Jeff Koons’s ‘Moon Phases’ Sculptures Still Aboard Lunar Lander That May Lose Power
More than 100 Jeff Koons sculptures are still aboard the Nova C (Odysseus) lunar lander, which is likely to soon lose power and communication with...
Painter Emma McIntyre Joins David Zwirner, Becoming the Youngest Artist on Its Roster
Rising New Zealander artist Emma McIntyre has gotten representation with David Zwirner, one of the biggest galleries in the world. The 33-year-old painter is now...
French Agency Developing AlUla in Saudi Arabia Facing Internal Audit
Afalula, the French agency contracted to help Saudi Arabia’s Royal Commission for AlUla (RCU) develop the desert region of AlUla into an arts destination, faces...
Shame’ on Those Who Silence Artists, Responds Shahzia Sikander, MoMA PS1 Protesters Demand Better Wages, Jacob Rothschild dies and More: Morning Links for February 27, 2024
THE HEADLINES To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. SILENCED ARTIST SPEAKS. The University of Houston (UH) has canceled an opening celebration and...
60 Must-See Exhibitions to Visit This Spring
The big themes of the spring season in the world of museums and biennials are migration and mutation. The former is the loose focus of...
Authorities Argue Egon Schiele at Art Institute of Chicago was Nazi Loot
New York authorities issued an official order last week to seize a work by Egon Schiele from the Art Institute of Chicago. Officials of Manhattan’s...
Years-Long Legal Battle Between Former US Ambassador and French Auction House Leader Continues
New details have emerged in a protracted legal battle between a former US Ambassador to France and the leader of France’s Tajan auction house. The...
Firing of Minneapolis Institute of Art of Curator Prompts Accusations of Toxic Work Environment
The recent firing of a curator at the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) has prompted accusations the museum has become “a toxic environment for people...
Documentary About Repatriation of Artworks to Benin Wins Top Honors at Berlin Film Festival
Dahomey, a documentary about the repatriation of 26 artworks from France to Senegal, won the Golden Bear award at this year’s Berlinale film festival, one...
‘Exceptional’ 500-Year-Old Religious Painting Found in Private Collection in Guernsey
A 500-year-old religious painting from the workshop of Flemish artist Pieter Coecke van Aelst was identified among a private collection in Guernsey. The triptych is...
Hundreds of Artists Urge Venice Biennale to Drop ‘Genocidal’ Israeli Pavilion: ‘No Death in Venice’
Hundreds of artists have signed an open letter that calls on the Venice Biennale, the world’s top art festival, to drop Israel’s national pavilion this...
French-Saudi Alula Collaboration Scrutinized, Art Institute of Chicago Accused of ‘Willful Blindness’ in Looted Schiele Controversy and More: Morning Links for February 26, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES SCHIELE RESTITUTION BATTLE. The Manhattan district attorney’s office has filed a...
Rosa de la Cruz, Collector Who Shaped Miami’s Art Scene, Dies at 81
Rosa de la Cruz, a collector whose holdings made her one of the key figures of Miami’s art scene, has died at 81. A family...
Grimes Declares Google Gemini AI the ‘Most Impactful Art Project of the Decade’
Grimes, the Canadian musician and record producer, declared in an X post on Friday that Gemini, the large language model artificial intelligence chatbot developed by...