This picture shows a natural pool of water in the centre of the Palestinian village of Lifta, which was abandoned during fighting in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, on the outskirts of Jerusalem, on December 30, 2022. Lifta, a rare example of a still existing abandoned Palestinian village, lies in a bucolic spot at the entrance …
Interior of the Musée Nissim de Camondo in Paris. © MAD, Paris, Photo Laszlo Horvath An attempted robbery at the Musée Nissim de Camondo in Paris was foiled on Saturday night. Le Parisien first reported that the suspect fled when the museum’s alarm system was triggered, prompting Paris police to launch an investigation. Investigators are …
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Each year, we ask the Top 200 Collectors for an update on what they’ve purchased in the past 12 months. The answers always surprise us. Among the highlights that they shared are a 15th-century Pietà by a Follower of Rogier van der Weyden, a complete set of Robert Frank’s The Americans, a wearable work of …
Bon Iver’s 22, A Million (10th Anniversary Edition) with artwork by Eric Timothy Carlson. Courtesy Jajaguwar Bon Iver, whose music has evolved over time from sparse acoustic folk to a synthesized sound suggestive of intricate worldbuilding, will release a deluxe 10th-annivesary edition an album that counted as a Gesamtkunstwerk when it helped reposition the band …
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New York City Cultural Affairs Commissioner Diya Vij at Materials for the Arts. Photo Maximilíano Durón/ARTnews New York will increase its direct support to artists, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Cultural Affairs commissioner Diya Vij announced today. Rising from $5,000 to up to $10,000, the increase doubles the funds given to artists and represents the …
Jeff Koons for Hublot. Courtesy of Hublot To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good morning! Jeff Koons is quietly selling about $100 million of his art collection at Christie’s. Damien Hirst makes his case for art as “anything done well,” ahead of a new …
A Stolperstein commemorating Nazi victim Paul Gröger is embedded in the sidewalk in front of City Hall in Saxony, Heidenau, 2026. Photo Robert Michael/picture alliance via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good morning! Puerto Rican musician-turned-artist Rafael Ferrer has died at …
The spiral minaret of the ancient Abu Dulaf Mosque near the city of Samarra, 2026. The mosque forms part of the Samarra Archaeological City, which was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2007. Photo AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP via Getty Images Two prominent Iraqi archaeologists were arrested this month, the Art Newspaper (TAN) …
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The Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C., where the repatriation ceremony took place. Photo Valerie Plesch/picture alliance via Getty Images In advance of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s three-day visit to the White House last month, the United States quietly repatriated 58 cultural objects and artifacts to China in a ceremony that took place at the Chinese …
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From the Institute of Illegal Images, Gorby (ca. 1988). A new triennial focusing on Northern California will include a show closely linked to the psychedelic counterculture often identified with the Bay Area: it will display the art that is printed on the sheets of card stock on which LSD is usually distributed. The artifacts come …
