Ancient Mayan Scoreboard Found at Chichén Itzá Complex in Mexico
A stone scoreboard used to keep track of sports games has been identified by archaeologists at Chichén Itzá, the ancient Mayan complex situated among Mexico’s...
Man Pleads Guilty to Making Fake Basquiats Seized from the Orlando Museum of Art
A former auctioneer has pled guilty to helping create and sell dozens of fake Basquiat paintings that were seized by the FBI last year from...
Man Says He Helped Make Fake Basquiats, Artist John Olsen Dies at 95, and More: Morning Links for April 12, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines A BREAK IN THE CASE. Last June, the FBI raided the Orlando Museum of Art, taking...
Air Jordans Worn by Michael Jordan Become the Most Expensive Sneakers Ever Auctioned
A pair of Air Jordans worn by Michael Jordan during the famed 1998 NBA finals sold at Sotheby’s for $2.2 million on Tuesday, becoming the...
Man Gets Trapped Inside Public Art in Canada After Easter Mischief
Public art can be engrossing. But for a man who tried to climb the Talus Dome sculpture in Edmonton, a city in Alberta, Canada, it...
Taliban-Backed Project Seeks to Save Afghanistan’s Ancient Buddhist City from Copper Mining
An 18-month-long conservation project to protect a 2,000-year-old Buddhist city is being backed by the Taliban, according to the Art Newspaper. The Afghan heritage site...
Austin’s Blanton Museum Hires First Curator of Latino Art
The Blanton Museum of Art in Austin has named Claudia Zapata as its first associate curator of Latino Art. They will start at the institution,...
The Met Awards Prestigious Commissions to Nairy Baghramian and Jacolby Satterwhite
This fall, new, cutting-edge commissions will take over two of the most visible stages contemporary art has to offer: the façade and Great Hall of...
Medieval Christian Wall Paintings Discovered in Sudan
In an unexpected find, archaeologists excavating residences of the ancient Nubian city of Old Dongola in Sudan discovered a complex of rooms hidden under the...
Music Executive Mo Ostin’s $120 M. Collection to be Auctioned at Sotheby’s, With Works by Magritte, Twombly, Basquiat, and More
A collection of more than 30 works amassed by American music executive Mo Ostin will be offered at Sotheby’s this spring, where it is expected...
Met Taps Nairy Baghramian and Jacolby Satterwhite for Commissions, Salvador Dalí Museum Opens Down Under, and More: Morning Links for April 11, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines PRIME TIME. Artists Nairy Baghramian and Jacolby Satterwhite have been tapped for high-profile commissions by the Metropolitan Museum of...
Hong Kong’s M+ Museum Is Giving Away 10,000 Tickets to Its Blockbuster Kusama Show
In the rare interviews that she has given, Yayoi Kusama has described art as a lifeline through a lifetime of crisis. Plagued by visual and...
Wanted: Dead British Body to ‘Sacrifice for Past Sins’ Against Indigenous People, Reads Artist Ad
We’ve heard of bodies being donated to science, but would you donate your body to art? An advertisement placed by an Indigenous artist in an...
Comedian Hannah Gadsby to Curate Show About Picasso’s ‘Complicated Legacy’ for Brooklyn Museum
Five years after they memorably skewered Pablo Picasso in their 2018 comedy special Nanette, Hannah Gadsby is organizing an exhibition about the artist for the...