Singapore and Turkey Make 2024 Venice Biennale Picks, Damien Hirst Plans Phillips Show, and More: Morning Links for July 14, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines VENICE PICK, PART 1. The 2024 edition of the Venice Biennale is coming up...
After the Met’s Karl Lagerfeld Show, Curators Urge Museums Not to Gloss Over Fashion Designers’ Controversies
From the moment it was announced, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s spotlight-grabbing exhibition “Karl Lagerfeld: Line of Beauty” has been the subject of criticism. While...
Stability AI Co-Founder Accuses Company of Tricking Him Into Selling Stake for $100 in Lawsuit
Tech entrepreneur Cyrus Hodes is suing Stability AI, the company he co-founded with CEO Mohammad Emad Mostaque in 2020, alleging that Mostaque willfully deceived him...
Archaeologists Uncover 3,000-Year-Old Sealed Corridor in Peruvian Temple Complex
Archaeologists working in Peru recently uncovered a large ceramic piece inside a 3,000-year-old sealed corridor in what used to be a massive temple complex. The...
Digital Artists Accuse Shein of Using AI to Recreate Art on Merchandise in Lawsuit
Three artists have accused fast-fashion online retailer Shein of deploying an algorithm to recreate their designs on merchandise, bolstering concerns around artificial intelligence infringing on...
Archaeologists Discover Wreckage of Notorious Slave Ship Off Brazil
The wreckage of a 19th-century U.S. ship with more than 500 slaves on board may have been identified by archaeologists in the sea of Angra...
Simon Lee Gallery Enters Court-Ordered External Management Following Financial Difficulties
Following financial difficulties, London-based Simon Lee Gallery has been placed under joint administration with the business advisory firm BDO LLP, meaning that the gallery is...
In Major Coup, Frieze Acquires New York’s Armory Show and Expo Chicago Fairs
Frieze, which organizes major art fairs in London, New York, Los Angeles, and Seoul, will acquire two of the US’s most important home-grown art fairs:...
The Shed Gets New CEO, Simon Lee Gallery Goes Into Administration, and More: Morning Links for July 13, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines THE TOP JOB. New York’s multifarious art center the Shed has hired Meredith Hodges to be...
MoMA to Stage Major Retrospective for Groundbreaking Printmaker Käthe Kollwitz in 2024
The Museum of Modern Art in New York will soon mount a retrospective for Käthe Kollwitz, the pathbreaking German printmaker whose work often pictured women...
Sotheby’s Cuts Multiple Senior Staffers and NFT Specialists Amid Market Softening
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Exactly two weeks ago, 25-year-old Brian...
Christie’s Reports 23 Percent Drop in Sales In First Half of 2023
Christie’s, the world’s largest auction house, reported Wednesday that it generated $3.2 billion in sales in the first half of 2023. The figure represents a...
Sotheby’s to Auction Rare Pteranodon Skeleton, Estimated to Sell for $4 M.
Sotheby’s will auction off the fossilized skeleton of an aerial predator estimated to fetch between $4 million and $6 million, as part of its annual...
Employees Stage Mass Walkout at Hong Kong Arts Centre
Former employees at the Hong Kong Arts Centre have reported that at least have of the staff has left the institution since the previous executive...