Rembrandt’s ‘The Standard Bearer’ Debuts at the Rijksmuseum with Free Entry
Following a nationwide tour, Rembrandt’s The Standard Bearer (1636) was unveiled at the Rijksmuseum on Thursday. Entrance fees to the museum will be waived to mark...
Banksy is Back: Elusive Artist’s First Official Show in 14 Years to Open in Glasgow
For the first time since 2009, an exhibition of Banksy works authorized by the mysterious maestro of street art will be on view to the...
Elena Filipovic Becomes Director of Switzerland’s Kunstmuseum Basel
Kunsthalle Basel curator Elena Filipovic will become the director of the Kunstmuseum Basel in Switzerland, where she will start in that new position on June...
Nine Charged in Art and Memorabilia Thefts, Artist Huang Yongyu Dies at 98, and More: Morning Links for June 16, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW. On Thursday, nine Pennsylvania residents were charged...
Sotheby’s 3AC Bankruptcy Auction Nets $11 Million In What Might Be Final Hurrah for NFTs
After the founders of a crypto firm called Three Arrows Capital purchased a coveted Dmitri Cherniak NFT for $5.8 million in August 2021, they kept...
‘Incredibly Rare’ Roman Mausoleum Unearthed in London
A Roman mausoleum was uncovered below a south London construction site by a team from the Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA). The “incredibly rare” discovery is...
Wadsworth Museum Says It Did Not Violate Free Speech Rights in DEI Lawsuit, Accuses Ex-Employee of Breaking Law by Recording Calls
The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art asserted that it did not violate the free speech rights of Kate Riotte, a former curatorial administrator who claimed...
Boston MFA Reaches Deal with Jewish Heirs Whose Painting Was Sold to Hitler
The Museum of Fine Arts Boston, two donors, and the heirs of Jewish art dealers Paul Graupe and Arthur Goldschmidt have reached a deal concerning...
German Commission Recommends Bavarian State Bank Return Kandinsky Auctioned During World War II
On Tuesday, an independent German commission recommended a painting by Wasssily Kandisnky in the collection of the Bavarian state bank be restituted to the descendants...
Munich Will Get Damien Hirst Survey, King Charles Childhood Drawings Go to Auction, and More: Morning Links for June 15, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN. Once more, activists have targeted a well-known...
Climate Activists Smear Red Paint on Monet Painting at National Museum in Sweden
Two climate activists smeared red paint and glued their hands to the protective glass on a Monet painting on display at the National Museum in...
Gustav Klimt’s Last Portrait Expected to Sell for More Than $80 M. at Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s will auction the last portrait by Gustav Klimt, the 1917 painting Dame mit Fächer (Lady with a Fan), with the expectation that it will...
In Ted Kaczynski, Artists Found a Means of Exploring the Horror of Living in America Today
Over the span of nearly 20 years, Ted Kaczynski mailed out at least 16 homemade bombs, killed three people, injured 23, and avoided arrest before...
Mummified Māori Heads and Ancestral Remains Repatriated by Germany to New Zealand
Six mummified and tattooed Māori heads have been returned by Germany to New Zealand, CNN reported Wednesday. The artifacts join 95 Māori and Moriori ancestral...