Demolition of 300-Year-Old Minaret in Iraq Spurs Anger Among Heritage Officials
Locals and cultural officials are angered by the demolition of a 300-year-old minaret, a move they say is tantamount to “the destruction of Iraqi cultural...
72 Artworks Stashed by Disgraced Australian Dealer Tristian Koenig Have Been Finally Returned
Last summer, disgraced Australian art dealer Tristian Koenig vanished. At the time of his disappearance, the Melbourne-based dealer had been accused of defrauding artists and...
Manhattan District Attorney Returns Two Antiquities Worth $1.26 M to Libya
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office announced Friday it had returned two antiquities worth $1.26 million to Libya that had previoulsy been smuggled and held by...
UK Hits $2.9 M. Alberto Giacometti Chandelier With Export Ban in Effort to Keep it Within England
The United Kingdom has issued a temporary export ban on a rare chandelier by Alberto Giacometti in the hopes that a local institution can match...
Photography Dealer Pleads Guilty to Swindling ‘Scheme’ Involving $1.6 M. in Art
A Michigan photography dealer has pled guilty to swindling at least 10 clients who had relied upon her to sell $1.6 million in art, according...
Controversial Tunnel Near Stonehenge Gets the Green Light, Distressing Cultural Heritage Groups
A controversial tunnel will officially be built near Stonehenge, despite opposition from heritage groups, the BBC reports. The tunnel is part of a larger road...
David Zwirner to Represent Choreographer Sarah Michelson, With Plans to Start a Dance Residency
The latest person to join the roster of mega-gallery David Zwirner is neither a painter nor a sculptor with a well-established market but a choreographer...
Michigan Dealer Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud, Shelburne Museum Nixes David Adjaye Collaboration, and More: Morning Links for July 17, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines IN THE COURTROOM. Michigan art dealer Wendy Halsted Beard—who was accused of stealing...
Controversial Nazi-Linked Exhibition at Kunsthaus Zurich Attacked by Art Collective
A controversial exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zurich in Switzerland was hacked into by the art collective KKKK, the Swiss Public Radio SRF reported on Tuesday....
Cildo Meireles to Receive $174,000 After Taking Europe’s Biggest Art Prize
Brazilian artist Cildo Meireles is the winner of the Roswitha Haftmann Prize, the European art award with the biggest cash purse of any on the...
A Star-Studded Night with Jay-Z at the Brooklyn Public Library
On Thursday afternoon, I received an email labeled Top Secret that instructed me to arrive at 6 p.m. sharp in front of the Brooklyn Public...
Tiny Vase Bought for $3.30 at Thrift Shop to Sell at Auction for $11,800
A small vintage ceramic vase that was bought for $3.30 at a UK thrift shop will go on auction later this month with a surprisingly...
Man Arrested in Connection to Suspected Arson Attack on Michelangelo Pistoletto Sculpture
A man has been arrested in connection with the suspected arson attack on an installation by renowned Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto in Naples. The large-scale artwork,...
Long-Lost Arshile Gorky Portrait of Artist Anna Walinska Turns Up in Rhode Island
Rosina Rubin has habitually imagined where Arshile Gorky’s 1937 portrait of her aunt, artist Anna Walinska, ended up. Perhaps the canvas wound up in Europe...