Iconic Installation by Mary Miss in Des Moines Is Temporarily Saved from Demolition
An Iowa court has issued a restraining order that will temporarily halt the demolition of an iconic Land art installation by Mary Miss that has...
Paris Again Considers Resurrecting Richard Serra Sculpture from Storage
A monumental steel sculpture by Richard Serra that has been held in a storage facility overseen by the city of Paris for several years may...
Arles Café Modeled After Van Gogh’s Famous Painting Closed for Legal Reasons
A café in the southern French town Arles, made to resemble a bistro painted by Vincent Van Gogh, has been closed for legal reasons since...
Rare Collection of Frank Auerbach Paintings To Be Showcased in Venice during the Biennale
For the first time since the German-British painter Frank Auerbach was awarded the Golden Lion while representing Great Britain during the Venice Biennale in 1986,...
Jane Fonda Partners with Gagosian and Christie’s for Art Charity Auction against Oil Drilling Referendum in California
Actress and activist Jane Fonda is partnering with Gagosian and Christie’s for a two-part benefit aimed at raising funds to combat a referendum on California’s...
Former Uffizi Director Eike Schmidt Runs for Mayor of Florence with Support of Italian Right
After months of speculation, the self-described “Aristotelian centrist” Eike Schmidt, former director of the Uffizi galleries, has launched a bid to become the next mayor...
Former Uffizi Director Runs for Mayor, Rare Eva Hesse Show Headed to Hauser & Wirth, Artist Dinh Q. Lê Dies, and More: Morning Links for April 8, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES CAREER PIVOT. The former director of the Uffizi gallery in Florence,...
Hauser & Wirth to Mount Rare Exhibition of Major, Museum-Loaned Works by Eva Hesse
The precocious sculptor Eva Hesse, who died of a brain tumor in 1970 at age 34, is considered one of the titans of Post-Minimalist art...
Dinh Q. Lê, Artist Who Charted Vietnam’s Fractured Past and Present, Dies at 56
Dinh Q. Lê, an acclaimed Vietnamese artist who showed how his nation’s collective consciousness had been transformed by conflict and the loss of history, has...
At NFT.NYC, Web3 Types Focus on Merchandising and the Art World Heads Elsewhere
When NFT.NYC was established in 2018, it brought together a tight-knit community of Web3 nerds. But, by 2021, it had exploded into a monster convention,...
Colorado Gallery Sells Mayan Artifacts Despite Demands To Stop From Mexican Officials
An auction house in Colorado recently sold several historic Mayan artifacts, despite Mexican officials requesting the cancellation of the sale. On March 26, Mexico‘s culture...
Auction of African Art Secretly Stored in Houston Shed Canceled After Purported Owner Files for Bankruptcy
In 2020, a discreet maintenance shed in Houston was discovered to house more than 1,000 pieces of “priceless” African art with no known provenance. After...
François Pinault’s Grandson Replaces Him on the Christie’s Board
François Louis Nicolas Pinault, the 26-year-old grandson of François Pinault, replaced the Kering founder as director on the board of the auctioneer of Christie’s on...
A $20-30 M. Lucio Fontana from the Rachofsky Collection could Set Auction Record at Sotheby’s in May
Lucio Fontana’s Concetto spaziale, La fine di Dio (1964), which has been in the Cindy and Howard Rachofsky collection for over two decades, will come up for...