Artist Joseph Awuah-Darko Accuses Kehinde Wiley of Sexual Assault
British-born, Ghana-based artist Joseph Awuah-Darko accused star artist Kehinde Wiley of sexual assault in an Instagram post published Sunday and said that he is seeking...
Jerry Gogosian Apologizes After Mocking Sotheby’s Auctioneer’s Name
As the May auctions drew to a close this week, Hilde Lynn Helphenstein, the person behind the popular Instagram account Jerry Gogoisan, issued an apology...
Dealer Nino Mier Weighs Closing Los Angeles Galleries After Being Accused of Underpaying Artists
Dealer Nino Mier may close four of his gallery’s eight locations after an Art Newspaper report revealed an alleged pattern of underpayments to artists. Artnet...
Chilean Authorities Return 117 Fossils to Morocco
Chilean authorities returned 117 fossils dating back 400 million years to Morocco in a repatriation ceremony at the National Library of Chile in Santiago on...
Saint Martins College Students Take Control of the School’s Reception Area in Pro-Palestine Protest
Students at the University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins, a top art school in the U.K., took over the school’s reception area earlier...
British Museum Announces It Has Recovered 268 More Missing Objects Following Theft Scandal
The British Museum announced in a statement Friday that it had located 268 objects that were either missing or stolen from its collection. The museum...
X’s Latest Viral Sensation Is a Venice Biennale Artwork About a Nonbinary God
There have been many talked-about works at the current Venice Biennale, from a Golden Lion–winning Mataaho Collective installation formed from tie-downs to an assortment of...
O’Keeffe Among Highlights of Christie’s Auction, Dublin-NY Portal Shut Down, Artist Katherine Porter Dies, and More: Morning Links for May 17, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES STEADY GROUND. Christie’s evening sales on Thursday fell firmly within estimates,...
Archaeological Remains Revealed Due to Severe Drought in Spain
A severe drought in 2019 revealed previously flooded archaeological sites among the Valdecañas reservoirs in Spain’s Cáceres province, reported El Pais. Experts excavated 93% of the...
California’s Famed Wayfarers Chapel, Designed by Lloyd Wright, to Be Dismantled
The Wayfarers Chapel in Ranchos Palos Verdes, California, is set to be dismantled and stored until a new site is determined for it to be...
Joe Zucker, Painter of Canvases That Subverted Conventions, Dies at 83
Joe Zucker, one of the most elusive talents to emerge in the wake of the Abstract Expressionist boom of the postwar era, died on May...
Hoor Al Qasimi to Curate 2026 Sydney Biennale, Its 25th Edition
The Biennale of Sydney has appointed Hoor Al Qasimi, one of the world’s top curators, as the artistic director of the recurring exhibition’s 25th edition,...
A Retired Seamstress Was Reunited With the Statue She Posed For 40 Years Later at the Italian American Museum
Whodunnits in the garment center are few and far between these days, but one case of a missing statue was recently cracked by the subject’s...
An Inside Look at How Refik Anadol and Digital Art Were Finally Welcomed into MoMA and the Traditional Art World
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from Token Supremacy: The Art of Finance, the Finance of Art, and the Great Crypto Crash of 2022, an...