The American Museum of Natural History. Getty Images The American Museum of Natural History, home to a famous model whale and gem collection as well as a gleaming planetarium on the Upper West Side of New York, has made plans to repatriate hair samples taken from Native Americans in the 19th century as part of …
Lonnie G. Bunch III. Getty Images On Saturday, July 4, the Trump Administration released a scathing 162-page report accusing the Smithsonian‘s National Museum of American History of “institutional capture by a radical, activist ideology.” On Tuesday, Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III finally responded. In an email to staff obtained by the Washington Post and …
Felt collages by Jody Paulsen of South Africa presented at Cape Town gallery SMAC’s booth at Untitled Miami Beach art fair in 2017. Sean Drakes/Getty Images South African artist Kate Gottgens recently took to social media to accuse Cape Town gallery SMAC of failing to either pay her for works the gallery had sold or …
One of Jonathan Allen’s “Interruptions” at the Whitney Museum. Courtesy the artist Last week, Whitney Museum displays that advertised the current Whitney Biennial briefly bore unsanctioned messages in support of Palestine, courtesy the artist Jonathan Allen. According to the Forward, on July 3, Allen placed translucent vinyl stickers on certain displays at the New York …
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Hauser & Wirth London. Courtesy Hauser & Wirth Todd-White Art Photography/Ben F Swiss-based megagallery Hauser & Wirth was cleared on Thursday of charges of violating Russia sanctions by selling an artwork by George Condo to Alexander Popov, a person connected with Russia. Judge Tony Baumgardner dismissed the criminal charges, saying prosecutors had not proven that …
People viewing the Bayeux Tapestry, which is making a rare journey back to England in 2026. Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images Escorted in secret by police under the cover of darkness, the millennium-old Bayeux Tapestry finally arrived to London’s British Museum on Friday. The long-awaited but controversial loan from France was welcomed at 2:48 am …
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An icon was among the artifacts seized. HMRC British national Jonathan Hornby is the first from his country to be convicted of violating the UK’s sanctions on exports of luxury goods to Russia, imposed in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which was launched on February 24, 2022. Hornby, managing director of a logistics …
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The Belgian satellite of Paris’s Centre Pompidou, KANAL, is sure to have a major impact on the Brussels scene when it opens in 2025. Photo Bart Grietens/Fondation KANAL Stichting To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good Morning A fire broke out near the roof of the forthcoming Kanal–Centre Pompidou museum in …
The Canadian Museum for Human Rights, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Photo by Sebastien ST-JEAN / AFP The leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) has criticized Heritage Minister Marc Miller for suggesting the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg should alter the language of its exhibition on Palestinian displacement. The backlash against Miller—who had …
Jonathan Bruce Williams’s 2025 exhibition at Kai Matsumiya. Courtesy Kai Matsumiya Artist Jonathan Bruce Williams sued New York’s Kai Matsumiya last month, alleging that the gallery still owes him more than $16,000 for two artworks that sold from his 2025 show there. Located near Tribeca, one of the city’s most densely populated gallery districts, Kai …
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