Animal Rights Activists Plaster King Charles III Portrait with ‘Wallace and Gromit’ Stickers
Jonathan Yao’s divisive portrait of King Charles III has been vandalized with stickers by two animal rights activists. The group Animal Rights shared a video...
Former Vatican Staffer Arrested for Sale of Missing Bernini Manuscript
Vatican authorities have arrested a former employee for attempting to sell a 17th-century manuscript by Gian Lorenzo Bernini that he allegedly stole from an official...
Photofairs Cancels New York Iteration for 2024
After the inaugural edition of Photofairs New York took place last September steps from The Armory Show, it will not take place this year. A spokesperson...
Art Basel Welcomes First Visitors, Academy Museum to Revise Show on Jewish Hollywood History, Oxford University Returns Hindu Relic, and More: Morning Links for June 11, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES UNDER REVIEW. The Academy of Museum Motion Pictures in Los Angeles announced Monday...
The Riotous Basel Social Club Returns—This Time on 50 Acres of Farmland South of the Messeplatz
Cows are among the attendees at the much-anticipated third edition of the itinerant Basel Social Club (BSC) this week. Rather than being in central Basel,...
Sidney Felsen, Cofounder of Printmaking Workshop Gemini G.E.L., Dies at 99
Sidney Felsen, cofounder of the famed printmaking workshop Gemini G.E.L., died of renal failure on June 9 in his Los Angeles home. He was 99. ...
Staff at American Folk Art Museum, Glenstone Museum Vote to Unionize
Staff at the American Folk Art Museum in New York and the Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland, have voted to unionize. The election results among...
Auditing Body Warns Centre Pompidou’s Major Renovation Project is ‘Underfunded’
As the Centre Pompidou‘s planned five-year renovation of its Paris flagship approaches its 2025 start date, new questions arise over the financial viability of the...
Kehinde Wiley Denies New Allegations of Sexual Assault from Activist Derrick Ingram
For a second time, Kehinde Wiley denied allegations of sexual assault after new claims emerged Monday morning. On Instagram, activist Derrick Ingram accused Wiley, a...
Hundreds Laid Off from Philadelphia’s UArts in Conference Call on Last Day of Operations
Some 600 staffers at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts were laid off on a conference call Friday, on what the college said was its final...
Mass Layoffs at Philly’s UArts, New Museum Set for Naples, Glenstone Workers Vote to Unionize, and More: Morning Links for June 10, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES CLOSED FOR BUSINESS. More details are emerging about the sudden closure...
Former Staff at Carpenters Workshop Gallery Allege Sexual Misconduct, Questionable Accounting
A report published in Air Mail features allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior, questionable accounting, and more at Carpenters Workshop Gallery. The weekly newsletter’s report, published...
Christie’s Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit Over Client Data After Cyberattack Shuts Down Website
If there’s one thing wealthy people have access to, it’s lawyers. As a result, a client of Christie’s recently filed an class-action lawsuit against the...
Mastermind of ‘Canada’s Largest Art Fraud’ Guilty of Peddling Fake Norval Morrisseau Works
A second suspect has plead guilty to charges of fraud in the case dubbed by investigators as “Canada’s largest art fraud investigation,” according to CBC...