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The Centre Pompidou in Paris. De Agostini via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines BAILEY’S BEQUEST. The Intuit Art Museum (IAM) in Chicago, one of the country’s top museums dedicated to self-taught artists, has been gifted 61 works through two donations, reports The Art Newspaper. The largest of …

Intuit Art Museum in Chicago Gifted Trove of Artworks, Hidden Camera Found in Women’s Restroom at Centre Pompidou’s Offices: Morning Links for February 12, 2026 Read More »

A tapestry by El Anatsui that will be offered by Sotheby’s London in March. Courtesy Sotheby’s Next month, during the spring sales in London, Sotheby’s will auction off ten works to raise money for the Royal Academy of Arts in London, which has been in a financial crisis since the pandemic. The works have all …

Sotheby’s Will Sell Works by El Anatsui, Sean Scully, and Others to Benefit Royal Academy of Art Read More »

A display about Donald Trump at the National Portrait Gallery. Photo Kevin Carter/Getty Images Since George Washington, it has been customary for presidents to have an official portrait—usually an oil painting—unveiled shortly after they leave office. That was to be the case for President Donald Trump, who sat for a portrait by artist Ronald Sherr …

Trump Wants the National Portrait Gallery to Commission a New Portrait Read More »

Debra Wimpfheimer will be the next director of the Queens Museum. Photo Claudia Lucia The Queens Museum has named Debra Wimpfheimer as its next executive director. She replaces Sally Tallant, who departed last month ahead of taking on the directorship of the Hayward Gallery in London. Wimpfheimer, a Queens native, has worked for the museum …

Queens Museum Promotes Debra Wimpfheimer to Executive Director Read More »

Titled “King and Queen” (1952-53), the 64-inch-tall bronze has a £15 million ($20.5 million) high estimate. Christie’s A sculpture by English artist Henry Moore that’s fresh to the auction block is headlining Christie’s 20th/21st Century evening sale in London on March 5. Titled King and Queen (1952-53), the 64-inch-tall bronze has a £15 million ($20.5 …

Henry Moore Sculpture Worth £15 M. to Headline Christie’s 20th/21st Century Evening Sale in London this Spring Read More »

The Louvre’s Denon Wing was damaged during a leak that caused “micro-tears” to one painting. Photo Marc Piasecki/Getty Images The Louvre‘s Denon Wing, an area of the Paris museum that hosts masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci, Eugène Delacroix, Théodore Géricault, and many more, sprang a leak on Thursday night, marking the latest difficult turn for …

Louvre’s Denon Wing Springs a Leak, Damaging One Painting—But the ‘Mona Lisa’ Is Safe Read More »

A statue of Joe Frazier will move to the bottom of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s steps. Photo Smith/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images With a beloved statue of Rocky Balboa being moved from the bottom of the Philadelphia Museum of Art‘s steps to its top, the Philadelphia Art Commission has officially selected a replacement artwork: a monument …

Joe Frazier Statue Will Officially Replace Beloved Rocky at Bottom of Philadelphia Museum Steps Read More »

The Louvre. Photo THIBAUD MORITZ/AFP via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines ARTFUL DODGERS. The Louvre has had a rough season since the brazen daylight theft of France’s crown jewels from its gilded halls last October. Now, French police have arrested nine people in connection with an extensive …

Police Arrest Network of Louvre Ticket Fraudsters, London’s National Gallery to Cut Jobs Amid Growing Deficit: Morning Links for February 13, 2026 Read More »

A view from inside last year’s edition of TEFAF New York. Courtesy TEFAF TEFAF New York will return to the Park Avenue Armory from May 15 to 19, 2026, with 88 exhibitors presenting modern and contemporary art, design, jewelry, and antiquities. An invitation-only preview will take place on May 14. The 2026 edition will bring …

TEFAF New York Names 88 Exhibitors for 2026 Edition at Park Avenue Armory Read More »

The courtyard at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston on Dec. 11, 2020. Photo David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Wouldn’t it be fascinating if one of the greatest museum heists of all time was somehow associated with one of the most sordid crime rings in recent history? And wouldn’t it be …

No, The Gardner Museum’s Stolen Rembrandt Is Not in the Epstein Files, Despite Claims in a Viral Video Read More »