Orlando Museum of Art Facing Financial Shortfall After Scandalous Basquiat Show
The Orlando Museum of Art is in financial peril following its scandalous show of forged Basquiat paintings. According to the Orlando Sentinel and the New...
New York Dealer Brent Sikkema Found Dead at 75 in Brazil
Brent Sikkema, the founder of the New York gallery Sikkema Jenkins & Co., was found dead at 75 in a Rio de Janeiro apartment on...
Activist Defaces Stalin Icon, Financial Trouble for Orlando Museum of Art, and More: Morning Links for January 16, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines A SPLASHING CONTROVERSY. An icon depicting Matrona of Moscow, a Russian Orthodox...
Phillips CEO Stephen Brooks, Tapped to Grow House, Resigns After Two Years
Phillips CEO Stephen Brooks, who previously served as an executive at Christie’s, a larger competing house, has resigned. Brook’s departure comes two-and-half years after he...
Sotheby’s to Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev: You Have No One to Blame but Yourself
Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev finished his initial testimony Friday in the Accent Delight International v. Sotheby’s trial currently ongoing in the United States District Court for...
Laser Mapping Technology Reveals 2,500-Year–Old Cities Hidden in the Amazon
New laser-mapping technology has uncovered a series of interconnected cities in the Amazon rainforest, according to a study published Thursday in the academic journal Science...
Chicago’s Field Museum Alters Native Displays in Response to New Regulations
Chicago’s Field Museum has covered displays of cultural artifacts linked to Native tribes following a change in federal regulations issued last month that requires museums...
Controversial Right Wing Politician Named as France’s New Culture Minister
Newly appointed French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal took France’s political and media spheres by surprise on Thursday as he named controversial politician Rachida Dati as his culture minister....
Buffalo AKG Art Museum Employees Set to Vote on Unionizing
Employees of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum are set to vote later this month on whether to join AKG Workers United, the Buffalo News reported...
Spanish Police Make Mass Arrest of Climate Activists Following Museum Demonstrations
Spanish authorities have arrested a group of climate activists accused of staging a slew of actions at art museums across Europe. Per police statements, the...
France Names New Culture Minister, Elton John’s Collection Heads to Auction, and More: Morning Links for January 12, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines GUESS WHO’S BACK? The news came as a surprise. Gabriel Attal, whom The New...
At Rybolovlev Trial, the Creator of FBI’s Art Crime Team Explains How to Spot a Dirty Art Advisor
If you’re even nominally interested in art crime, you’ve likely heard of former FBI agent Robert Wittman. The creator of the Bureau’s art crime team, Wittman...
Unsealed Jeffrey Epstein Documents Brings New Allegations Against Collector Leslie Wexner
New allegations against Bath & Body Works founder and art collector Leslie Wexner have emerged from the unsealed civil lawsuit brought against the late Jeffrey...
New York’s Washburn Gallery to Permanently Close After Five Decades
New York’s Washburn Gallery will close its space in Chelsea after five decades in operation. In 2017, the gallery’s founders, Joan and Brian Washburn, vacated...