On the Eve of Art Basel Hong Kong, Major Institutional Players Paint an Optimistic Outlook for the City’s Art Scene
Last Tuesday, Hong Kong lawmakers passed an overarching national security legislation, widely known as Article 23, through a unanimous vote that augments the existing national...
Liste Basel’s 2024 Edition Will Bring Together 91 Galleries from 35 Countries
The Liste Art Fair in Basel, Switzerland, has announced the participating galleries for the 2024 edition. Running concurrently with Art Basel and in the Messe...
Ancient Chinese Cemetery Is Unearthed in Hubei Province
An ancient cemetery packed with more than 100 tombs and cultural artifacts has been found by archaeologists in China’s Hubei province. Last summer, the Baizhuang...
Sotheby’s Ordered by New York Court to Reveal Consignor and Buyer of Tiepolo Painting
A New York State Supreme Court judge ruled that Sotheby’s must reveal both the consigner and the buyer of a Giovanni Battista Tiepolo painting purchased...
Anthony van Dyck Painting Belongs to Bankrupt British Socialite, UK Judge Rules
A UK judge has ruled that a prized Anthony van Dyck painting will not be exempt from contentious bankruptcy proceedings. The decision of the high...
Metropolitan Museum of Art Hires Its First Provenance Research Head
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has named Sotheby’s executive Lucian Simmons to the newly created head of provenance research. Simmons is currently vice chairman...
Damien Hirst Formaldehyde Sculptures Beleaguered Reports of Fuzzy Dating
One of Damien Hirst’s signature works, an $8 million, 13-foot tiger shark split into three sections, each suspended in formaldehyde, serves as a main attraction...
Ex-Husband of Murdered Dealer Arrested, Another Backdated Hirst Sculpture Revealed, Lawmakers Pursue Smithsonian Jewish History Museum, and More: Morning Links for March 22, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES UNDER CONSIDERATION. Citing a reported spike in antisemitism, legislators introduced a...
Australian Museum Faces Lawsuit for Artwork That Men Cannot Enter
Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) is facing a lawsuit for exhibiting an artist’s Ladies Lounge installation that only allows women to enter...
Ex-Husband of Murdered Art Dealer Brent Sikkema Arrested in New York
The ex-husband of Brent Sikkema, an esteemed art dealer who was murdered in Brazil in January, was arrested in New York on Wednesday. Hyperallergic confirmed...
Paris’s École des Beaux-Arts Under Fire for Destroying Book with Sexual Harassment Allegations
The École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris is under fire after reports that it confiscated and destroyed copies of a recently published book that...
Promotions for Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Album Projected on Major New York Museums
Promotions for Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” album were recently projected onto several museums in New York City ahead of its hotly-anticipated release on March 29. The...
Ralph Lemon, Polymathic Dancer, to Get His First US Survey at MoMA PS1
Ralph Lemon, a MacArthur-winning dancer, choreographer, and artist who has been influential for many, will later this year get his first US survey in the...
Louvre Receives Bomb Threat Targeting ‘Mona Lisa’
The Louvre Museum in Paris received a bomb threat that targeterd the Mona Lisa, among other masterworks, early this past Sunday, according to the French...