Judge Rejects Richard Prince’s Fair Use Defense in Long-Running Legal Battle Over Instagram Series
Richard Prince’s yearslong legal woes over a controversial series of doctored Instagram screenshots continues after a federal judge in New York again rejected his fair...
India Contests Report Claiming Large-Scale Campaign to Get Cultural Heritage Back from UK
After the Telegraph reported last week that India was waging a massive effort to get stolen artifacts back from the UK, government officials from the...
Two Rembrandts Discovered in U.K. Collection, Heidi Horten Jewelry Sale Sets Record, and More: Morning Links for May 15, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines A DOUBLE DISCOVERY. In July, Christie’s will offer a pair of Rembrandt portraits that have been in...
The Best Booths at Independent New York, From Monumental Paintings to Tender Photographs
The Independent art fair’s “no booth” layout, where there are few walls and visitors can mingle freely, has itself garnered a reputation among dealers. It’s...
Artist Sable Elyse Smith Honored at Queens Museum Gala: ‘I’ve Always Known the Expanse of the World Was Greater Than Anyone’s Words’
At its annual gala on Thursday evening, the Queens Museum honored two of its board members, artist Sable Elyse Smith and designer Angelo Baque. The...
Sydney’s Art Gallery of New South Wales to Repatriate 800-Year-Old Temple Carving to Nepal
The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) in Sydney announced Friday that it would return an intricately carved temple strut, or tunala, depicting a...
2,000-Year-Old Iron Age and Ancient Roman Pottery Unearthed by Metal Detectorist in Wales
A man with a metal detector uncovered a trove of 2,000 year old artifacts while explore a pasture in Llantrisant Fawr, Wales, in March 2019....
Al Pacino Gets Role in Modigliani Film, Photographer Samuel Fosso Wins Major Award, and More: Morning Links for May 12, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines HAMMER TIME. The big May auctions in New York kicked off on...
Art Adviser Lisa Schiff Accused of Leading ‘Ponzi Scheme’ in Lawsuit Over Adrian Ghenie Painting
Lisa Schiff, a prominent New York art adviser, is facing a lawsuit over how she handled the recent sale of a $2.5 million Adrian Ghenie...
Two Stolen Artifacts, From the Collection of a Met Board Member, Were Returned to China
Two looted stone-carved tomb beds valued at $3.5 million were repatriated to China, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office announced earlier this week in a press...
Freeport, a Fractionalized Art Ownership Model Powered by Blockchain, Launches
Despite the depressed crypto market, a new start-up has just launched, with big plans to offer fractional ownership of blue-chip art using NFT technology. Amid...
Gagosian to Close One of Its London Galleries After 19 Years in Operation
Gagosian, the world’s largest gallery empire, will shutter one of its three London locations after 19 years in operation. The space, sited on Britannia Street,...
Paris’s Centre Pompidou to Close for Five Years Starting in 2025
The Centre Pompidou, Paris’s top museum for modern and contemporary art, has officially set out plans to close for five years starting in 2025 while...
Manet’s ‘Olympia’ Will Travel to the United States for the First Time This Fall
This fall, Édouard Manet’s famed 1863 painting Olympia will travel from Paris to New York for the first time. Olympia, among other works by Manet, will...