Pro-Gaza Protestors Occupy Brooklyn Museum, Calling for Divestment from Israel
As afternoon dimmed into evening Friday, the Brooklyn Museum became the stage of one the most fervent Gaza solidarity actions yet to descend on a...
Basquiat Painting Sells for $12.6 M. at Phillips Hong Kong
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 1982 work Native Carrying Some Guns, Bibles, Amorites on Safari sold for $12.6 million at a Phillips modern and contemporary art evening sale in Hong...
Following Calls to Remove ‘Unflattering’ Portrait from Australia’s National Portrait Gallery, Billionaire Gifted a Different Portrait of Herself
If you can’t beat them, join them—as the old saying goes—or, perhaps, give them something else to discuss. This seems to be the attitude of...
Curator Vincent Honoré’s Suicide Labeled a ‘Work Accident’ by French Social Security
The suicide of Vincent Honoré, a well-known French curator who served as head of exhibitions at the MO.CO Montpellier museum, was the subject of a...
6,000 Looted Artifacts Recovered by Iraqi Government
More than 6,000 historical artifacts smuggled out of Iraq after the fall of Mosul in 2014 have been recovered, according to the publication Al-Monitor. The announcement...
44 Museum Shows to See This Summer
Perhaps you seek more at a museum this summer than just strong AC and a good permanent collection? You’re in luck. The summer, typically a...
Dutch Police Recover Two Diamonds Stolen from TEFAF Maastricht
Authorities have recovered two diamonds stolen from TEFAF Maastricht in 2022 in a brazen daytime heist. That year, in plain view of astounded visitors, several...
Art Collector Ron Perelman’s $410M Insurance Claim Will Head to Trial
During a summary judgement hearing Wednesday in Manhattan, New York State Supreme Court Justice Joel Cohen ruled that the case betwen businessman Ron Perelman, who...
‘Niki’ Review: Charlotte Le Bon Stars in a Pretty but Flimsy Portrait of an Artist Minus Her Art
It is an ongoing mystery why so many artists’ biopics, though undoubtedly coming from a place of deep admiration, choose to ignore the very thing...
Chanel and Shanghai’s Power Station of Art Sign Long-term Partnership
Just in time for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of China-France diplomatic relations and the Year of Cultural and Tourism exchange between the two countries, Chanel and...
Breakthrough in TEFAF Heist Case, Sotheby’s to Layoff Dozens in UK, Cleveland Museum Returns Libyan Artifacts, and More: Morning Links for May 30, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES TEFAF HEIST. Police have recovered two stolen diamonds robbed in plain...
US Returns 600 Looted Antiquities Worth $65 M. to Italy
On Tuesday, Italy officially welcomed 600 antiquities from the United States, worth a collective $65 million, that were looted years ago and scattered in the...
Sotheby’s Will Reportedly Lay Off Dozens of Employees in the UK
Sotheby’s, one of the largest auction houses in the world, is set to lay off dozens of workers employed in the UK, according to a...
Extremely Rare Wu-Tang Clan Album to Be Played at Australian Exhibition
A rare album secretly recorded by the hip hop band Wu-Tang Clan is slated to be part of an exhibition at Tasmania’s Museum of Old...