertainment into the art world. A...
View Article‘Fight, Fight, Fight’: White House Replaces Obama Portrait with Trump Raising...
The White House has reshuffed its artwork on display, with the official portrait of former President Barack Obama replaced by a painting of President Donald Trump. “Some new artwork at the White...
View ArticleUkrainian Artist Margarita Polovinko Dies at 31 in Combat with Russia
Ukrainian artist Margarita Polovinko, whose drawings and photography excavated her post-Soviet reality and later, the Russian invasion, died at age 31 while serving as a combat medic. Her death was...
View ArticleCopyright Case Between Deborah Roberts and Richard Beavers Gallery ‘Amicably...
The more than two-year-long legal dispute in which collage artist Deborah Roberts had sued artist Lynthia Edwards and Richard Beavers Gallery for alleged copyright infringement has been “amicably...
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Lisson Gallery Now Represents Dalton Paula, Painter of Portraits of...
Lisson Gallery will now represent Brazilian artist Dalton Paula, who is known for his paintings that depict important Black historical figures who have been overlooked until recently. Paula will have...
View Article2025 Guggenheim Fellowships Go to Theaster Gates, Sara Cwynar, and Farah Al...
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced this week the 198 scholars and artists who received a 2025 Guggenheim Fellowships, one of the most coveted honors in the arts. This is the...
View ArticleMiami Art Dealer Charged for Peddling Fake Andy Warhols
A Miami art dealer was indicted in a federal court for selling fake Andy Warhol works, and could now face up to 10 years in prison. Leslie Roberts, 62, allegedly sold the works at his Coconut Grove...
View ArticleArchitect Antoni Gaudí Moves a Step Closer to Receiving Sainthood from the...
The Vatican has moved Antoni Gaudí, the architect behind Barcelona’s famed Sagrada Familia church, a step closer toward achieving sainthood. On April 14, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of...
View ArticleElaine Wynn, Casino Resort Billionaire and Top Art Collector, Dies at 82
Elaine Wynn, a cofounder of Wynn Resorts in Las Vegas who put her billions toward arts and education philanthropy, has died at 82. The news was confirmed by her namesake family foundation on Tuesday,...
View ArticleUkraine Culture Minister Accuses Russia of Selling Stolen Pieces of Ukrainian...
Russia has stolen more than 1.7 million pieces of Ukrainian cultural heritage since its full-scale invasion began, according to the Ukrainian Minister of Culture and Strategic Communications Mykola...
View ArticleWith a New Museum in India, France Again Wades into a Controversial...
In December, India and France quietly reached an agreement for France Muséums Développement (FMD) to help develop the Yuga Yugeen Bharat National Museum in Delhi, which would replace the current...
View ArticleOver 15 Years On, Alserkal Avenue is Still the Thrumming Heart of Dubai’s Art...
Step into Dubai’s Al Quoz Industrial district and you’ll see the telltale signs of a place mid-transformation: corrugated steel walls, faded industrial signage, the occasional half-finished mural. But...
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