Pharaonic Mummification Workshops and Tombs Unearthed in Egypt
Archaeologists have discovered ancient mummification workshops and two tombs dating back to as early as 30 BCE at the Saqqara necropolis outside Cairo. Saqqara is...
Shaq Is the Latest Celebrity to Be Sued Over Sale of NFTs
Former professional basketball player Shaquille O’Neal is being sued over alleged securities violations related to his NFT collection titled ASTRALs or, the Astrals Project, according...
Israeli Authorities Retrieve 1,850-Year-Old Decorated Stone Ossuaries to Prevent Further Looting and Damage
Three 1,850-year-old stone ossuaries were unearthed and removed for safekeeping by the Kafr Kanna police and the Israel Antiquities Authority Theft Prevention Unit near the...
Whitney Museum Hires Star Brooklyn Museum Curator for Photography Department
Drew Sawyer, a curator at the Brooklyn Museum, has been appointed the Whitney Museum’s Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography starting this July. Elisabeth Sussman, the...
Venice Canal Mysteriously Turns Green, Egypt Finds Mummification Workshops, and More: Morning Links for May 30, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines ARTIST ILYA KABAKOV, whose imaginative and incisive installations helped rocket him from...
Ilya Kabakov, Pioneering Installation Artist and Gimlet-Eyed Critic of Russia, Dies at 89
Ilya Kabakov, an artist whose expansive works sharply directed their aim at the imploded dreams of the Soviet Union, ushering in new possibilities for installation...
Climate Activists Charged by Feds After Smearing Paint on Degas Work’s Case at National Gallery of Art
The two climate activists who protested at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., in April by smearing paint on the base and glass...
Italian Police Recovers 3,586 Artifacts from Looters in Long-Term Operation
Italian police say they have recovered more than 3,500 artifacts as the result of a long-term operation involving hundreds of officers. The operation resulted in...
Italian Museums Jack Up Entry Fees By a Euro as Part of Billion Dollar Aid Package
Following catastrophic floods that have crippled the Emilia-Romagna region, Italy has announced a plan to raise museum admission fees across the country by €1 in...
Kara Walker Receives Major Commission from SFMOMA
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announced earlier this week that it has commissioned Kara Walker to create the first site-specific installation for...
Artist Shellyne Rodriguez Charged with Menacing and Harassment After Incident Involving Reporter
Artist Shellyne Rodriguez was arrested on Thursday after the New York Post published video footage in which she appeared to hold a machete up to...
Florida Man Crashes into 13-Foot Hunt Slonem Sculpture, Second Act of Art Vandalism This Month
Derek Alan Modrok, a 49-year-old Florida resident, admitted to running his car into a tall, blue sculpture of a rabbit titled Thunderbunny by American artist...
Seattle Artist Who Falsely Claimed Native American Ancestry Sentenced to 18 Months of Probation
Seattle-based artist Jerry Chris Van Dyke, who falsely advertised his carvings as Native American art, has been sentenced to 18 months of federal probation. In...
After Completing Its Six-Year Initiative, Agnes Gund’s Art For Justice Fund Gives Major Grant to Center for Art & Advocacy
Since 2017, when collector and philanthropist Agnes Gund sold Roy Lichtenstein’s Masterpiece (1962) for $165 million to start the Art for Justice Fund, the initiative has worked...