Prada Mode, Private Art Club, Heads South Korea in Time for Frieze Seoul
Prada Mode, a social club concept created to provide members with art programming, music performances and dining, will head to South Korea to host its 10th iteration,...
Painting Attributed to Raphael Thanks to Artificial Intelligence Goes on Public View for the First Time
Earlier this year, a 40-year debate over a painting known as the de Brécy Tondo was settled thanks to artificial intelligence–based facial recognition software, with the painting...
South Korea Approves New Museum Dedicated to Late Samsung Chairman’s Art Collection
The finance ministry of South Korea recently announced it had approved the feasibility review to build the new art museum to display the art works...
Biden Establishes National Monuments in Honor of Emmett Till and His Mother, Mamie Till-Mobley
President Joe Biden today established a national monument in honor of Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, on what would have been Till’s 82nd...
Buyers of Hunter Biden’s Art Are Revealed as House Republicans’ Probe Continues
As Republicans in the House of Representatives continue to push for an investigation into the sales of Hunter Biden’s artwork, Business Insider published a report...
David Rockefeller’s Former Manhattan Home Lists for $57.5 M., Hunter Biden Art Sales Revealed, and More: Morning Links for July 25, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines THE POLITICAL PAGES. Some House Republicans are backing a bill to nix funding for...
Rabkin Prize Announces New Executive Director and 2023 Winners, Including ARTnews Senior Editor Maximilíano Durón
ARTnews senior editor Maximilíano Durón has been named one of this year’s winners of the Rabkin Prizes for Visual Arts Journalism. The award is given...
Thieves Steal Sculptures from Set of ‘Beetlejuice 2’
Among the range of art crimes, stealing a highly recognizable sculpture from the set of a highly-anticipated sequel seems unwise. But that’s exactly what happened...
Collector Fails to Get Painting De-Listed from Nazi-Era Lost Art Database
An unnamed collector filed a suit in German federal court to get his painting de-listed from the Lost Art Database, which tracks paintings that were...
US Government-Funded Studies on Native Remains Undermined Repatriation Policy, Report Finds
ProPublica’s “Repatriation Project,” research focused on the aftermath of a decades-old U.S. repatriation policy, has revealed that government-funded studies on Native American remains in collections...
Collector Leon Black to Pay $62.5 M. to US Virgin Islands to Settle Jeffrey Epstein–Related Claims
Leon Black, a trustee and the former board chair of the Museum of Modern Art, agreed to pay $62.5 million to the US Virgin Islands...
The Future of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino Is in Question
The fate of the Smithsonian Latino Museum is in limbo after the House Appropriations Committee approved a budget bill that bans the federal government from...
UNESCO Condemns in ‘the Strongest Terms’ Russia’s Attacks on World Heritage Sites in Odesa
UNESCO has condemned in “the strongest terms” the recent Russian bombardment of the Ukrainian port city of Odesa, an attack which has left several beloved...
Picasso Painting Heads to a Theater Near You, Making a Star Appearance in ‘Oppenheimer’
In Christopher Nolan’s three-hour biopic Oppenheimer, there are just as many atomic bomb tests as there are Picasso paintings: one each. But both figure prominently...