ARTnews in Brief: MOCA LA Names José Luis Blondet Senior Curator, Walker Art Center Hires Rosario Güiraldes
Several major museums, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, have announced new curatorial appointments. Below,...
5 Best Booths at the Dallas Art Fair, From Cowboy Rococo to Intimate Visions of Aging
“If you look at the way Texans dress, you know what kind of work they like,” one attendee of the Dallas Art Fair said of...
UNESCO Resumes Preservation of Endangered Heritage Sites in Bamiyan, Afghanistan
An UNESCO initiative in the imperiled heritage sites of Bamiyan, Afghanistan, has resumed after its sudden pause following the Taliban takeover in 2021. The...
Amateur Archaeologist Finds Ancient Silver Coins Near Viking Castle in Denmark
A young amateur archaeologist discovered a hoard of coins and silver jewelry near a Viking castle in northwestern Denmark that experts believe are more than...
Twitter Removes ‘Government-Funded’ Labels From NPR and Other Media Accounts
Twitter has removed labels that described prominent news organizations as “government-funded” or “state-affiliated” after NPR and public broadcasters in several countries criticized the labels as...
SpaceX Was Probably Behind the Mysterious Spiral in the Alaska Sky
At first, Ronnie Cole thought the bright light in the sky over southern Alaska was an airplane. Mr. Cole, a tour guide with Alaska Photo...
For Earth Day, 7 Inspiring Reads
For the past 53 years, April 22 has been Earth Day. It started as a call for a regeneration of a polluted environment and has...
Nan Goldin’s PAIN Group Takes Its Anti-Sackler Protests to Harvard’s Art Museums, Again
For a second time, on Thursday, Nan Goldin’s anti-Sackler group, PAIN, protested at the Harvard Art Museums, one of the few arts institutions in the...
Dallas Museum of Art Curators Scoop Up $100,000 in Artworks as Local Fair Kicks Off
On Wednesday, curators from the Dallas Museum of Art gathered at the Dallas Art Fair to decide which works they would acquire for the museum...
Meet Alice Audouin, the Art World’s Go-To Sustainability Specialist
Over the past two decades, Alice Audouin has become the go-to liaison in Europe between the art world and all things sustainable and ecological. With...
Tiffany & Co. Plans Art-Filled New York Flagship, Collector Ron Perelman Pledges $25 M. to Brown, and More: Morning Links for April 21, 2023
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines ON CAMPUS. Collector Ronald O. Perelman has pledged to give $25 million to his alma mater, Brown...
SpaceX’s Starship Kicked Up a Dust Cloud, Leaving Texans With a Mess
As the most powerful rocket ever built blasted from its launchpad in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday, the liftoff rocked the earth and kicked up...
Can Intelligence Be Separated From the Body?
What is the relationship between mind and body? Maybe the mind is like a video game controller, moving the body around the world, taking it...
The Drug in ‘Tranq Dope’ Is Great for Horses but Horrific for Humans
Penny, a 3-year-old sorrel mare with a white blaze, had been slobbering her feed and fighting her bit, signs of a likely toothache. An exam...