Four Artists Win $800,000 MacArthur ‘Genius’ Fellowships
Four artists are among this year’s winners of the MacArthur “genius” fellowships, a vaunted group of awards that each come with $800,000 to be paid...
‘Tragic Event’ Involving Fatality Temporarily Shutters London’s Courtauld Gallery
An event that involved a fatality has moved the Courtauld Gallery in London to shutter its doors for a few days, with plans to reopen...
Investment Firm Founder’s Trust Seeks Payment for Monet Paintings Burned in Fire
Four Claude Monet paintings that belonged to an investment firm founder were destroyed in a fire, according to papers that accompany a lawsuit over the...
Kim Kardashian and Tom Brady Vie for George Condo Work at Charity Auction
A charity auction for Reform Alliance in Atlantic City this weekend provided the stage for the most exiting pairing of a football hero and a female celebrity...
An Elderly Couple Sold an African Mask to an Antiques Dealer for $157. It Sold at Auction for Millions. Now They Want Compensation
An elderly couple in France has accused an antiques dealer of cheating them out of a seven-figure payout after learning that the African mask they...
Artist Shellyne Rodriguez Reaches Plea Deal in Case Over Menacing Charge
Shellyne Rodriguez, an artist who earlier this year was terminated by New York’s Hunter College after staring down anti-abortion activists and holding a machete to...
Largest Paleolithic Cave Art Site Is Discovered in Eastern Iberia
More than 100 Paleolithic cave paintings and engravings have been identified by archaeologists at the Cova Dones site on the eastern Iberian Coast in Spain....
Sculptor Delcy Morelos Gets Gallery Representation with Marian Goodman Ahead of Dia Show
Delcy Morelos, a Colombian sculptor who was a star of last year’s Venice Biennale, has gotten representation with Marian Goodman Gallery, which will mount a...
Two Art Publications’ Editors-in-Chief Step Down Within a Week of Each Other
Within one week of each other, Alison Cole of the Art Newspaper and Andrew M. Goldstein of Artnet News announced that they were resigning as...
Lynda Benglis and Magdalena Abakanowicz Sculptures Hit the Runway in Paris Fashion Shows
Judging by the last decade of Fashion Week offerings, visual art and couture clothing have never been cozier. Paris Fashion Week, which wraps tomorrow, proved...
Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum Gets $100,000 for Repairs Following Hate Crime
After a 76-year-old man attacked the facade of the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle using a sledgehammer, the Washington State Department and the city have...
Philadelphia’s Penn Museum Says It Will No Longer Exhibit Human Remains
After updating its policies on the handling and display of human remains, the University of Pennsylvania’s Penn Museum will no longer put exposed remains on...
U2’s “Achtung Baby” Residency at Sphere in Las Vegas is an Exhibition as Much as a Pop Show
One week before U2, one of the biggest bands in the world, was set to enter the stage at Sphere, the new 18,000 seat, one-of-a-kind...
Hauser & Wirth Takes on Hélène Delprat as It Prepares to Open Its Paris Gallery
Ahead of the opening of its Paris space later this month, the mega-gallery Hauser & Wirth said last week that it had taken on representation...