Hong Kong Makes 2024 Venice Biennale Pick, Phillips Readies Sales Platform, and More: Morning Links for August 8, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines THE FLOATING CITY. With the opening of the 2024 Venice Biennale only about eight...
British Museum Reaches Settlement with Poet Yilin Wang After Using Translations Without Permission
The British Museum has acknowledged it used Yilin Wang’s translations of Chinese poetry in a major exhibition without permission or credit and has apologized for...
Artists and Academics Call on British Museum to Strip Lecture Hall of BP Name
A group of more than 80 artists and academics have called on leadership at London’s British Museum to strip the BP name from one of...
Artist Jeffrey Gibson Sues Chicago’s Kavi Gupta Gallery, Alleging He Is Owed More Than $600,000
Jeffrey Gibson, the artist set to represent the United States at the 2024 Venice Biennale, has sued his former gallery, Chicago’s Kavi Gupta, alleging that...
British Archaeologists Call for Protection of ‘Remarkably Preserved’ Ice-Age Mammoths
One of the UK’s most important paleolithic sites is at risk of plunder or destruction without better legal protections, prominent British archaeologists and paleontologists warn....
Elvis Presley’s Mink Coat Sells for More Than $163,000 at Auction
Auction house Henry Aldridge & Son recently sold Elvis Presley’s leather and mink coat for more than $163,000 (£128,000) to a US collector. The auction...
Fondation Beyeler Clerk Sentenced to Three Years in Prison For Stealing Over $1 Million At Ticket Counter
The woman accused of swindling the Swiss museum Fondation Beyeler out of over $1 million while working as a ticket clerk has been found guilty by a...
Kendrick Lamar Pays Tribute to Painter Henry Taylor With Stage Sets That Tell Stories for the Ages
Concertgoers training their ears on fiery flows at Kendrick Lamar’s recent show Friday at Lollapalooza in Grant Park, Chicago—among other festivals this summer— have also...
Artists Cardiff and Miller Open Art Space, Will Gompertz to Lead Sir John Soane’s Museum, and More: Morning Links for August 7, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines JOB POSTING. Will Gompertz, who has been artistic director of London’s Barbican Centre since...
Late Collector Chara Schreyer’s ‘Art House’ in San Francisco Heads to Sale for $8.2 M.
Almost six months after she passed away from cancer at age 75, the longtime Marin County residence of venerable art collector and philanthropist Chara Schreyer has popped up for...
Oregon Gallery Removes Indigenous Artist’s Banner Critiquing Police, Spurring Allegations of Censorship
A poster by artist Demian DinéYazhi’ that reads “DEFUND THE POLICE DECOLONIZE THE STREETS” was chosen for a group show at Chehalem Cultural Center (CCC) in Newberg, Oregon, that...
Strapped-for-Cash Scottish Aristocrats Find Long-Lost John Constable Work
Fortune smiled upon a British couple who discovered they own a work by John Constable. According to the Daily Mail, the couple learned that the famous...
Canadian Company Behind Immersive Van Gogh Exhibition Restructures Operations After Filing For Bankruptcy
A Canadian company known for its immersive art exhibitions featuring the works of van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, Gustav Klimt, and Claude Monet will significantly shrink its...
At the Watermill Center’s Summer Party, Body-Testing Performance Art and a Bisected Cop Car Draw Crowds
Things tend to get weird at the Watermill Center’s annual benefit, and this year was no different. One performer was left suspended in bath of...