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The recently renamed Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., 2025. Photo Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., has voted to establish a new endowment in President Donald Trump’s name, apparently creating an additional source of private funding to complement its existing endowments …

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View of a site-specific commission across Messeplatz by Nairy Baghramian for Art Basel 2026. Courtesy of Art Basel To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good morning! The first day sales at Art Basel were stronger than last year, even if it’s no selling frenzy.  An artist who made work criticizing Putin …

First Day of Art Basel Stronger Than Last Year, Anti-Putin Artist Killed, and More: Morning Links for June 17, 2026 Read More »

Getty Images for United Talent A Knicks fans across New York City may be on their way to celebrate the team’s NBA Finals win with a ticker-tape parade this morning, but at least one New Yorker won’t be celebrating just yet. Brooklyn-based artist and designer Gavin Snider has accused Devon Rodriguez—he of the viral subway …

Artist Gavin Snider Accuses Tik Tok-Famous Artist Devon Rodriguez of Stealing Knicks Artworks Read More »

JW3 in London, home of the Jewish Museum London’s temporary exhibition program Two Rooms. Photo Hufton + Crow/View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) The Jewish Museum in London, an almost century-old institution that closed in 2023 amid ongoing financial and organizational challenges, is reopening on June 17. The temporary exhibition space is called Two …

London’s Jewish Museum Reopens in Temporary Location After Three Years Read More »

Soyoung Yoon will be the next director of the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program. Photo Bryan Derballa The Whitney Museum in New York has named Soyoung Yoon as the next director of its Independent Study Program (ISP). She will start in her role on June 16. Yoon will be only the third director in ISP’s …

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A view of the Paula Cooper Gallery at the Art Basel Miami Beach in 2025. Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images Good Morning! New York’s Supreme Court ordered dealer David Nahmad to return a contested Amedeo Modigliani painting to the heirs of a Holocaust victim within 30 days.  Paula Cooper Gallery has won the inaugural Art …

Paula Cooper Wins First Art Basel Gallery Legacy Award, the Last Photographs of Martin Parr, and More: Morning Links for June 18, 2026 Read More »

Willem de Kooning in his studio at 85 Fourth Avenue in New York in 1946. Photo Harry Bowden On Sunday, an expansive exhibition focused on Willem de Kooning’s drawings opened at the Art Institute of Chicago. The show includes some 200 artworks, including paintings, bronze sculptures, and mixed-media works from throughout de Kooning’s seven-decade career. …

Expansive Show Focusing on Willem de Kooning’s Drawings Opens at the Art Institute of Chicago Read More »

The Jefferson Memorial is seen on the National Mall along the Potomac River in Washington, DC. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Getty Images) President Donald Trump’s proposed “National Garden of American Heroes” has hit another setback as a coalition of Washington-era preservation and cultural groups sues to halt its construction. The lawsuit, filed Monday, argues that the …

D.C. Preservationists Sue to Halt Trump’s Sculpture ‘Garden of American Heroes’ Read More »

Teresita Fernández at the Fresco Building, the Menil Collection, Houston. Photo Sarah Hobson The Menil Collection in Houston will reopen its Fresco Building in late 2027, converting the space into a site for site-specific commissions. The first artist to take up the challenge will be New York–based Teresita Fernández. Closed since 2018 and reopening as …

Menil Collection Launches New Commission Program, with Teresita Fernández as Inaugural Artist Read More »

Vincent van Gogh: The Starry Night, 1889. Google Arts & Culture, via Wikimedia A group of scientists at the Polytechnic University of Hauts-de-France in Valenciennes have published a study introducing a newly developed method that they say will help authenticate artworks—and identify potential forgeries. The report was published in the June 2026 issue of Surface …

French Scientists Have Developed a New Technology To Help Identify Forged Artworks Read More »