SpaceX Rocket Carrying Jeff Koons’s 125 Moon Sculptures Finally Takes Off
After many delays, Jeff Koons‘s 125 sculptures were finally sent to the moon early this morning from Cape Canaveral at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in...
UNESCO Reports 341 Cultural Sites in Ukraine Damaged, Puts Recovery Costs at $9 B.
Last April, UNESCO reported that 248 heritage sites in Ukraine had been damaged amid Russia’s 2022 invasion, and estimated that the total cost of destruction...
Jeff Koons Sends Sculptures to Space, Modigliani Restituted Thanks to AI-backed Research, 341 Ukrainian Heritage Sites Damaged, and More: Morning Links for February 15, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. HEADLINES SLIPPERY SLOPE. The Arts Council England (ACE) is facing criticism over a new, hot-button policy warning UK...
8,200-Year-Old Rock Art Identified in Patagonia, Argentina
A remote cave in Argentina, was recently identified as the site of one of the earliest known examples of rock art in Patagonia, which was...
Activists Protest at MoMA on Valentine’s Day Over Donor Henry Kravis
Activists protested at the Museum of Modern Art in New York on Valentine’s Day with demands that the institution cut ties with Henry Kravis, co-founder...
Arts Council England Faces Criticism Over Policy Discouraging ‘Political Statements’
The Arts Council England (ACE), a UK government agency that provides funding to museums and arts spaces across the country, is facing criticism over a...
Russian Artist Threatens to Dissolve $45 M. of Artworks by Picasso, Rembrandt if Julian Assange Dies in Prison
A Russian artist has vowed to dissolve masterpieces by Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, and Andy Warhol with acid if Wikileaks founder Julian Assange dies in prison. ...
Tate Picks Mire Lee, Sculptor of Goopy and Horrifying Installations, for Turbine Hall Commission
Sculptor Mire Lee, a rising star of the international art scene, has been selected to do Tate Modern‘s Turbine Hall commission, which sets grand, epic...
Suspect Arrested in Relation to the Theft and Destruction of Bronze Jackie Robinson Statue in Kansas Park
Wichita Police recently announced that a 45-year-old man was arrested in connection with the theft of a bronze Jackie Robinson statue from a city park...
Climate Activists Target Botticelli’s ‘The Birth of Venus,’ Loewe’s Next Craft Prize Set for Paris, Protestors Crash New York’s Jewish Museum, and More: Morning Links for February 14, 2024
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A Vast Gift of Calder Sculptures Could Change the Seattle Art Museum—and the Surrounding City—Forever
Museum shows come and go, but a grand Alexander Calder exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum may just reshape the institution for much of the...
Police Charge Australian Gallerist with Nine Counts of Theft and Seize 20 Works
After two years of legal battles between Australian art dealer Tove Langridge and several artists, Queensland Police charged the TW Fine Art owner with nine...
Botticelli’s Birth of Venus Targeted by Climate Activists in Florence
Two climate activists affixed images of environmental destruction to the glass panel protecting Botticelli’s fifteenth century masterpiece The Birth of Venus at the Uffizi Gallery...
Protestors Disrupt Talk at Jewish Museum, Calling Show About Hamas Attack ‘Propaganda’
Protesters disrupted a talk at New York’s Jewish Museum last night to demonstrate against a current exhibition by Israeli artist Zoya Cherkassky, who is showing...