Three U.S. Museums Accused of Hiding Stolen Stain Glass Windows from Rouen Cathedral
A complaint was filed by the Parisian lumière sur le patrimoine association against three American museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, for hiding the...
Stolen Picasso, Chagall Paintings Found in Antwerp Basement After 14 Years
Two paintings by Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall stolen 14 years ago were recovered on Friday by police during a search of a basement in...
King Charles III Portrait Available to UK Public Bodies in Controversial $10 M. Initiative
Every public body throughout the United Kingdom has the chance to get an official portrait of King Charles III through an £8 million ($10 million)...
Suspect Arrested in Connection with Death of New York Dealer Brent Sikkema
A suspect was arrested by Brazilian police as part of their investigation into the death of the well-regarded New York dealer Brent Sikkema this week....
Sotheby’s Leader Takes Stand in Trial, US Museums Targeted by A French Heritage Group, and More: Morning Links for January 18, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines THE DEFENSE DOESN’T REST. On Wednesday, Sotheby’s head of private sales Samuel...
Singapore’s Newest Art Fair Shrank This Year, But Its Cofounder Says It’s No Sophomore Slump
Magnus Renfrew and his team are trying hard to avoid a sophomore slump. The entrepreneur and author is back in Singapore for the second iteration...
In Trial, Rybolovlev’s Lawyer Goes After Sotheby’s Private Sales Head, With Mixed Results
Real-life courtrooms are rarely as dramatic as their television counterparts. There aren’t nearly as many shouts of “Objection!” and the judge doesn’t tell attorneys to...
Iowa Museum to Dismantle Mary Miss Land Art Piece Amid ‘Severe Decay,’ Drawing Scrutiny
The Des Moines Art Center in Iowa plans to dismantle a 1994 installation by artist Mary Miss that it commissioned after an internal review concluded...
Morocco Scraps Planned Venice Biennale Pavilion in ‘Last-Minute Decision’
With less than four months before the opening of the 60th Venice Biennale, the Moroccan Ministry of Culture has dropped the artists and curator originally...
Slovakia’s Kunsthalle Bratislava Director Resigns as Culture Ministry Revokes Funding
The director of the Kunsthalle Bratislava resigned on Monday, the institution announced on Instagram. In the same post, Kunsthalle Bratislava shared that the Ministry of...
New York Galleries Pasted with Posters Urging Their Owners to ‘Stop Working with Zionists’
Last week, as many New York galleries opened their first exhibitions of the season, multiple commercial art spaces in Chinatown were pasted with anti-Zionist messages....
The Egyptian Government Bulldozed an Iconic Cairo Art Center With ‘Millions’ in Art Inside
Darb 1718, an iconic contemporary arts center in Cairo, was demolished on January 6, the organization said in a post on Instagram at the time....
Picasso, Rembrandt, M. C. Escher Works Feared Lost in Seattle Gallery Fire
Works on paper by Picasso, Goya, and Rembrandt are feared to have perished in a fire that tore through a Seattle gallery on Friday. According...
Kunstmuseum Basel Rejects Claim to Return Henri Rousseau Painting
The Kunstmuseum Basel has rejected a three-year-old claim to restitute a 1909 painting by Henri Rousseau following an internal review of the work’s ownership record....