British Museum Receives $1.2 B. Worth of Chinese Ceramics, the Largest Gift in its History
The British Museum has been gifted one of the world’s most prodigious collections of Chinese ceramics, worth £1 billion ($1.27 billion), in what is likely...
Manhattan District Attorney’s Office Returns More Than 1,400 Antiquities Worth $10 M. to India
The Manhattan District Attorney‘s Office has announced the return of 1,440 artifacts, collectively valued at $10 million, to India. The items were recovered as part...
Sotheby’s Agrees to Pay New York 6.25 M. To Settle Art Sales Tax Fraud Case
Sotheby’s has agreed to pay the State of New York $6.25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Letitia James, that alleged the...
Iceland’s Top Fishing Company Wins Judgment Against Icelandic Artist Over ‘Fishrot Scandal’
On Thursday, a judge in the UK ruled in favor of Iceland’s largest fishing company, Samherji, after it sued an Icelandic artist who, posing as...
Walter Dahn, German Painter Who Led the Charge Against Prevailing Styles, Dies at 70
Walter Dahn, an artist whose paintings reacted against Minimalism and Conceptualism with humor and grace, earning him a cult following both within Germany and abroad,...
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Suburbs South of Beirut
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Suburbs South of Beirut...
British Museum Receives Its Most Expensive Gift, Michelangelo May Have Painted a Woman with Breast Cancer, Two Ben Enwonwu Works Discovered, and More: Morning Links for November 14, 2024
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines BRITISH MUSEUM RECEIVES MOST VALUABLE GIFT. The British Museum has received...
Explosions Go Off Near Brazil’s Government Offices
Explosions Go Off Near Brazil’s Government Offices...
San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum to Close to the Public for a Year or More
The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco will shutter its galleries for at least a year, a move that its leadership attributed to continued financial...
Pro-Palestine Activists Call for MoMA to Sever Ties with Honorary Chairman Ronald S. Lauder
Last night, pro-Palestine protestors gathered outside the Museum of Modern Art in New York as it hosted the annual assembly for the World Jewish Congress,...
Anna Weyant Graces the Cover of ‘Vogue’ with a Portrait of Kaia Gerber
A recent cover of Vogue‘s December 2024 issue may look strikingly familiar to art world audiences, who may recognize it as the work of Canadian...
Yves Bouvier to Stand Trial in France Over Missing Picasso Artworks
A French court has ruled that Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier and his business partner Olivier Thomas should stand trial over allegations related to the...
Hauser & Wirth Asia Managing Partner Elaine Kwok Departs After Two Years
Elaine Kwok, a veteran of the Hong Kong art market, has officially left her position at Hauser & Wirth after a two-year stint. The gallery...
Steve McQueen Pulls Out of Film Festival in Protest of Its Leader’s Comments on Female Cinematographers
Steve McQueen, a Turner Prize–winning artist and filmmaker, said he would not appear at a Polish film festival after the event’s leader published a controversial...