‘They’re Trying to Erase Us’: Chevron Takes Down Public Art Piece
In the middle of the night on May 15, a public art project in Richmond, California, disappeared without a trace. The project, titled Fencelines –...
Brookfield Properties Is Betting Art Will Draw Workers Back to the Office
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Earlier this week, Brookfield, by...
Climate Protesters Assemble Outside MoMA Party, Calling on Museum to Drop Its Board Chair
As the sky above Manhattan turned a murky yellow from smoke carried down from wildfires in Canada, climate protesters set up signs, banners, and a...
Metropolitan Museum of Art to Return $550,000 in FTX Donations
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will return the $550,000 that FTX, the now bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange and crypto hedge fund, donated to the museum in...
A Rare Fra Angelico Painting Will Be Offered at Auction for the Second Time Ever
Fra Angelico, a friar of the Dominican order, painter of the Early Renaissance, and patron saint of Catholic artists, embodied an essential shift in the...
At Bard, a Cutting-Edge Program Offers Students from Conflict Zones a Path to Art-Making
At the OSUN Center for Human Rights and the Arts at Bard College, an experiment has just come to an end for the Center’s inaugural...
Artist Award Roundup: Tuan Andrew Nguyen Wins Joan Miró Prize, South Arts Names Fellows, and More
Spring has been the season for congratulations as numerous artists learned this month that they had snagged residencies, prizes, and fellowships. At a press conference...
Shaq Is the Latest Celebrity to Be Sued Over Sale of NFTs
Former professional basketball player Shaquille O’Neal is being sued over alleged securities violations related to his NFT collection titled ASTRALs or, the Astrals Project, according...
Florida Man Crashes into 13-Foot Hunt Slonem Sculpture, Second Act of Art Vandalism This Month
Derek Alan Modrok, a 49-year-old Florida resident, admitted to running his car into a tall, blue sculpture of a rabbit titled Thunderbunny by American artist...
Bernard Arnault, Founder of LVMH and Major Art Collector, Loses $11 B. After Stock Selloff
Bernard Arnault, founder of LVMH, lost some $11.2 billion of his personal fortune after a stock selloff saw LVMH shares fall 5 percent in Paris...
Climate Activists Dye the Trevi Fountain Black in Wake of Devastating Flooding
Eight activists associated with the Italian eco-activism group Ultima Generazione dyed the water in Rome’s Trevi Fountain black using diluted charcoal on Sunday. The protest,...
An Upstart Fair Focused on Art from the 1970s to Open Amid the Cram of Frieze Week
With two weeks worth of art fairs in New York, from Independent to Frieze, the city is about to add one more, a new initiative...
Freeport, a Fractionalized Art Ownership Model Powered by Blockchain, Launches
Despite the depressed crypto market, a new start-up has just launched, with big plans to offer fractional ownership of blue-chip art using NFT technology. Amid...
Tom Sachs Offers A Half-Apology For Allegedly Toxic Studio Culture
In a statement to the New York Times Wednesday, artist Tom Sachs attempted to apologize for the work conditions at his studio. The statement followed...