Nan Goldin Denounced by German Politicians After Speech About Gaza at Berlin Museum
After Nan Goldin gave an impassioned speech about Israel’s war in Gaza on Friday night, German politicians swiftly denounced the artist, who is currently the...
Nan Goldin Addresses War in Gaza at Berlin Exhibition Opening: ‘Are You Afraid to Hear This, Germany?’
With tension mounting surrounding her solo show at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie, Nan Goldin delivered an impassioned speech at the exhibition’s opening in which she called...
House Republicans Have Proposed a Capitol Bathroom Ban. What Museums Could be Affected?
A bill has been proposed in the US House of Representatives that would prohibit the use of single-sex facilities, such as restrooms, locker rooms, and...
This Beloved Austrian Museum May Never Reveal Which Artist Is Doing Its Big Fall Show Next Year
The Kunsthaus Bregenz, a beloved contemporary art museum in Austria, has announced what might already count as the most mysterious show of 2025: an exhibition...
Yale Peabody Museum to Repatriate Native American Remains and Artifacts to Maine Tribes
The Yale Peabody Museum has flagged human remains and eight funerary objects in its collection for repatriation to Native American tribes of the Wabanaki Nations...
Emily Carr Painting Bought for $50 Auctioned for $250,000, San Francisco’s Museums Struggle Financially, and More: Morning Links for November 22, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines FROM BARN SALE TO AUCTION. After being picked up earlier this...
German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece
A marble head of a man dated from 150 CE has been repatriated to Greece by the Archaeological Museum of the University of Münster in...
Magritte’s ‘L’empire des lumières’ Sold for $121 M. Who Else Has Passed the $100 M. Mark at Auction?
On Tuesday night during Christie’s 20th century evening sale, after eleven or so tense minutes of hushed phone conversations behind cupped hands and quick currency conversions,...
Congress Passes Bill That Gives Trump the Power to Designate Art Nonprofits ‘Terrorist Organizations’
On Thursday, the US House of Representatives passed the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, or H.R. 9495, a bill that grants the...
Majority of Britons Support Permanent British Museum Exhibit on Transatlantic Slave Trade
A recent poll found the majority of Britons, 53 percent, support a permanent exhibit at the British Museum about the transatlantic slave trade. New polling...
18th-Century Snuffboxes Stolen from the Cognacq-Jay Museum in Paris
An exhibition of precious miniature objects from the 18th century at the Cognacq-Jay Museum in Paris was robbed on Wednesday, according to Le Monde. Four...
Ken Burns and His ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ Co-Directors on Finding a New Angle on an Icon
More than 500 years after his death, the works of Leonardo da Vinci have never been more ubiquitous. “Mona Lisa” just got her own Lego set,...
Phillips Deputy CEO Amanda Lo Iacono Talks about Focusing on the Next Generation after Things Flatten
On Tuesday night, Phillips New York began its auction week with its modern and contemporary evening sale generating $54.1 million with fees. That result marked a 23 percent drop...
Hong Kong Artist Receives Prison Sentence for Political ‘Subversion’
45 well-known pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong were sentenced in a mass trial on Tuesday under the national security law implemented in 2020, the Hong...