Magritte to Top Surrealism Sales at Christie’s and Sotheby’s in Paris
Works by René Magritte will headline forthcoming sales dedicated to Surrealism at Sotheby’s and Christie’s, each scheduled to take place in Paris this week and...
Columbus Museum of Art Hires Inaugural Director of Black Trustee Alliance as New Director, CEO
The Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio has hired Brooke A. Minto as its next executive director and CEO. She replaces Nannette Maciejunes, who retired...
Centre Pompidou Signs Deal with Saudi Arabia to Develop New Museum in AlUla
AlUla, the sprawl of sandstone valleys and mountains cradling Saudi Arabia’s cultural ambitions, will soon welcome another high-profile project to its landscape. On Sunday, Laurent...
Museum Watch Group Decries Ousting of Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery Director, Warns of ‘Loss of Art Autonomy’
CIMAM (International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art), a global network of museums and museum professionals, has raised the alarm over the removal...
Indigenous Mother Forced to Remove Traditional Woven Baby Carrier at Portland Art Museum
An Indigenous woman was told to remove her traditional woven baby carrier while visiting an exhibition of Native American art at the Portland Art Museum...
Federal Judge Dismisses Libra Max’s Latest Lawsuit To End Guardianship of Her Father, Pop Artist Peter Max
For years, Pop artist extraordinaire Peter Max has been at the center of a Britney Spears-esque guardianship battle that has pit his daughter Libra Max...
American Women’s History Museum Gets Founding Director, Columbus Museum Names New Leader, and More: Morning Links for March 14, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines BIG HIRE, PART 1. The Smithsonian tapped Nancy Yao, the president of the Museum of Chinese...
Musée Picasso Paris Gives Fashion Designer Paul Smith Carte Blanche to Reinstall Its Permanent Collection to Dazzling Effect
Paul Smith, the British fashion designer, is best known for his vibrant and colorful designs that are paired with impeccable tailoring. Smith’s mantra has long...
Former Assistants Allege ‘Scary and Destabilizing’ Culture at Tom Sachs’ Studio
Former studio assistants for Tom Sachs have alleged that the workplace environment created by the artist was “destabilizing and scary,” Curbed reported in an exposé...
Phyllida Barlow, Whose Towering Sculptures Upended Ideas of Art-Making, Has Died at 78
Phyllida Barlow, the relentless British sculptor who made innocuous materials into idiosyncratic meditations on art-making, has died. She was 78. The news was confirmed by...
One Artwork Censored in Major LGBTQ+ Exhibition in Hong Kong
An artwork has been removed from a show that was advertised as “the first major survey exhibition on LGBTQ+ perspectives in Hong Kong,” The Art...
Was This NFT Artist Wrong to Think She Could Be Exhibited at the Louvre?
Over this past weekend, the NFT artist Claire Silver had some of the worst few days of her life. She went from believing that her...
An 1,800-Year-Old Roman Bathhouse Discovered Near French Village
Financing and building a new home is a daunting enough task without the past creeping up and throwing a spanner in the works. The ruins...
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Says No Plans to Return Parthenon Marbles to Greece
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak said there are no plans for Parthenon Marbles to be returned to Greece, calling them a “huge...