Julie Mehretu to Create BMW Art Car, Helsinki Deputy Mayor Caught Spraying Graffiti, and More: Morning Links for July 27, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines ISLAND DISPATCH. Taiwan will be represented at the 2024 Venice Biennale by veteran video artist Yuan Goang-ming, ArtAsiaPacific reports. Abby...
Two Local Artists Claim Responsibility for Faux Banksy in Glasgow
Shortly after Banksy’s “Cut & Run” opened at Glasgow’s Gallery of Modern Art, a spate of street art appeared on the walls around Scotland’s biggest city, leading some...
Climate Groups Rally at the Met to Protest ‘Unjustifiably Harsh’ Charges Against Fellow Activists
Earlier this month, climate activists staged a rally at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where they protested the indictment of colleagues who...
Diego Rivera Mural at San Francisco Art Institute Could Still Be Sold
The fate of the San Francisco Art Institute’s beloved Diego Rivera mural still hangs in the balance, despite previous reports that the painting would be...
Italian Painter Arrested for Connection to Forged Old Masters Scandal
As investigations in an international Old Masters forgery scandal continue, 65-year-old Italian painter Pasquale “Lino” Frongia was arrested in his hometown of Emilia in northern...
Daniel Turner, Sculptor of Minimalist Objects with an Edge, Heads to Hauser & Wirth
Hauser & Wirth, the mega-gallery with more than a dozen locations across three continents, has added to its roster the sculptor Daniel Turner, whose work...
Klimt Record Provides Sotheby’s $252.9 M. London Sales with a Jolt Amid Fears of a Market Correction
On Tuesday night in London, Sotheby’s held two consecutive evening sales at its Bond Street headquarters that brought in a collective £199 million ($252.9 million)...
Marfa’s Latest Art Attraction Is a Precarious-Looking Installation Made of Repurposed Shipping Containers
The arts destination that is Marfa in West Texas is about to get one more attraction: a new permanent, outdoor sculpture that will likely become...
Italian Police Hunt Colosseum Vandal, V&A Children’s Museum Set to Reopen, and More: Morning Links for June 28, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines IN THE ETERNAL CITY. Law-enforcement officials in Italy are seeking a tourist who used...
Tate Senior Curator Yasufumi Nakamori Named Director of Asia Society’s Museum
The Asia Society has the appointed Yasufumi Nakamori as its new museum director and vice president of arts and culture. Nakamori will oversee the museum’s...
New York’s Silverlens Bets Big with an Ambitious Group Show That’s Luring Filipino Americans
Isa Lorenzo and Rachel Rillo brought their Manila-based gallery Silverlens to New York City last September, riding out the success they had found during the...
Klimt’s Final Masterpiece Sells for $108 M., Achieving European Auction Record
Gustav Klimt’s Dame mit Fächer (Lady with a Fan), 1917–18, became the most expensive painting ever to sell at auction in Europe during the Sotheby’s London Modern...
Hermitage Amsterdam Rebrands with New Name After Split from Russian Flagship
The Hermitage Amsterdam has rebranded following its split from the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg in support of war-torn Ukraine. The Dutch institution announced...
Asia Society Museum Gets New Director, Hermitage Amsterdam Retools, and More: Morning Links for June 27, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines COMING ACROSS THE POND. Asia Society in New York tapped Yasufumi Nakamori to be its museum...