Palestinian Photojournalist Wins World Press Photo Award for Image of Gazan...
Palestinian photojournalist Samar Abu Elouf has won 2025’s World Press Photo award for her image of a Gazan boy whose arms were mutilated by an Israeli airstrike.Abu Elouf took the photo of Mahmoud...
View ArticleInquest Rules Death of London-Based Artist Sarah Cunningham Was Accidental
An inquest into the passing of British abstract artist Sarah Cunningham, 31, has ruled her death as accidental.Cunningham, who was represented by Lisson Gallery, was reported missing on November 3...
View ArticleDeath of Artist Sarah Cunningham Ruled Accidental, Nude Burning Man Sculpture...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines ACCIDENTAL DEATH. An inquest has ruled that London-based artist Sarah Cunningham,...
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Kim Yun Shin Has Been Sculpting in Solitude for Decades. The World Has...
Kim Yun Shin’s carefully carved wood and stone sculptures don’t look like they were made by someone using a chainsaw. It’s an unusual tool for a 90-year-old artist, but it helps that that Kim started...
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Rashid Johnson’s Revelatory Guggenheim Survey Lets His Art Remain Complex and...
Targets recur through Rashid Johnson’s rotunda-filling Guggenheim Museum retrospective, an insightful show that certainly hits the mark. The first can be seen outside the museum: a large steel...
View ArticleChristie’s to Sell $30 M. Basquiat Painting During May Auctions
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s market dominance seems poised to continue during the May auctions in New York, where Christie’s will sell one of his paintings with a $20 million–$30 million estimate. The...
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The First ‘Gulf Quinquennial’ in the UAE Argues for a ‘Less Is Best’...
How many artists does it take to change the story of the Arabian Peninsula—lands comprising Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates? About 30, the NYU Abu Dhabi...
View ArticleGuy Ullens, Belgian Billionaire Who Built a First-Class Collection of Chinese...
Guy Ullens, a Belgian billionaire who built up one of the most important collections of Chinese contemporary art in the world, has died at 90. The news was announced on social media by the UCCA Center...
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A Look Inside the Past and Future of Saudi Arabia’s Art Scene, with the...
Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, a new ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. It’s impossible to tell the story of the...
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Christie’s to Auction $60 M. in Art from Anne and Sid Bass’s Fort Worth Home
Christie’s will sell nine works from the Bass House, designed by architect Paul Rudolph. With estimates totaling more than $60 million, those works will head to auction this May as part of its 20th...
View ArticleGeorgian-Russian artist Zurab Tsereteli Has Died, Turkish Dissidents...
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines TURKISH DISSIDENTS SUPPRESSION. The Turkish government has been arresting...
View ArticleIsrael May Be Unable to Participate in the 2026 Venice Biennale: Report
Israel’s participation in the 2026 Venice Biennale is in jeopardy, according to a Haaretz report that said the country’s government is struggling renovate its pavilion in a timely fashion. The Israeli...
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Roberto Lugo’s Ceramics Are the Artifacts of a Future Past
Like a well-told story, Roberto Lugo’s current solo exhibition takes an unexpected turn. In addition to a selection of his recent ceramic works that draw on ancient Grecian vessels dating back to the...
View ArticleLeading Parisian Gallery Withdraws from Art Basel’s Swiss Edition Due to...
Air de Paris, one of France’s leading contemporary art galleries, has said that it has withdrawn from Art Basel’s marquee Swiss edition in June over its booth placement on the floor plan for the...
View ArticleSotheby’s Secures $70 M. Giacometti Bust for May Auction
Sotheby’s has landed a major prize for its May 13 modern art evening sale in New York: Grande tête mince (Grande tête de Diego), a 1955 bronze bust by Alberto Giacometti, estimated at more than $70...
View Article3,000-Year-Old Necropolis Unearthed in Abu Dhabi
The first major Iron Age cemetery in the United Arab Emirates has been unearthed in the Al Ain region of Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT Abu Dhabi) recently revealed. The...
View ArticleForthcoming Obama Presidential Center in Chicago Taps Two Artists for Major...
U.S. artists Spencer Finch and Lindsay Adams have been commissioned for two new installations at the Obama Presidential Center, which is set to open in early 2026 in Chicago. The forthcoming building...
View ArticleMFA Boston to Rescind Promised Gift of Benin Bronzes, Close Dedicated Gallery
In an unprecedented move for a United States arts institution, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, will return a promised gift of Benin Bronzes and close the collection’s dedicated gallery on April 28....
View ArticleMauritshuis Reveals Three Rembrandt Paintings from Its Collection Are Copies
The Mauritius museum in The Hague said three paintings in its collection that were attributed to Rembrandt were, in fact, merely copies done in the Dutch artist’s style. The copies are Portrait of...
View ArticleLA Man Indicted for Allegedly Conspiring to Sell Stolen Warhol Print of Lenin...
An owner of a pawn shop in Los Angeles was recently indicted for allegedly conspiring to sell a stolen Andy Warhol trial proof print of Vladimir Lenin and then lying about it to the FBI. Glenn Steven...
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