A 2022 exhibition of artworks held by France in Cotonou. Photo Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Last night, France’s lower house of parliament unanimously voted in favor of a long-anticipated bill to facilitate the restitution of artworks looted during the colonial era, making good on a nearly 10-year-old pledge by French President Emmanuel Macron to return African heritage to …
The Victoria and Albert Museum. dpa/picture alliance via Getty I To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines CHINA’S RED PEN. The Victoria and Albert Museum censored maps and images in its catalogues following objections from its Chinese printer and state authorities over content deemed sensitive to Beijing, the Guardian reports. …
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – APRIL 16: General view of exhibits on Day 2 of Art Dubai 2025 at Madinat Jumeirah Conference and Events Centre on April 16, 2025 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Art Dubai, the Middle East’s leading international art fair, holds its 2025 edition at Madinat Jumeirah. Featuring 120 galleries drawn from …
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Vietnamese-American activists march outside Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House in 2015. Getty Images Late last week, the Trump administration published plans proposing to make exterior improvements to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, a building adjacent to the White House. In a 15-page proposal, the administration calls for painting the French Second Empire–style …
A teaser image for the inaugural Somali Pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale. Courtesy Somali Pavilion Each Venice Biennale brings with it the debut pavilions of nations who’ve never before shown at the world’s biggest art exhibition, and these are typically causes for celebration. But in the run-up to the show’s opening in May, the …
Ken Griffin, Founder and CEO, Citadel, speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, on May 2, 2022. AFP via Getty Images Kenneth C. Griffin, the billionaire hedge fund founder and one of the world’s most prominent art collectors, warned Tuesday that the global economy faces a recession if the Strait of …
Gustave Eiffel, Staircase of the Eiffel Tower, Part of Spiral Staircase No. 1 – (1889) Courtesy Artcurial There was a time when monuments were meant to be visited; now, it seems, they can be owned—at least in parts. A section of the original staircase from the Eiffel Tower will go up for auction in Paris on May …
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Alice Bucknell, Staring at the Sun, 2024–25. Courtesy the artist The Medina Triennial, a new recurring art exhibition set to launch in the titular Western New York village this summer, has revealed the artist list for its inaugural edition, due to open on June 6 in close proximity to the Erie Canal. The 39 participants …
An evening event at Alserkal Avenue. Courtesy Alserkal Avenue Alserkal Avenue will stretch its usual Art Week into a five-week “Art Month” from April 18 to May 18, adding grants, temporary warehouse space for collectives, and a commercially focused group show organized with 12 galleries from around the United Arab Emirates. The extension is an …
A rendering of the Portland Museum of Art’s proposed new wing and campus reunification project. Courtesy Portland Museum of Art The Portland Museum of Art (PMA) in Maine closed on its purchase of a new building in the city’s downtown, as well as two adjacent parking lots late last month. The building, previously owned by …
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