MoMA Promotes Michelle Kuo to Chief Curator at Large and Publisher
New York’s Museum of Modern Art has promoted Michelle Kuo, a curator in the painting and sculpture department, to one of the most high-ranking curatorial...
Rijksmuseum Director to Criminal Underworld: ‘Can We Have Our Frans Hals Painting Back?’
As the Rijksmuseum prepares for an exhibition of 50 Frans Hals paintings set to open this Friday, its director general Taco Dibbits, during a press conference,...
Toppled Slave Trader Edward Colston Statue Expected to be Permanently Installed in Bristol Museum
The fate of a statue of 18th-century slave trader Edward Colston toppled by Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020 will finally be decided, as a proposal to put it...
Two Star Artists Pull Shows in Berlin, Claiming Museum Would Not Exhibit Pro-Palestine Gesture
Banu Cennetoglu and Pilvi Takala, two artists who are well-known on the international biennial circuit, said last week that they had pulled exhibitions planned for...
AI Companies Take Hit as Judge Says Artists Have ‘Public Interest’ In Pursuing Lawsuits
Artists have secured a small but meaningful win in their lawsuit against generative artificial intelligence art generators in what’s considered the leading case over the...
Submerged Stone Age Wall May Be Europe’s Oldest Known Structure, Toppled Edward Colston Statue Heads to Museum, and More: Morning Links for February 13, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The headlines STONE AGE WONDER. Researchers may have found Europe’s oldest known “megastructure” built by...
Hammer Museum Names Essence Harden and Paulina Pobocha as Curators for 2025 Made in L.A. Biennial
The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles has named the two curators who will take on the next edition of its acclaimed biennial, Made in L.A....
Pro-Palestine Demonstrators Stage Sit-In at British Museum over BP Deal
On February 11, pro-Palestinian protestors recently staged a sit-in at the British Museum over its 10-year deal with BP. Last December, the museum announced a...
Günter Brus, Viennese Actionist Who Used His Body to Break Taboos, Dies at 85
Günter Brus, one of the last surviving artists associated with the Viennese Actionism movement, died on Sunday in Graz at the age of 85. News...
Virtual Reality Brought Van Gogh’s Masterpieces to Life and Broke the Musée d’Orsay’s Attendance Records
The Musée d’Orsay marked a “historic record” for 793,556 visitors for its exhibition “Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise.” The show attracted a daily average of 7,181...
MoMA Returned Valuable Chagall Painting with Disputed Provenance in 2021
In 2021, New York’s Museum of Modern Art returned a valuable Marc Chagall painting from 1913 to the heirs of a prominent German gallerist, settling...
Suspect in Brent Sikkema Murder Claims Ex-Husband Offered Money for Killing of Art Dealer
Alejandro Triana Prevez, the man who confessed to the murder of New York art dealer Brent Sikkema, told Brazilian authorities Sikkema’s ex-husband, Daniel Sikkema, offered...
Christie’s to Mount Exhibition of Andy Warhol’s ‘Screen Tests’ During Frieze Los Angeles
During the forthcoming Frieze Los Angeles art fair later this month, Christie’s will team up with the Andy Warhol Museum to mount a small show...
Pro-Palestine Protestors Interrupt Tania Bruguera Event in Berlin, Causing Her to End Performance Early
Artist Tania Bruguera cut short a 100-hour reading of a text by Hannah Arendt after pro-Palestine protestors interrupted the event in Berlin. The reading, a...