Art-Collecting Exes Reach $1 Billion Divorce Settlement, $50 M. Chicago Collection to Auction, and More: Morning Links for March 30, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines THE WORLD OF ACADEMIA. The next dean and deputy director of the International Center of...
Museum of Modern Art Apologizes to Artist Heather Agyepong after Ejection from ‘Black Power Naps’ Installation
The Museum of Modern Art has issued an apology to artist Heather Agyepong after she was ejected from an event intended to highlight how often...
Game-Changing Art Collector Myriam Ullens Dead at 70 After Being Shot by Stepson
Myriam Ullens, a key art collector who, with her husband Guy, transformed the Chinese art scene, died at 70 on Wednesday after being shot outside...
Artist Alia Farid Receives $100,000 After Winning One of the World’s Biggest Art Awards
Alia Farid, a rising star within the international art circuit, has won one of the biggest art prizes in the world: a $100,000 award given...
Union Workers at Hispanic Society Begin Strike Over Stalled Contract Negotiations
On Monday, staff of the Hispanic Society and Library began striking after negotiations between their union representatives at UAW Local 2110 and the Hispanic Society’s leadership...
Old Masters Purposefully Mixed Oil and Egg Yolk to Create Their Masterpieces, New Study Finds
Old Masters such as Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, and Rembrandt van Rijn may have mixed oil and proteins like egg yolk in their paintings,...
Berlin’s Pergamon Museum Closes for Major Renovations, Will Fully Reopen in 14 Years
The Pergamon Museum on Berlin’s Museum Island will completely close for three and half years for a long-term renovation project starting this October. Renovations are...
Scotland Pauses Participation in Venice Biennale, Citing Financial Situation
Due to funding concerns, Scotland will not have a pavilion at the 2024 edition of the Venice Biennale, the world’s oldest and most prestigious exhibition...
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...