Met Returns Greek Artifact to Italy After Researchers Find Links to Looting
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned another ancient Greek drinking vessel to Italian officials overseeing the countries’ repatriation efforts after finding the artifact was...
Queen Elizabeth I Portrait Swapped for Paula Rego Painting in Rehang of 10 Downing Street
Two paintings by the Portuguese painter Paula Rego have replaced portraits of Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh at 10 Downing Street, the residence...
ICA Miami Buys Former de la Cruz Collection Building for $25 M.
The Institute of Contemporary Art Miami is set to double in size with the purchase of a building once occupied by the de la Cruz...
Chicago’s Hoffman Gallery to Shutter, Taliban Wants to Ban Photos of ‘Living Things’ in Afghanistan: Morning Links for October 15, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines CHICAGO’S HOFFMAN GALLERY TO SHUTTER. Rhona Hoffman, the Chicago gallerist who headed up...
Darren Walker to Helm the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Former Ford Foundation president Darren Walker has been elected president of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.—effective immediately—the institution announced Tuesday. Walker, who...
Lillian Schwartz, Computer Art Pioneer Who Awed Scientists and Curators Alike, Dies at 97
Lillian Schwartz, an artist who found visually dazzling ways of using computers to move painting into the future, blazing new trails for many digital artists...
Fossil Fuel Development Projects on UNESCO Protected Sites to Increase by 70 Percent, Report Finds
The rate of fossil fuel extraction from UNESCO-protected heritage sites is expected to increase by over 70 percent over the course of several decades, despite...
Gaëlle Choisne Wins Prix Marcel Duchamp, France’s Top Art Award
Gaëlle Choisne is this year’s winner of the Prix Marcel Duchamp, the top art award in France. The 39-year-old French-Haitian artist will receive a €35,000...
British Library Slowly Recovers Following Cyberattack
Following a cyberattack on the British Library‘s digital systems last October, officials there have reported that key services are slowly being restored. Roughly 1,000 digitized...
$50 M. Ed Ruscha from Oil Heir’s Collection to Sell at Christie’s
Ed Ruscha’s 1964 painting Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half will be offered for sale at auction next month in New York, with...
Man Steals Andrew Norman Wilson Artwork from PST Exhibition in California
A man pulled an Andrew Norman Wilson artwork from a California exhibition being staged as part of the Getty Foundation’s science-themed PST Art initiative. The...
UK Museum Directors Say Climate Protests in Galleries ‘Have to Stop’
Leaders of national collections and major regional museums in the United Kingdom issued an open letter saying that protests involving notable artworks “have to stop.”...
‘Violence Is Not Art’: Mexico City Museum Closes Show After Controversy Over Artwork About Sex Worker
MUAC, one of Mexico’s top contemporary art museums, became embroiled in widespread controversy last week after it was denounced for exhibiting an Ana Gallardo piece...
US Supreme Court Denies Petition to Block 29 Benin Bronzes Being Restituted to Nigeria, Artist Bjarne Melgaard Sues Patrons for ‘Stealing’ His Career: Morning Links for October 14, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines PETITION TO BLOCK BRONZE RETURN DISMISSED. The US Supreme Court has...