Aspen Art Fair Launches in July, Taking Some of Intersect Aspen’s Exhibitors With It
This summer, Aspen, the vacation home of numerous powerful art collectors, gets a second art fair. In late July, the Aspen Art Fair will open...
Australian Museum Installs Toilet as a Loophole to Anti-Discrimination Ruling Against Women-Only Exhibition
Multiple works by Pablo Picasso are now featured on the walls of a women’s bathroom stall at the Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Tasmania,...
In Booming Bozeman, Montana, Tinworks Art Aims to Reimagine the American West
One of the many different kinds of development underway in Bozeman, Montana—a small city that since the pandemic began has been a staple of stories...
Dior Pays Homage to Faith Ringgold During Runway Show at Paris’s Musée Rodin
Dior creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri has made a point of including women artists in her runway shows, shining a light on works by Judy...
Judy Garland Museum Aims To Raise $3.5 M. to Buy Back Dorothy’s Stolen Ruby Slippers At Auction
In 2005, the Judy Garland Museum lost a pair of ruby red slippers worn by its namesake in the iconic movie The Wizard of Oz....
Sotheby’s Relocates French Headquarters to Former Home of Famed Paris Gallery
Sotheby’s will relocate its Paris headquarters to 83 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, which was once the home of the famed Galerie Bernheim-Jeune. That puts the...
Former Uffizi Director Poised to Lose Florence’s Mayoral Election by Large Margin
Eike Schmidt, a German art historian who once served as the director of the Uffizi Galleries, seems likely to lose his bid to become mayor...
Rubens Sketch Returns 80 Years After Theft, Ontario Rejects Plan to Build Spa on Modernist Island Complex, and More: Morning Links for June 24, 2024
The Headlines UARTS’S ABRUPT CLOSURE has continued to generate discontent, with union representatives now alleging that the Philadelphia art school doesn’t have the money owed to employees who...
New York’s Mitchell-Innes & Nash to Close Chelsea Space, Transition to ‘Project-Based Advisory’
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, a gallery that represents artists such as Pope.L, Martha Rosler, and Jacolby Satterwhite, will close its Chelsea space and transition away from...
Philadelphia’s UArts Lacks Funds Owed to Employees Under Federal Law, Union Says
The University of the Arts in Philadelphia lacks the funds legally owed to employees, according to union representatives for staff at the abruptly shuttered school....
Architects for the Centre Pompidou 5-Year Renovation Project Have Been Announced
Despite major financial concerns, the Centre Pompidou announced the architects for its forthcoming five-year renovation project. The museum, designed by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano in 1977,...
Man Receives Two-Year Prison Sentence for Stealing a Banksy Artwork in France
After trying to steal a Banksy in Paris, a man received a two-year suspended prison sentence from a French court on Wednesday. The mysterious British...
Florida Gov. DeSantis Vetoes $32 M. in Arts and Culture Grants from 2025 Budget
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis last week vetoed over $32 million in arts and culture grants from next year’s budget, a move that could cripple institutions across Tampa...
Ron DeSantis Slashes Arts Funding, Paris’s Centre Pompidou Defends Renovation Plans, and more: Morning Links for June 21, 2024
The Headlines FLORIDA SLASHES ARTS BUDGET. Governor Ron DeSantis has vetoed over $32 million in arts and culture grants that had already been approved by the state legislature...