Medieval Christian Wall Paintings Discovered in Sudan
In an unexpected find, archaeologists excavating residences of the ancient Nubian city of Old Dongola in Sudan discovered a complex of rooms hidden under the...
Music Executive Mo Ostin’s $120 M. Collection to be Auctioned at Sotheby’s, With Works by Magritte, Twombly, Basquiat, and More
A collection of more than 30 works amassed by American music executive Mo Ostin will be offered at Sotheby’s this spring, where it is expected...
Met Taps Nairy Baghramian and Jacolby Satterwhite for Commissions, Salvador Dalí Museum Opens Down Under, and More: Morning Links for April 11, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines PRIME TIME. Artists Nairy Baghramian and Jacolby Satterwhite have been tapped for high-profile commissions by the Metropolitan Museum of...
Hong Kong’s M+ Museum Is Giving Away 10,000 Tickets to Its Blockbuster Kusama Show
In the rare interviews that she has given, Yayoi Kusama has described art as a lifeline through a lifetime of crisis. Plagued by visual and...
Wanted: Dead British Body to ‘Sacrifice for Past Sins’ Against Indigenous People, Reads Artist Ad
We’ve heard of bodies being donated to science, but would you donate your body to art? An advertisement placed by an Indigenous artist in an...
Comedian Hannah Gadsby to Curate Show About Picasso’s ‘Complicated Legacy’ for Brooklyn Museum
Five years after they memorably skewered Pablo Picasso in their 2018 comedy special Nanette, Hannah Gadsby is organizing an exhibition about the artist for the...
Italian Land Artist Creates ‘World’s Largest’ Picasso Portrait
Picasso’s legacy looms large over the art world ever since the world first saw his Cubist masterpiece Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (1907). Now, thanks to Italian land artist...
Conceptual Artist Adrian Piper Ends Relationship with LGDR, a Power Player in the Art Market
Adrian Piper, a famed artist and philosopher known for her performances, writings, and conceptual artworks dealing with racism and rationality, has publicly severed ties with...
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Gifts of Art from Billionaire Harlan Crow
In a damning investigation by ProPublica, journalists uncovered a string of undisclosed gifts that flowed from Republican mega donor and real estate mogul Harlan Crow...
Arthur Jafa Plans Glenstone Installation, M+ to Give 10,000 Kusama Tix to Students, and Owen Wilson Talks Art, and More: Morning Links for April 10, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines LEGAL AFFAIRS. In a headline-grabbing story last week, ProPublica reported that Supreme Court Justice Clarence...
Love Thy Selfie: Contestants on MTV and the Hirshhorn’s Artist Competition TV Series Create Self-Portraits and Compete at the Museum’s Ball
(Spoiler alert: This article contains information and plot points from the sixth episode of The Exhibit, a docuseries created by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and MTV.)...
2023 Guggenheim Fellowships Go to Artists Kapwani Kiwanga, Martine Syms, Pamela Council, and More
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced this week the 171 scholars and artists who were awarded its acclaimed 2023 Guggenheim Fellowships. This year’s class includes some...
Museum Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Native American Artifacts from Collection
A worker at the Museum of the Plains Indian on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Montana was sentenced for stealing a cache of cultural artifacts...
Far-Right Mayor of Lima Closes Museum Dedicated to Tolerance and Memories, Triggering Protests
The ultra-conservative mayor of Lima has closed a museum dedicated to tolerance amid an ideological struggle over how to remember Peru’s violent history. The...