Court Decides Activists Who Glued Themselves to Vermeer Painting Don’t Deserve Jail Time
A Dutch court of appeals has decided that a small group of climate activists who received two month in jail for gluing themselves to Johannes Vermeer‘s The...
Vatican Taps Maurizio Cattelan for Venice Pavilion, Tate Britain Addresses Racist Whistler Mural, Artists Shortlisted for HIV/Aids Memorial, and More: Morning Links for March 13, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES VATICAN TAPS CATTELAN. The Vatican has invited Maurizio Cattelan among other artists to exhibit in...
Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023, Per Art Basel UBS Report
The global art market navigated a challenging year in 2023. Auction sales were down on both sides of the Atlantic and there was a conspicuous...
Paris’s Picasso Museum Will Show Work by Françoise Gilot in Permanent Collection Galleries for the First Time
As part of the reinstallation of its permanent collection, the Picasso Museum in Paris will now include a gallery dedicated to the work of Françoise...
Elizabeth C. Babcock to Helm the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum After Previous Founding Director Stepped Down
Starting on June 3, Elizabeth C. Babcock will join the helm of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum as its founding director. Babcock comes to...
Police Will Investigate Pro-Palestine Activists’ Defacement of Arthur Balfour Portrait at Cambridge
Police are investigating an incident of vandalism at Cambridge University in which pro-Palestine demonstrators defaced a portrait of the late British politician Arthur Balfour, who...
Thieves Strip Exhibition of Gold, Françoise Gilot Gets Room at Picasso Museum, Met Workers Urge Museum to Call for Gaza Ceasefire, and More: Morning Links for March 12, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES MUSEUM HEIST. “Ultra-specialized” thieves made off with a $1.3 million-stash of...
Archaeologists in Egypt Unearth 12.5-Foot-Tall Top Section of Ramses II Statue
Archaeologists in Egypt recently discovered a 12.5 foot-tall section of a statue of the pharaoh Ramses II. The discovery of the limestone statue was made...
Art Critic Roberta Smith to Retire, Leaving the New York Times After 32 Years
Roberta Smith, one of the nation’s leading art critics, will step down from her post as co-chief art critic of the New York Times. She...
Smithsonian American Art Museum Hires Dalila Scruggs as First African American Art Curator
Dalila Scruggs joins Smithsonian American Art Museum as the museum’s first-ever Augusta Savage curator of African American art. Scruggs has a background in both educational...
Artists Pull Works from Barbican Show to Protest ‘Censorship’ of Writer’s Talk on Gaza
A group of artists have joined two collectors in their protest of the Barbican Centre in London, which canceled a talk centered on Palestine and...
Head of German Museum Foundation That Canceled Candice Breitz Show Over Gaza Statements Quits
The leader of the foundation that manages the Saarland Museum, the German institution that drew controversy when it canceled a Candice Breitz show last November,...
Stained Glass from ‘Haunted House’ Used by Henry VIII Pulled From Auction
A collection of rare stained glass windows featuring the heraldry of Henry VIII and Ann Boleyn were pulled from a private auction at Duke’s auction...
San Francisco Museum’s CEO Resigns After Artists Lead Pro-Palestine Protest
The interim CEO of San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts resigned last week amid intense pushback surrounding the institution’s response to artists who...