French Auction House Calls Mexico’s Effort to Stop Sale of Pre-Columbian Artifacts ‘Nationalist Opportunism’
Less than two weeks before an auction of pre-Columbian art is due to open at the Paris-based auction house Millon, the Mexican government has demanded that the...
Vivan Sundaram, Pioneering Installation Artist Who Transformed India’s Art Scene, Dies at 79
Vivan Sundaram, an influential artist whose installations have been credited with opening new possibilities for his Indian compatriots, died on Thursday at 79. His death...
Beeple: China’s Deji Art Museum Seems Like ‘Great Stewards’ For S.2122 Sculpture
Nanjing, China’s Deji Art Museum has acquired Beeple’s sculpture S.2122 (2023), the artist confirmed with ARTnews Wednesday. “It was a crazy, exciting time [at Art...
Photographer Nan Goldin Joins Gagosian, Departs Marian Goodman Gallery
Gagosian, arguably the world’s largest and most prominent gallery, today announced global representation Nan Goldin, one of the most influential artists of her time. The move...
Art Historian Robert Storr Gives Vast Archive to Bard College
Curator and critic Robert Storr has gifted his library and archive to the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Spanning...
Art Patron Emily Fisher Landau Dies at 102, Heidi Horten’s $150 M. Jewelry Collection Heads to Auction, and More: Morning Links for March 29, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines EMILY FISHER LANDAU, the influential art collector and patron, died on Monday at...
NFT Website Claims to Be Affiliated with Art Basel, Triggering Cease and Desist Letter from Fair
Editor’s Note, March 29, 2023: As of today the website digitalbasel.io has been taken down. An online platform called Digital Basel has been presenting itself...
Award-Winning Director’s Production Company Apologizes to Artist Referenced in ‘The Square’
The production company cofounded by director Ruben Östlund and producer Erik Hemmendorff has issued an apology to Argentinian artist Lola Arias over the use of...
Gucci Collaborates with Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs in New Metaverse Project
Gucci and Yuga Labs, the company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Collection, announced a collaboration on Monday. “Continuing to explore the Metaverse, the House comes...
Sarah Lucas Wins New Museum’s $400,000 Sculpture Prize
Ahead of a survey set to open at London’s Tate Britain in the fall, Sarah Lucas has been named the first winner of the New...
Palais de Tokyo Can Show Ukraine Protest Painting Accused of Pedophilia, French Court Says
An art scandal that has captured France has taken another dramatic turn, with a court in the country swiftly ruling that Paris’s Palais de Tokyo...
A Guide to the 2024 Venice Biennale National Pavilions
Every other year, the art world flocks to Italy for the Venice Biennale, the world’s grandest and most esteemed recurring art exhibition. Many are coming...
2024 Lyon Biennale Curator Named, Demas Nwoko Gets Golden Lion, and More: Morning Links for March 28, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines FESTIVAL FEVER. In December, the third edition of the roving Thailand Biennale is set to...
Sotheby’s Sale of Glitch Art Postponed After Artists Complain About All-Male Sale
Sotheby’s paused its “Glitch-ism” auction Sunday, days after its March 24 launch, after prominent glitch artists pointed out that the auction, held by Sotheby’s digital...