The 2,400-Year-Old Palace Where Alexander the Great Was Crowned Reopens in Greece
A coronation site for one of the world’s greatest military leaders is open again. On Sunday, the Palace of Aigai in Vergina, Greece, where Alexander the Great was...
Designer and Architect Neri Oxman Is Accused of Plagiarism Following Husband Bill Ackman’s Campaign Against Harvard President
Former MIT professor Neri Oxman has not been active in the art world for a few years, but is back in the news after her...
Newfields Board Members Resign Following CEO’s Surprise Departure
Following the unexpected exit of Newfields chief executive Colette Pierce Burnette in November, the Indianapolis museum has been rapidly losing members from its board of...
Two US Auction Houses to Merge, Forming a Major Player in the Market for American Art
Chicago’s Hindman auction house will merge with the Philadelphia-based firm Freeman’s, the oldest business of its kind in the US. Through the merger, the two...
UK Bars Export of Renaissance Painting, Architect Accused of Plagiarism, France Suspends Demolition of Marie Curie’s Lab, and More: Morning Links for January 9, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines KEEP CALM. In Artnet, Adam Schrader reported that the British Department of Culture Media and...
Russian Oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev Takes on Sotheby’s in New York Court Battle
The new year has barely started, and already a court case has begun that could have lasting effects on how business is done in the...
Newly Unearthed Pagan Temple May Offer Fresh Insight into Roman Empire’s Transition to Christianity
The ruins of an ancient Roman pagan temple have been uncovered by a team of archaeologists in Spello, a hilltop town in northern Italy. At...
Phill Niblock, Artist and Composer Who Slowed Down Time, Dies at 90
Phill Niblock, a core member of New York’s experimental art and music scenes, has died at 90. His death was announced on Monday by Blank...
To Balance Budgets, UK’s Suffolk County will End Funding for the Arts
In effort to reel in budgets that it says have been “hit hard by inflation and a rising demand in services,” the Suffolk County Council...
Istanbul Biennial Appoints New Director, Artist Klee Benally Dies, and More: Morning Links for January 8, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines RIP. Sunday, The New York Times paid tribute to musician Klee Benally, a Navajo man...
Christie’s Communications Head Deirdrea Miller Departs After Less Than Three Years
Deirdrea Miller, the senior vice president and head of communications for Christie’s Americas division, has left the auction house. Miller joined Christie’s just two years...
Phillips’s 2023 Auction Sales Down 15 Percent from 2022
Phillips made $840.7 million in auction sales in the last year, the auction house told ARTnews—a figure that marks a 15 percent decrease from the...
Berlin Artists Protest New Funding Clause Calling for Fight Against ‘Any Form of Anti-Semitism’
A Berlin senator said on Thursday that the city would adopt a clause that requires any recipients of funding to commit themselves against “any form...
Embattled Art Adviser Lisa Schiff Files for Bankruptcy
Lisa Schiff, an art adviser who has been accused of defrauding collectors in two pending lawsuits from last year, filed for bankruptcy on Thursday. In...