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President Trump posted a reportedly AI-generated image of a golden bald eagle on the Truman Balcony at the White House. Truth Social It has, as usual, been a busy week for President Donald J. Trump. No, he hasn’t negotiated an actual peace agreement with Iran (beyond a hazy and already-violated memorandum of understanding), or ended …

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Lisa Schiff. Photo Sylvain Gaboury/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Phillips has sold $1.9 million worth of art from the holdings of disgraced art advisor Lisa Schiff—and the sales are not finished yet. According to a list provided by a Phillips spokesperson, the house has so far sold 231 pieces from Schiff’s collection of contemporary art. …

Phillips Has Sold Nearly $2 M. Worth of Art from Disgraced Art Adviser Lisa Schiff’s Collection Read More »

The Lalique Museum. Courtesy Lalique Museum Jewelry worth an estimated €4 million ($4.57 million) was stolen from a decorative arts museum in northeastern France’s Alsace region early on Sunday morning, less than a week after another heist at an archaeological museum on the other side of the country. According to French reports, soon after 5:30 …

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The ancient site of Myrmekion in Crimea. Photo by: PHAS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg has suspended all archaeological expeditions in annexed Crimea as the Kremlin declares a state of emergency amid a severe fuel shortage and continued Ukrainian attacks, according to the Moscow Times. “The expeditions are …

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Musee des civilisations de l’Europe et de la Mediterranee and Fort Saint-Jean. Dukas/Universal Images Group via Good Morning! The Manhattan District Attorney’s office seized dozens of ancient artifacts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in June, bringing the total value of looted objects recovered from the New York institution to $95 million. Christie’s Old Masters …

Marseille Museum President Suspended After Harassment Investigation, Christie’s Old Masters Sale, and More: Morning Links for July 1, 2026 Read More »

Diego Rivera, Landscape with Cacti, 1931. ©2026 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F./VEGAP As controversy has continued to swirl around a mass of important Mexican artworks that were partially rediscovered in the holdings of Spain’s Banco Santander earlier this year, the bank spoke at length about the matter, saying it …

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The British Museum. Photo Leon Neal/Getty Images The United Kingdom’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport has come under fire from a cross-party parliamentary committee, which says the government has done too little to help the country’s national museums navigate increasing financial and security challenges. The report, according to the Art Newspaper, also shows that the …

UK Lawmakers Fault Government’s Oversight of National Museums, Raise Prospect of Admission Fees for Foreign Visitors Read More »

Getty Images’ logo. Photo Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Getty Images and Shutterstock, two of the top photo, video, and stock image marketplaces, called off a $3.7 billion merger after hitting a regulatory roadblock in the United Kingdom. Getty, led by CEO Craig Peters, said on Tuesday that its board of directors unanimously decided to scuttle …

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Zohran Mamdani. Stephani Spindel/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images New York mayor Zohran Mamdani and the speaker of the city council have announced their first budget, totaling $125.8 billion. That will include some $323.8 million for the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), its highest-ever appropriation, as part of the city’s 2027 fiscal year budget, per a …

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The Palace of Westminster in London. Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good morning! A new parliamentary report says the UK government lacks leadership and has a “hands-off” approach to how it funds and cares for national museums. The German conceptual artist and painter …

Parliamentary Report Accuses UK Government of Leaderless Approach to Caring for Museums and More: Morning Links for June 30, 2026 Read More »