Embattled Belgian Museum Director to Depart, $30 M. Louise Bourgeois Spider Could Smash Records, and More: Morning Links for April 25, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines NEW MANAGEMENT. The director of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Michel Draguet, is...
G.M.’s Profits Fell 18.5% in the First Quarter
General Motors on Tuesday reported an 18.5 percent drop in profits in the first quarter, mainly because of the cost of job cuts and slowing...
As Carlson and Lemon Exit, a Chapter Closes on Cable’s Trump War
They were on very different networks and did very different things to draw very different ratings. But the synchronous exits of Tucker Carlson and Don...
Can Africa Get Close to Vaccine Independence? Here’s What It Will Take.
Just 3 percent of all Covid-19 vaccine doses delivered in 2021 went to Africa, home to a fifth of the world’s population, according to the...
For Many Young Voters, Biden’s Support of Drilling in Alaska Casts Pall
WASHINGTON — In the past three weeks, President Biden’s administration has proposed regulations to speed the transition to electric vehicles, committed $1 billion to help...
2,000-Year-Old Graves Found Near Notre Dame During Excavation for Train Station Expansion
Preventative excavations have uncovered a tranche of graves over two thousand years old on Paris’s Ile de la Cite, the current home of Notre Dame Cathedral, El...
Ron Perelman Pledges $25 M. to Brown University to Build Arts District
The Perelman Family Foundation, headed by cosmetics mogul and art collector Ronald Perelman, has pledged $25 million to Brown University to build an arts district...
German Magazine Editor Is Fired Over A.I. Michael Schumacher Interview
The publisher of a German magazine that ran what it described as a “world sensation” interview with the retired Formula 1 driver Michael Schumacher, but...
Counterfeit Art Dealer Extradited to US After Dodging Jail Time for a Decade
An art dealer who fled the United States 13 years ago after being charged for selling counterfeit artwork online will finally face jail time. On...
Australian Climate Protester Who Spray-Painted Artwork Contests Counter-Terrorism Charge
A climate activist in Australia is fighting a counter-terrorism charge she received after spray-painting an artwork at the Art Gallery of Western Australia in Perth...
Judge Rules in Favor of Yuga Labs in Ryder Ripps Trademark Infringement Case
A California judge awarded Yuga Labs a partial summary judgement in a case the company brought against artist Ryder Ripps and his business partner Jeremy...
300-Year-Old Hindu Idols Looted from Indian Temple Were Discovered in a Collector’s Home
Law enforcement in Chennai, India, has seized 55 Hindu idols from an art collector that are suspected to have been looted from temples across the...
Seven Artists Win Coveted Rome Prize, Including Dread Scott and Nao Bustamante
The American Academy in Rome has named the winners of its Rome Prize for the 2023–24 cycle. Of the 36 selected in 11 disciplines, seven...
Taiwanese Sculptor Ju Ming Dies at 85, U.S. Repatriates Peruvian Antiquities, and More: Morning Links for April 24, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines POLICE BLOTTER. More than 30 artworks valued at some £200,000 (about $249,000)...