Online Activists Are Driving the Fight to Get Stolen Artifacts Repatriated to Nepal
The repatriation to Nepal of four antiquities valued at more than $1 million early this past December included a large pair of gilt-bronze Bhairava masks....
Disney Sought Keith Haring Collaboration Shortly Before His Death, New Biography Reveals
For a good chunk of his career, Keith Haring exhibited a fascination with the cartoons of Walt Disney, scrawling images of Mickey Mouse on the...
Restitution, Repatriation Efforts See Halting Progress Across Europe and the US, amid Shifts in Public Opinion
While restitution has been a central topic in the art world on and off for decades, there has no doubt been a sea change in...
Welcome to the New Era of Restitution and Repatriation
Over the last several years, countries in the Global South, from Nigeria to Mexico, have pursued the return of treasures looted by colonizers with renewed...
Bored Ape Yacht Club Creator Yuga Labs Acquires Rival NFT Company Proof
Yuga Labs, the web3 and lifestyle company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club, recently announced it had acquired rival non-fungible token creator Proof. Proof is...
The ARTnews Guide to a Great Day at Frieze LA
In a little over a week, Frieze Los Angeles returns for its fifth edition, and its second at the Santa Monica Airport. With its move...
Bacon and Monet Landscapes to Lead Christie’s Evening Sale in London
Christie’s big 20th and 21st century art sales in London this year will be led by two landscapes: a dynamic and passionate Francis Bacon and...
Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District Authority May Soon Run out of Funding
The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority (WKCDA), an arts hub in Hong Kong which operates the M+ museum and the Hong Kong Palace Museum, will...
Portland Museum of Art to Cut 13 Positions, Citing Pandemic Fallout
The Portland Museum of Art (PMA) in Maine is cutting 13 positions due to the lingering finance impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, local news outlets...
Met Names Co-Chairs for 2024 Gala ‘The Garden of Time’
The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced on Thursday its co-chairs for the 2024 Met Gala. Jennifer Lopez, Zendaya, Bad Bunny and Chris Hemsworth will join Vogue editor...
Does LACMA Have a Looted Art Problem?
Michael Phillips — producer of The Sting, Taxi Driver and Close Encounters of the Third Kind — learned in early January 2023 that a Buddha sculpture he owned was plundered....
Insurer Says Selfie ‘Pandemic’ Threatens Artworks, Met Names Gala Co-Chairs, Arts Council England to Revise Controversial Warning, and More: Morning Links for February 16, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. HEADLINES BACK TO DRAWING BOARD. The Arts Council England is backtracking, and has announced it will revise...
Pro-Palestine Demonstrators Protest at Art Gallery of Ontario, Marching Through KAWS Show
Dozens of pro-Palestine demonstrators protested on Tuesday at Canada’s Art Gallery of Ontario, where they marched through a vast KAWS show that is currently on...
Rome’s Basilica Ulpia Gets a Controversial Makeover Thanks to a Russian Oligarch
A towering section of the storied Basilica Ulpia in Rome has been rebuilt, sparking mixed reactions from historians and causing others to question whether the...