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Valerie Hillings at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2006. Photo Fairfax Media via Getty Images The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi took another significant step toward its December 11 opening, naming Valerie Hillings as the institution’s inaugural director. In choosing Hillings, the Guggenheim tapped a trusted name for the high-profile appointment. She spent five years …

Guggenheim Veteran Valerie Hillings Tapped as Inaugural Director of Abu Dhabi Branch Read More »

A promotional imae for the Change.org Petition for Akriti Choudhary and other artists’s freedom. Courtesy Change.org In April, two Indian artists Srishti Gupta and Akriti Choudhary were arrested for protesting with factory workers in Greater Noida, an industrial and manufacturing city close to New Delhi, the Art Newspaper reported Thursday. Now, a Change.org petition is …

More Than 2,000 People Have Signed a Petition to Free Two Indian Artists After Protesting for Workers Rights Read More »

View taken on June 11, 2011, in Sarran, southcentral France, shows the Sarran museum (Musée du Président Jacques Chirac). (Photo credit should read JEAN-PIERRE MULLER/AFP via Getty Images) French museums can’t seem to catch a break. Between Wednesday night and early Thursday morning, the Musée du Président Jacques Chirac in the central French town of …

Jacques Chirac Presidential Museum in France Was Robbed Again Read More »

Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow. Photo: Sam Saunders/Wikimedia Commons. Campaigners, politicians, and arts figures are calling on the Scottish government to intervene over the possible sale of the archive of Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts, according to The Art Newspaper. The collection was listed among the assets of the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA), which was recently …

Sale of Insolvent Glasgow Art Center’s Archive Would Be an ‘Irreversible Loss,’ Critics Warn Read More »

Flávia Almeida. Courtesy Museu de Arte de São Paulo Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MASP), one of the world’s most closely observed museums in the art-rich biggest city in Brazil, promoted Flávia Almeida from vice-president to president, to direct the institution after 12 years of leadership by Heitor Martins. As reported by ArtReview, Almeida …

Sao Paulo’s MASP Names Flavia Almeida as New President Read More »

WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 20: The entrance to the Smithonian National Musuem of African Art located along the Nationa Mall is seen on August 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. The museum is one of 19 Smithsonian Institute museums in Washington, DC, and New York, NY. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images) Getty Images The Smithsonian …

7 Smithsonian Museums Abruptly Closed Over Mechanical Issue Read More »

A hazy view of the Albany city skyline is seen from Prospect Park on Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Troy, N.Y. Albany Times Union via Getty Ima The New York State Museum in Albany has been accused of misusing $597, 624 in federal grant funds between 2020 and 2022, the Times-Union reported Wednesday. The finding …

Federal Investigation Finds New York Museum Misused $600,000 in Grants With Inflated Time Sheets Read More »

A seven-foot-tall marble sculpture from the ancient city of Sardis. Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Turkey. A seven-foot-tall marble statue from the 5th century BCE has emerged from under what used to be a Roman roadway in the ancient city of Sardis, in western Turkey, reports Heritage Daily. A UNESCO World Heritage Site in the …

A Colossal Ancient Marble Statue Emerges at a UNESCO Site in Turkey Read More »

Left: The Holy Vvedenska [Presentation] Church in Beryslav, built in 1726. Right: the charred remains of the church after a Russian drone attack. Photos courtesy of Kherson Regional State Administration Courtesy of Kherson Regional State Administration A Russian drone has reduced to ashes a 1726-built church in Ukraine, which officials say was a rare surviving …

Russian Drone Incinerated 18th-century Ukrainian Church Read More »

Kim Sajet, Ex-Director of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, attends the 2019 American Portrait Gala at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery on November 17, 2019 in Washington, DC Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good Morning! A new AI chatbot helps speed up provenance research for Nazi-looted artworks. The …

Kim Sajet Talks to the Times About the Smithsonian, and More: Morning Links for July 31, 2026 Read More »