Penis-Shaped Stone Used for Sharpening Weapons Found in Spain
In the Ria de Vigo, a river estuary in the southern part of the Spanish autonomous state Galicia, archaeologists have discovered a six-inch stone penis...
Pace Gallery Hires König Partner to Lead New Berlin Office
Laura Attanasio will leave her post as partner of Berlin’s influential König Galerie to join Pace Gallery, a sprawling operation that has spaces in seven...
German Museums Hold 40,000 Artifacts Looted from Cameroon, New Study Finds
German museums hold 40,000 artifacts from Cameroon—more than any other museum collection worldwide, including the state collections of Cameroon’s capital Yaoundé—according to a new study presented...
Paramilitary Group Occupies National Museum During Military Conflict in Sudan
The Sudanese national museum has been occupied by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), one of two military group vying for control of Sudan’s capital city,...
Italy Displays 750 Objects Worth Recovered from Disgraced Antiquities Dealer Robin Symes
Italy recently displayed 750 artifacts, estimated to be worth $12.9 million, that its Culture Ministry and heritage police officers had recovered from the liquidated company...
Metropolitan Museum of Art to Return $550,000 in FTX Donations
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will return the $550,000 that FTX, the now bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange and crypto hedge fund, donated to the museum in...
BP’s Controversial British Museum Sponsorship Ends, Tate Modern’s Sook-Kyung Lee to Lead the Whitworth, and More: Morning Links for June 5, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines HANS-PETER FELDMANN, the revered German conceptual artist whose deadpan projects quietly carry...
650,000 People Saw the Rijksmuseum’s Blockbuster Vermeer Exhibition
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is calling its Vermeer exhibition “the most successful in its history,” with 650,000 visitors from 113 countries during its 16-week run....
Hans-Peter Feldmann, German Conceptual Artist with a Prankish Love for the Ordinary, Dies at 82
Hans-Peter Feldmann, a conceptual artist whose tricky works composed of seemingly banal images that gained him a cult following in Europe, died at 82 on...
Brooklyn Museum Dismisses Negative Reviews of Hannah Gadsby’s ‘Pablo-matic’ Show
The Brooklyn Museum has dismissed negative reviews of “It’s Pablo-matic: Picasso According to Hannah Gadsby,” which opened to the public today after being panned in...
British Museum Ends 27-Year Sponsorship Deal With BP
The British Museum has ended its partnership with the fossil fuel company BP after 27 years, a move lauded by environmental activists as a victory....
A Retired Garbage Man Found 2,000-Year-Old Roman and Etruscan Statues Now on View in Rome
Last year, archaeologists discovered more than 20 ancient Roman and Etruscan statues near a thermal bath in Tuscany where, for years, experts had unsuccessfully searched for ancient...
A Rare Fra Angelico Painting Will Be Offered at Auction for the Second Time Ever
Fra Angelico, a friar of the Dominican order, painter of the Early Renaissance, and patron saint of Catholic artists, embodied an essential shift in the...
Bakhyt Bubikanova, Kazakh Artist on the Rise, Dies at 38
Bakhyt Bubikanova, a Kazakh artist whose work is currently featured in the Gwangju Biennale in South Korea, has died at 38. According to Esentai Gallery,...