Following a High-Level Exodus, Executive Director of the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg Will Step Down Next Year
Anne-Marie Russell, the executive director and chief executive of the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg will step down from her post on March...
Just Stop Oil Activists Attack Velázquez Venus Painting at London’s National Gallery With Hammers
Two activists were arrested Monday at London’s National Gallery after attacking The Toilet of Venus by Diego Velázquez “with what appeared to be emergency rescue hammers,” the...
Frick Pittsburgh Postpones Islamic Art Exhibition to Avoid ‘Insensitivity or Offense’ Related to Israel-Hamas War
An exhibition of a millennium’s worth of Islamic art that was set to open this weekend at the Frick Pittsburgh has been postponed to next...
Artists Seek Removal of Sculpture from National Gallery Show in Protest of US Funding to Israel
Artists Nicholas Galanin and Merritt Johnson said on Friday night that they had asked the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. to remove a...
At Event, Critic Jerry Saltz Talks Astral Projection, His Instagram Habit, and the Size of the Art World
On Thursday night at T.J. Byrnes, an Irish pub in lower Manhattan, art criticism’s anti-hero Jerry Saltz sat—and stood, and paced, and waved his arms...
Russia Sentences Artist and Pussy Riot Member Pyotr Verzilov to Over 8 Years in Prison in Absentia
A court in Moscow has sentenced the exiled Russian-Canadian artist and activist Pyotr Verzilov to eight and a half years in prison for charges of...
Google Commemorates Native American Heritage Month Doodle Devoted to Artist Allan Haozous
Google is commemorating Native American Heritage Month by highlighting the work of Chiricahua Apache artist Allan Haozous in today’s Google Doodle, wherein he is shown...
Venice Biennale’s Lifetime Achievement Awards Go to Nil Yalter, Anna Maria Maiolino
Ahead of its opening in the spring, the 2024 Venice Biennale has awarded its Golden Lions for Lifetime Achievement to Anna Maria Maiolino and Nil...
Sherry Mallin, Collector Who Built a Sculpture Park in Her Backyard, Dies at 89
Sherry Mallin, who, with her husband Joel, amassed a significant collection of art that landed them on the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors list for more...
Anat Ebgi Is Latest Gallery to Expand to Tribeca With New 5,000 Square-Foot Location
Anat Ebgi Gallery is joining the flurry of activity in Tribeca with a new location at 372 Broadway. The 5,000 square-foot landmark space will span...
Amsterdam is Getting a New Museum for Genre-Defying Sculpture and Performance Courtesy of DRIFT
Amsterdam’s storied art scene is set for a new venue: The Drift Museum, an aspiring nucleus for experimental art that will open in the Van...
Emory University’s Michael C. Carlos Museum Quietly Relinquishes Ownership of Five Looted Antiquities
Following an investigation published in August by The Chronicle of Higher Education that linked hundreds of items in the collection of Emory University’s Michael C. Carlos Museum...
Removal of Miami Beach Mural Honoring Police Shooting Victim Is Act of ‘Government Speech’, Court Rules
A federal appeals court in Florida that was revisiting a lawsuit surrounding an artwork removed by city officials in Miami Beach has upheld a previous ruling that...
Collectors Are Becoming Increasingly Cautious in a ‘Volatile’ World, New Survey Says
Collectors are becoming increasingly cautious with their purchases, according to a new report put out by Art Basel and UBS. The report, authored by cultural...