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...
Activists Protest Israeli President at Museum Opening, Buzzy Van Gogh Sells at TEFAF, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Controversy Continues, and More: Morning Links for March 11, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES PROTEST AT DUTCH HOLOCAUST MUSEUM. Activists gathered near the new National Holocaust...
Chris Rock, Sacha Baron Cohen and Other Celebs Socialize at Gagosian’s Jean-Michel Basquiat Opening Ahead of Oscars
Sacha Baron Cohen and Chris Rock had the good sense to arrive early at the Jean-Michel Basquiat Made on Market Street exhibition at the Larry Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills. They surveyed...
ARTnews China Launches with Gala Celebrating Artistic Dynamism in Chengdu
On January 25th, ARTnews China hosted its much anticipated launch gala in Chengdu, a city renowned for its vibrant cultural landscape. The theme, “The Wild...
Protestor Spray Paints, Slashes Cambridge Portrait of Lord Balfour, Who Established UK Support for Israel
A painting of Lord Balfour, whose eponymous doctrine is considered the catalyst for the 1948 establishment of Israel and the subsequent Nakba, the Palestinian term...
Denver Art Museum Workers Unionize for Better Wages and Working Conditions
Denver Art Museum workers successfully voted to unionize yesterday. They are the first unionized art museum in Colorado. The vote to unionize with AFSCME Council...
Notre Dame Cathedral’s New Spire Gains Golden Rooster Weathervane
Nearly five years after the fire that decimated Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, the reconstructed spire was revealed in an Instagram post yesterday. The oak...
Ingrid Pollard, Giant of the British Black Arts Movement, Wins the World’s Biggest Photography Prize
Ingrid Pollard, an acclaimed photographer associated with the British Black Arts Movement of the 1980s, has won the Hasselblad Award, the world’s biggest photography prize,...
Art World Marks International Women’s Day, Naomi Beckwith Wins David C. Driskell Prize, Protest at Pace Gallery, and More: Morning Links for March 8, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES PROTEST AT PACE. Pro-Palestine activists disrupted the opening of Israeli artist...
Activists Stage Pro-Palestine Demonstration at Pace Gallery Opening for Israeli Artist
An opening at Pace Gallery for the Israeli artist Michal Rovner on March 7 was disrupted by protestors calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Around...
Frida Kahlo Corporation Files Lawsuits Against Amazon Sellers over Trademark Infringement
The Frida Kahlo Corporation filed two lawsuits on March 4 against online merchants in a bid to end the unauthorized reproduction of Kahlo’s likeness and...
MASS MoCA Union Goes on Strike For Second Time in Two Years Amid Wage Negotiations
Late last week, unionized workers at MASS MoCA, the sprawling contemporary art museum in North Adams, Massachusetts, announced that they would begin an “indefinite” strike...
Lucas Samaras, Artist Whose Unclassifiable Works Evoked Strange Psychologies, Dies at 87
Lucas Samaras, an artist whose work in many mediums channeled alternate psychological states, has died at 87. His longtime gallery Pace, which mounted 30 exhibitions...
What Is the Whitney Biennial, and Why Is It Important?
The Whitney Biennial, arguably the most important art exhibition in the US, is nearly upon once more, with this year’s edition opening to the public...