Award-Winning Director’s Production Company Apologizes to Artist Referenced in ‘The Square’
The production company cofounded by director Ruben Östlund and producer Erik Hemmendorff has issued an apology to Argentinian artist Lola Arias over the use of...
Gucci Collaborates with Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs in New Metaverse Project
Gucci and Yuga Labs, the company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Collection, announced a collaboration on Monday. “Continuing to explore the Metaverse, the House comes...
Sarah Lucas Wins New Museum’s $400,000 Sculpture Prize
Ahead of a survey set to open at London’s Tate Britain in the fall, Sarah Lucas has been named the first winner of the New...
Palais de Tokyo Can Show Ukraine Protest Painting Accused of Pedophilia, French Court Says
An art scandal that has captured France has taken another dramatic turn, with a court in the country swiftly ruling that Paris’s Palais de Tokyo...
A Guide to the 2024 Venice Biennale National Pavilions
Every other year, the art world flocks to Italy for the Venice Biennale, the world’s grandest and most esteemed recurring art exhibition. Many are coming...
2024 Lyon Biennale Curator Named, Demas Nwoko Gets Golden Lion, and More: Morning Links for March 28, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines FESTIVAL FEVER. In December, the third edition of the roving Thailand Biennale is set to...
Sotheby’s Sale of Glitch Art Postponed After Artists Complain About All-Male Sale
Sotheby’s paused its “Glitch-ism” auction Sunday, days after its March 24 launch, after prominent glitch artists pointed out that the auction, held by Sotheby’s digital...
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...