Louvre Uses French Patrimony Laws to Snag a $2.8M. Terracotta Sculpture After it Sold at Auction
A rarely used legal statue in France allowed the Louvre to halt the sale of a 17th-century terracotta funerary monument by the French artist François...
57,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Markings Identified in a Sealed French Cave, New Research Finds
Along the walls of a cave in central France are the oldest identified markings made by Neanderthals more than 57,000 years ago, according to a...
Ancient UNESCO Site Threatened By Planned Israeli Settlement
Battir is a flourishing, ancient agricultural site which is stewarded by Palestinians to this day, yet a planned settlement by Israel’s far-right government could threaten...
Design Collective to Close Exhibition at London’s Barbican Centre After ‘Anti-Palestinian Censorship’
Following a controversy over what it called “anti-Palestinian censorship,” the Resolve Collective will deinstall its exhibition currently on view at London’s Barbican Centre. The collective’s...
Venice Biennale’s 2024 Edition to Celebrate Diasporas Under the Title ‘Foreigners Everywhere’
The 2024 edition of the Venice Biennale, the world’s most important recurring art festival, will focus on outsiders, foreigners, and more, highlighting artists who have...
Stonehenge-Style Site Found in the Netherlands, Unusual Roman Amphora Discovered, and More: Morning Links for June 22, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines THE DIGGERS. Archaeologists at work in the central Netherlands said that they...
British Museum Removes Writer’s Translations of Chinese Poetry After Being Accused of Copyright Infringement
The British Museum has removed translations of poetry by a Chinese revolutionary from one of its exhibitions after a translator alleged that her work was...
Berlin Biennale Postpones Next Edition Amid Concerns of ‘Biennial Super Art Year’
The upcoming edition of the Berlin Biennale, one of Europe’s most prestigious recurring art exhibitions, has been postponed from 2024 to 2025. In a statement,...
ARTnews in Brief: Public Art Fund Names Melanie Kress Senior Curator, ICI’s 2023 Leo Award Goes to Uzodinma Iweala, and More
The New York–based Public Art Fund has hired Melanie Kress as its senior curator beginning June 26. Kress replaces Allison Glenn, who departed the organization...
Pharrell’s Debut Collection for Louis Vuitton Spotlights the Art of Henry Taylor
Last Valentine’s Day, Louis Vuitton made a surprise announcement: rapper and entrepreneur Pharrell Williams would be taking on the role of men’s creative director for...
Site of Julius Caesar’s Fatal Stabbing Opens to Public Visitors
An ancient Roman building complex that’s believed to be the site where Julius Caesar was stabbed to death is now open to the public. Comprised...
Heiko-Thandeka Ncube, Berlin-Based Artist and Writer on the Rise, Dies at 32
Heiko-Thandeka Ncube, an artist whose films and essays about racist violence had begun to find acclaim in Berlin, is dead at 32. The Hub, a...
120-Million-Year-Old “Illegally Exported” Dinosaur Fossil Returns Home After Social Media Crusade
A rare dinosaur fossil discovered in northeastern Brazil in 1990 that is thought to have been illegally exported to Germany has been returned after a...
A New Startup Is Bringing the Y Combinator Model to the Art World
For more than a decade, Chicago-based artist Maria Gaspar has worked to give a voice to the incarcerated. Radioactive: Stories from Beyond the Wall, a...