Man Claims Graceland Foreclosure Scam, Legendary Wu-Tang Clan Album to be Displayed, Flooding Threatens Brazilian Museums, and More: Morning Links for May 29, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES GRACELAND SCAM. A man has claimed he used identity theft to threaten...
6,800-Year-Old Skeleton Unearthed in Germany, Offering New Insight into Neolithic Age
6,800-year-old skeletal remains have been unearthed in Germany, nearly millennia older than the region’s oldest known mummy, offering new insight into Neolithic life. Archaeologists believe...
Workers at Seattle Museum Protest Show, Accusing It of ‘Platforming Zionist Ideology’
A group of workers at the Wing Luke Museum in Seattle led a walkout last week, accusing a current exhibition at the institution of falsely...
FBI Investigating Hundreds of Missing and Stolen Items from British Museum: Report
The FBI is investigating the sale of hundreds of items purchased on eBay suspected to be stolen and missing artifacts from the British Museum, according...
Mummy Dismembered During Museum Renovations in Mexico
The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), Mexico’s governing body for archeological studies on the federal level, is up in arms after the mummified...
Art Basel Subtracts a Plus Sign for Its French Fair, Now Titled Art Basel Paris
Art Basel’s Paris fair will have several notable changes when it opens its third edition this coming October. The first is the fair’s expected relocation...
Hackers Demand Ransom from Christie’s, Seattle Museum Staff Walk Out, Artist Marc Camille Chaimowicz Dies, and More: Morning Links for May 28, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES LIST OF DEMANDS. In a dramatic twist many had feared, on...
Hacker Outfit RansomHub Claims Credit for Christie’s Auction Week ‘Technology Security Issue’
RansomHub, a group of cyber-extortionists who hacked the UnitedHealth subsidiary Change Healthcare in February, has claimed responsibility for hacking Christie’s website earlier this month on the eve...
Performance Artwork Featuring Live Dogs Generates Outcry and Sparks Environmental Rights Inquiry in Mexico City
A Nina Beier performance featuring live dogs was met with allegations of animal abuse this weekend after footage of it went viral on social media....
Beloved New York Gallery David Lewis to Close After 11 Years
After 11 years, David Lewis Gallery will cease operations, joining the slew of galleries across Manhattan to shutter its doors this year. “I entered the...
Destiny Deacon, Aboriginal Artist Who Laughed in the Face of Racism, Dies at 67
Aboriginal readers are warned that this article includes the name of a dead person. Destiny Deacon, an Aboriginal artist who drew out forms of racism...
Stolen Francis Bacon Painting Worth $5.4 M. Recovered by Spanish Police
A painting by Francis Bacon that was stolen in 2015 has been covered in Madrid by Spanish police. The recovered painting is one of five portraits...
Stolen Francis Bacon Recovered in Spain, French Police Find Trove of Looted Antiques, Fotografiska New York Plans Move, and More: Morning Links for May 23, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES LOST, NOW FOUND. Spanish police have recovered a stolen Francis Bacon...
Ketterer Kunst Auction House Celebrates 70th Anniversary with German Art and Pop Art Sale
This June, Germany’s Ketterer Kunst auction house will mark 70 years in the auction business. To celebrate, the house has announced an evening sale of German Expressionist...