Artnews

Michael Ovitz at the Museum of Modern Art Film Benefit in 2024. Photo Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Museum of Modern Art Lawyers for Julia Ormond are looking to have the court issue a bench warrant for the arrest of CAA co-founder Michael Ovitz for walking out of a deposition after being prodded about his relationship with Jeffrey …

Actress Julia Ormond Threatens Top 200 Collector Michael Ovitz With Bench Warrant Read More »

Mount Vesuvius in Naples, Italy, seen from above. Getty Images Good Morning! Christie’s double-header sale in London on Thursday hammered for just under its low estimate, a lukewarm result after Sotheby’s $520.7 million result on Wednesday. Norman Rockwell’s So You Want to See the President! finally goes on public view, after decades spent in the White House. …

Christie’s Lukewarm London Sale, Researchers Decipher Mount Vesuvius Scroll, and More Read More »

Rubble in Venezuela. Photo Jesus Varga/Getty Images The Headlines VENEZUELA FALLOUT. The painter Onai Quiñonez is one of thousands still missing since Venezuela’s devastating double earthquake on Wednesday, June 24, reports Hyperallergic. His family has issued a call for help in rescuing the artist, whom they believe remains trapped under rubble from his collapsed residential building in the coastal town …

Family of Venezuelan Artist Trapped in Earthquake Rubble Pleads for Help, Workers Dismantle JR Work Impacted by Heat Wave, and More: Morning Links for June 29, 2026 Read More »

Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez, I.C.E. SCREAM, 2024–ongoing, installation view at Boston University Art Galleries, 2025. Photo Tim Correira/Courtesy Boston University Art Galleries As accusations of censorship mount at museums nationwide, a new resource has emerged to help artists safeguard freedom of expression. The Artist’s Guide to Defending Artistic Freedom, from the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), outlines …

Artists Facing Censorship Can Turn to This New Guideline for Guidance Read More »

Mayor Zohran Mamdani addresses the crowd at the 2026 New York City Inauguration outside of City Hall in New York City, New York, United States on January 1, 2026. (Photo by Jason Alpert-Wisnia / Hans Lucas / AFP via Getty Images) Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images Hundreds of New York City–based artists and cultural workers …

In Open Letter, Hundreds of Artists Urge Mayor Mamdani for Two-Year Ban on AI in Classrooms Read More »

An exceptional bronze votive chariot discovered at the Casas del Turuñuelo archaeological site. Fran Muñoz de Llanos, courtesy Guareña Town Hall. The Casas del Turuñuelo archaeological site, in the municipality of Guareña, has turned up a remarkable specimen, an extraordinary bronze votive chariot, the likes of which has never been uncovered in the Iberian Peninsula. …

An Exceptional Bronze Votive Chariot Was Unearthed, the First of its Kind Ever Found on the Iberian Peninsula Read More »

Courtenay Finn will be the next chief curator of Crystal Bridges and the Momentary. Photo Benedicte Gyldenstierne Sehested/Courtesy Crystal Bridges The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Momentary in Bentonville, Arkansas, announced that the appointment of Courtenay Finn as the next chief curator of both institutions. Finn will start in her role on …

Crystal Bridges Museum Appoints Courtenay Finn as Chief Curator Read More »

Charles Hinman in front of one of his works, February 1969 Jack Mitchell/Getty Images) Charles Hinman, known for his three-dimensional shaped canvases, died on May 29 in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was 93. The news was first reported by the New York Times. Born in 1932 in Syracuse, New York, Hinman received a BFA from …

Charles Hinman, Known for His Sculptural Paintings, Has Died at 93 Read More »

Part of the discovery at Gabal El-Teir. Courtesy of the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists working in Upper Egypt discovered two tombs dating to the Early Dynastic period, both of them at the fabled location known as Gabal El-Teir—or, as translated from Arabic, “Mountain of the Birds.” The tombs date from 3100 to …

Egyptian Archaeologists Unearth Two Tombs That Could Represent Early Development of Funerary Pyramids Read More »

Tess Jaray at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, December 1957 John Pratt/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images. British artist, printmaker, and educator Tess Jaray, known for her hard-edge abstractions, died on May 24 at age 88. The news was first reported by the Guardian in May. Jaray was born in 1937 in Vienna into a …

British Artist Tess Jaray, Known for Her Hard-Edge Abstractions, Has Died at 88 Read More »