Vermeer Painting May Conceal Self-Portrait, Archibald Prize Winner Named, and More: Morning Links for May 5, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines WINNER’S CIRCLE. Down in Australia on Friday, the Art Gallery of New South...
Hauser & Wirth Names The House of AWT Project Its 2023 Charitable Partner
Hauser & Wirth’s Los Angeles location has named The House of AWT Project (Artists Working Together) as its 2023 Charitable Partner of the Year. As...
Missing Idol of Lord Shiva Linked to Dealer Who Pleaded Guilty To Trafficking Stolen Antiquities in 2021
An ancient idol of Lord Shiva, one of the Hindu religion’s most recognized deities, was found to have been replaced by a replica in the Korukkai...
Italian Historian Claims Bridge in Background of Leonardo’s Mona Lisa Is from Small Town in Tuscany
An Italian art researcher says “he had no doubt” about which bridge had been painted into the background of the Mona Lisa, the iconic Leonardo...
Munich Court Hears Arguments, Climate Activists on Trial for Damaging Frame in Germany
Two German climate protestors, one 25-years-old and the other 60, are on trial after an action they took at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich left...
Matthew Barney to Debut New Video Installation About ‘Violence and Spectacle’ in American Football
Cremasterheads, hold on to your hats: Matthew Barney, the artist known for his epic film cycles involving ritual-like ceremonies and abject body horror, is back...
Former OpenSea Manager Convicted in First NFT Insider Trading Case
Nate Chastain, a former manager at the marketplace OpenSea, has been found guilty in the first insider trading case in the NFT ecosystem. In the...
A Teen Drove a WWII-Era Tank to Prom Held at Portland Art Museum to Honor His Father
Local and national news outlets have been charmed by Sherman Bynum, the Camas high school junior who arrived in a World War II light armored vehicle—in other words, a tank—to...
Historian Offers New Mona Lisa Theory, Artist Creates Monarchy-Blocking Browser Plugin, and More: Morning Links for May 4, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines FAIR PLAY. For the first time, Art Basel’s fair in beautiful Basel, Switzerland, will...
Christie’s Crowd-Sources 11,000 Drawings of King Charles III to Mark Coronation
In honor of King Charles III’s upcoming coronation, a digital portrait comprised of more than 11,000 drawings, made by people throughout Britain, is on view...
Major Foundations Commit $11 M. to Diversify Leadership at 19 US Art Museums
Three major foundations and one philanthropic organization—the Alice L. Walton Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, and Pilot House Philanthropy—have banded together to create...
Sotheby’s Metaverse Gets an Upgrade, Allowing Collectors to Sell to Each Other
Sotheby’s Metaverse, the auction house’s NFT marketplace, is getting an upgrade. The marketplace will now expand to include not just primary market offerings but also...
$50,000 Calder Prize Goes to Aki Sasamoto, Whose Absurdist Art Recently Appeared in the Venice Biennale
The Calder Foundation, with support from the Scone Foundation, has awarded the 2023 Calder Prize to New York–based artist Aki Sasamoto. Given every two years...
Jeffrey Epstein Planned Visit to Jeff Koons Studio, Meetings with Mega-Collector Leon Black, New Investigation Reveals
Jeffrey Epstein’s art-world connections have been well-documented ever since he was convicted on sex trafficking charges in 2019, the same year he died by suicide...