Beatles Painting Made Between Tokyo Performances Sells for $1.7 M. at Christie’s
The Beatles are best known for their iconic albums, and not necessarily for their visual art. But a painting made and signed by all four...
Munich Museum Alters Title of Painting Depicting Native Americans, Spurring Pushback
The Lenbachhaus museum in Munich has redacted part of the title of a 112-year-old August Macke painting depicting Native Americans, a decision that has spurred...
Ai Weiwei Says Censorship in the West Is ‘Sometimes Even Worse’ Than in Mao’s China
This past weekend, Ai Weiwei, a prominent artist whose gallery delayed his show after he tweeted about the war in Gaza, compared censorship in the...
Norton Batkin, Founding Director of CCS Bard, Has Died
Norton Batkin, the founding director of the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College’s influential program that has fostered multiple generations of curators, died earlier this...
First Century Villa Near Mount Vesuvius May Belong to Pliny the Elder
The ruins of a seafront villa, believed to be where Roman philosopher Pliny the Elder witnessed the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, were uncovered near Naples,...
Curators and Artists Call for Iowa Museum to Reverse Plan to Remove Mary Miss Land Art Installation
Curators and artists have called on the Des Moines Art Center (DMAC), a contemporary art museum in Iowa, to reverse its plan to deconstruct a...
After 35 Years, World Monuments Fund Transfers Management of Angkor Sites to Cambodia
The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has transferred management of three protected sites in the Angkor Archaeological Park to Cambodia’s Authority for the Protection and Management...
Man Dies After Falling at London’s Tate Modern, Causing Museum to Close for the Day
A man died on Friday after falling at Tate Modern in London, the Times of London reports. After the incident, the museum closed for the...
Italian Culture Official Resigns Amid Antitrust Agency’s Probe
Vittorio Sgarbi, Italy’s controversial junior culture minister, resigned as he continued to face mounting scrutiny over an array of matters, including a possible connection to...
British Museum Will Display Glass Gems Stolen from Its Collection
The British Museum will display a small grouping of items it has recently recovered in a new exhibition. Those objects represent just 10 of the...
Online Fundraiser Raises $160,000 in Donations to Replace Stolen, Destroyed Jackie Robinson Statue
A GoFundMe campaign to replace a statue of Jackie Robinson stolen last week from a baseball complex in McAdams Park in Wichita, Kansas has raised...
British Museum to Exhibit Stolen Gems, Artemisia Gentileschi Show Slammed, Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Legal Saga Proceeds, and More: Morning Links for February 2, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines CRIMINAL EVIDENCE ON VIEW. As promised, the British Museum will exhibit...
University of New Hampshire’s Museum of Art to Permanently Close
The Museum of Art at the University of New Hampshire will permanently close, director Kristina L. Durocher announced in an open letter to faculty, staff,...
‘Effeminate’ Jesus Poster Stirs Controversy in Spain
Conservative Roman Catholics in Seville, Spain have deemed a poster of Jesus Christ, created to promote Easter week, offensive. The poster depicts Christ half nude...