Ai Weiwei Talks Money, MOCA Detroit Gets Artistic Director, and More: Morning Links for April 4, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR. After almost seven years as director and CEO of...
Pace Gallery Takes on Grada Kilomba, a Favorite of the Biennial Circuit
Grada Kilomba, an artist currently at work on organizing September’s edition of the Bienal de São Paulo, has joined Pace, one of the biggest galleries...
Seattle Art Museum Gets Major 48-Work Gift of Alexander Calder Works and $10 M. Endowment from Former Microsoft President
In 1988, collector and former Microsoft president Jon Shirley acquired his first work by the preeminent 20th-century sculptor Alexander Calder. The 1970 mobile, titled Squarish,...
Global Art Sales Reach $67.8 Billion Showing Signs of ‘Muted Growth’
The global art trade generated $67.8 billion in 2022 according to an annual survey published Tuesday by Art Basel and UBS. That figure marks a...
Hamline University President to Retire Following Campus Controversy
Hamline University President Fayneese S. Miller, who was embroiled in a controversy earlier this year over the school’s dismissal of an art history adjunct professor,...
A New High-Speed Train Connecting Rome and Pompeii Aims to Bolster Tourism
A high-speed railway that will connect the ancient cities of Rome and Pompeii is currently in the works, according to the Art Newspaper. It is...
Michelangelo’s ‘David’ Stopped by ‘Saturday Night Live’ to End the Censorship Debate
Michelangelo’s David itself ended up having the final word on the controversial ouster of a Florida principal after parents complained about children having been shown...
Archaeologists Uncover Ancient Egyptian Zodiac Murals Beneath 2,000 Years of Dirt
Archaeologists with the University of Tübingen, in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, uncovered ancient Egyptian murals depicting the zodiac signs beneath...
Kwame Brathwaite, Influential Photographer Who Proclaimed ‘Black Is Beautiful,’ Dies at 85
Kwame Brathwaite, a photographer and activist whose stylish images forced many to see Black beauty anew, inspiring generations of artists who came after him, died...
Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto Dies at 71, New York’s Jewish Museum Plans Chloé Show, and More: Morning Links for April 2, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, the genre-crossing Japanese musician and composer who was a member...
Contestants on MTV and the Hirshhorn’s Artist Competition TV Series Look Backward to Move into the Future
(Spoiler alert: this article contains information and plot points from the fifth episode of The Exhibit, a docuseries created by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden...
Manhattan DA’s Office Returns 11th Century Antiquity to Cambodia
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office is currently in the news for indicting former President Donald Trump, but it also continues to repatriates looted and stolen...
Russian-Owned Phillips Is Facing ‘Significant Doubt’ Over Its Finances, According to Records
The Russian-owned auction house Phillips is in an uncertain financial position, according to audit records that were reviewed by the Guardian. A recent audit carried...
Munich Museum Takes Down Picasso Portrait Amid Ownership Dispute
A museum in Munich has taken down a Picasso portrait after a recent intervention from the German culture minister over its disputed ownership. “I expressly...