New Theory Says Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ Was Inspired by the Eiffel Tower
An art historian has a new theory about the source of inspiration behind Vincent van Gogh’s iconic painting Starry Night. James Hall, a professor at...
Amid Scrutiny of Met’s Antiquities Collection, Turkey Reclaims Looted Objects Linked to Museum Trustee
Last week, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office repatriated 12 antiquities to Turkey that had been looted from the country. Among them were items once held...
French Protestors Block Entrance to the Louvre During Mass Strike Over New Retirement Law
The mass protests across France over a new policy that raises the retirement age reached the Louvre on Monday, as a crowd blocked the museum’s...
Art Historian Offers New ‘Starry Night’ Theory, Museum Leader Jim Harithas Dies at 90, and More: Morning Links for March 27, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines JIM HARITHAS, the freewheeling curator who cofounded two key Houston art institutions, died...
MTV and the Hirshhorn’s Artist Competition TV Series Take Up Profound Injustices
(Spoiler alert: this article contains information and plot points from the fourth episode of The Exhibit.) As we pass the half-way point of the competition, the...
Hong Kong Department Store Removes Massive Digital Artwork, Citing its Hidden ‘Political Content’
A department store in Hong Kong took down a digital artwork containing hidden references to defenders of free speech during the city’s Art Week activities....
Gagosian’s DALL-E–Enabled Art Exhibition Throws Us Headfirst into the Uncanny Valley
The arrival of AI text generators and chatbots like Chat GPT and Bing (or is she named Sydney?) over the last year has shattered the...
Crystal Bridges’s Diego Rivera Show Is Long Overdue, But Shies From His Politics
Northwest Arkansas is not the first place you would think to stage the first major exhibition of work by Mexican artist Diego Rivera in two...
Following Stalled Negotiations, Hispanic Society Workers to Go on Indefinite Strike
After a year of negotiations sparked by a scrapped pension plan, workers at New York City’s Hispanic Society Museum and Library have decided to go...
School Board Chair Responds to Principal’s Ouster Over ‘David’ Sculpture: ‘Well, We’re Florida, OK?’
A Florida school principal resigned on Monday after parents complained that her Renaissance art syllabus was inappropriate for a sixth-grade class. The controversy started after...
Code is Not Law: Case on Who Owns the First NFT Dismissed by Judge
In 2014, Kevin McCoy and Anil Dash invented the NFT at a conference hosted by the digital art non-profit Rhizome. When the NFT boom blasted...
President Biden Designates Two New National Monuments in Land Home to Ancient Indigenous Art
The United States has established two new national monuments in Texas and Nevada, President Biden announced on Tuesday, in the process providing protection to scores...
The Curator of Willem Dafoe’s Movie ‘Inside’ Takes Art on Film to a New Level
The new movie Inside, starring Willem Dafoe as an art thief, is both a psychological thriller and an art collector’s nightmare. For Italian curator Leonardo...
Director of Moscow’s Pushkin State Museum Resigns Amid Upheaval in Russia’s Art World
The longtime director of Moscow’s Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Marina Loshak, has stepped down from her position. She will be replaced by the...