Looted Artifacts Returned to Yemen Amid Investigation into Met Trustee’s Collection
This week, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. announced the repatriation of three antiquities collectively valued at $725,000 to Yemen. The items are an...
Artists’ Boycott Ends after Finnish National Gallery Severs Ties with Arms Dealer Heir
A months-long artists’ boycott of a prominent Finnish museum came to an end after the institution said it would cut ties with a controversial patron....
Greece Will Allow Pets at More Than 120 Archaeology Sites, But Not the Acropolis or Ancient Olympia
Pet owners who love to travel, as well those that live in Greece, will soon have a lot more places to take their beloved animal...
Visual AIDS Executive Director Esther McGowan to Step Down, Joining Aperture
Esther McGowan, the current director of Visual AIDS, will depart her role at the end of May. She will join the Aperture as its director...
Mellon Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to Newark’s Project for Empty Space
Project For Empty Space (PES), the New Jersey-based arts organization that supports socially-aware artists, has tripled their operating budget thanks to a $1.5 million grant...
Tate Modern Names Leader of Oslo’s National Museum as Its New Director
Karin Hindsbo, the director of Oslo’s National Museum, will be the next director of Tate Modern, making her the second woman in a row—and the...
Dallas Museum of Art Selects Finalists for Expansion, Preis der Nationalgalerie Winners Named, and More: Morning Links for April 28, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines GROW OR GO. The Dallas Museum of Art has selected six finalists for an expansion project...
Climate Protesters Smear Paint on Case and Pedestal of Degas Sculpture at National Gallery of Art
On Thursday, two climate protesters dressed in suits smeared paint on the case and pedestal of Edgar Degas’s sculpture Little Dancer Aged Fourteen sculpture at...
Facing Continued Financial Strain, San Francisco Art Institute Files for Bankruptcy
The San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), one of the nation’s oldest and most esteemed art schools, has filed for bankruptcy, the San Francisco Chronicle first reported...
A Trove of 175 Roman Coins, Hidden for 2,000 Years, Was Found in an Italian Forest
A trove of 175 Roman silver coins was uncovered in an Italian forest, according to a LiveScience report. The coins, which likely date back to...
Ownership of the Benin Bronzes is Transferred from the Nigerian Government to Oba of Benin
In a move that further complicates the restitution of the Benin Bronzes, the Nigerian government officially recognized the Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, as the...
Clearing, a Bushwick Mainstay, Has Made the Move to Manhattan
After twelve years in Brooklyn, Clearing Gallery moved Wednesday from their home in Bushwick to the Bowery, an up-and-coming gallery district that already includes Bridget...
National Gallery of Art Hires American Alliance of Museums CEO as Administrator
Laura L. Lott has been hired by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. as its administrator, bringing to an end her 13-year term...
Yvonne Jacquette, Whose Bird’s-Eye View Paintings Captured Changing Cityscapes, Has Died at 88
Yvonne Jacquette, whose studies from a bird’s-eye view reimagined the world as a tapestry of texture and color, died on April 23. She was 88....