Embattled Belgian Museum Director to Depart, $30 M. Louise Bourgeois Spider Could Smash Records, and More: Morning Links for April 25, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines NEW MANAGEMENT. The director of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Michel Draguet, is...
2,000-Year-Old Graves Found Near Notre Dame During Excavation for Train Station Expansion
Preventative excavations have uncovered a tranche of graves over two thousand years old on Paris’s Ile de la Cite, the current home of Notre Dame Cathedral, El...
Ron Perelman Pledges $25 M. to Brown University to Build Arts District
The Perelman Family Foundation, headed by cosmetics mogul and art collector Ronald Perelman, has pledged $25 million to Brown University to build an arts district...
Counterfeit Art Dealer Extradited to US After Dodging Jail Time for a Decade
An art dealer who fled the United States 13 years ago after being charged for selling counterfeit artwork online will finally face jail time. On...
Australian Climate Protester Who Spray-Painted Artwork Contests Counter-Terrorism Charge
A climate activist in Australia is fighting a counter-terrorism charge she received after spray-painting an artwork at the Art Gallery of Western Australia in Perth...
Judge Rules in Favor of Yuga Labs in Ryder Ripps Trademark Infringement Case
A California judge awarded Yuga Labs a partial summary judgement in a case the company brought against artist Ryder Ripps and his business partner Jeremy...
300-Year-Old Hindu Idols Looted from Indian Temple Were Discovered in a Collector’s Home
Law enforcement in Chennai, India, has seized 55 Hindu idols from an art collector that are suspected to have been looted from temples across the...
Seven Artists Win Coveted Rome Prize, Including Dread Scott and Nao Bustamante
The American Academy in Rome has named the winners of its Rome Prize for the 2023–24 cycle. Of the 36 selected in 11 disciplines, seven...
Taiwanese Sculptor Ju Ming Dies at 85, U.S. Repatriates Peruvian Antiquities, and More: Morning Links for April 24, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines POLICE BLOTTER. More than 30 artworks valued at some £200,000 (about $249,000)...
Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, and ‘Beef’ Creator Respond to Backlash Over Comments by Artist and Actor David Choe
The creator and stars of the hit Netflix show Beef have issued a statement in response to the growing criticism over artist and cast member...
ARTnews in Brief: MOCA LA Names José Luis Blondet Senior Curator, Walker Art Center Hires Rosario Güiraldes
Several major museums, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, have announced new curatorial appointments. Below,...
5 Best Booths at the Dallas Art Fair, From Cowboy Rococo to Intimate Visions of Aging
“If you look at the way Texans dress, you know what kind of work they like,” one attendee of the Dallas Art Fair said of...
UNESCO Resumes Preservation of Endangered Heritage Sites in Bamiyan, Afghanistan
An UNESCO initiative in the imperiled heritage sites of Bamiyan, Afghanistan, has resumed after its sudden pause following the Taliban takeover in 2021. The...
Amateur Archaeologist Finds Ancient Silver Coins Near Viking Castle in Denmark
A young amateur archaeologist discovered a hoard of coins and silver jewelry near a Viking castle in northwestern Denmark that experts believe are more than...