President of Philadelphia’s University of the Arts Resigns After School’s Sudden Closure
The president of Philadelphia’s 148-year-old University of the Arts resigned as the school prepared to wind down operations ahead of its sudden closure. The Philadelphia...
French Culture Minister Tweets About Pursuing New Policy To Deter Climate Activists
After a climate activist covered Claude Monet’s 1873 painting Poppies at Argenteuil with a large sticker at the Musée D’Orsay on Saturday, French culture minister...
Ace Gallery Founder Douglas Chrismas Found Guilty of Embezzlement
Doug Chrismas, the founder of the now defunct blue-chip Ace Gallery in Los Angeles, was found guilty on Friday of embezzling more than $260,000 from...
Art Historian’s Run for Mayor of Florence Faces Pushback from Italy’s Left Wing
Eike Schmidt, a German art historian who formerly served as director of the Uffizi Galleries, has officially launched his campaign to become mayor of Florence....
MFA Houston Can Keep Contested Nazi-looted Bernardo Bellotto Painting: US Appeals Court
A United States appeals court has affirmed a prior ruling that the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Houston can keep an 18th-century painting contested in...
Ace Gallery Founder Convicted, Court Settles Restitution Confusion with MFA Houston, El Museo del Barrio Reveals Details for Trienal, and More: Morning Links for June 4, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES EMBEZZLEMENT CONVICTION. Douglas Chrismas, the 80-year-old, notorious founder of Los Angeles’s...
El Museo del Barrio Names Artist List for Its 2024 Triennial, with an Expanded, Global Focus
El Museo del Barrio has named the 33 artists that will take part in the second edition of its triennial, which will run at the...
Phillips Leads Spring Auctions in Hong Kong With $12.6 M. Basquiat Painting
The recent results of Christie’s and Phillips modern and contemporary evening auctions in Hong Kong provided additional data indicating a shift in the art market...
Ansel Adams Estate Calls Out Adobe for Selling AI-Generated Art Using Photographer’s Name
In an unusually public conflagration between an artist’s estate and a tech giant, the Ansel Adams Trust hit back at Adobe for selling AI-generated images...
Artist Charged for Tagging Courbet’s ‘Origine du Monde’ with #MeToo
Performance artist Deborah De Robertis was charged with the damage and theft of “cultural property” after tagging five artworks, including Gustav Courbet’s L’Origine du Monde,...
Ancient Monument Seahenge May Have Been Built to Fight Climate Change
A prehistoric timber circle on the Eastern coast of England’s country Norfolk known as “Seahenge” may have been constructed to perform rituals intended to curb...
Philadelphia’s University of the Arts Abruptly Closes: ‘We Could Not Ultimately Identify a Viable Path’
Philadelphia’s University of the Arts, a school that dates back more than a century, abruptly announced its permanent shuttering last Friday, leaving the future of...
Monet Vandalized in Paris, Philadelphia Art School Closes, Christie’s Hackers Threaten to Auction Stolen Data, and More: Morning Links for June 3, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES MONET’S POPPIES VANDALIZED. Claude Monet’s famous 1873 bucolic Impressionist painting of...
Monet Painting at the Musée d’Orsay Vandalized by Climate Activist
A climate activist affixed an adhesive poster to a Monet painting at the Musée d’Orsay Saturday. The woman, who said she intended to raise awareness...