Performers in La Havana Madrid (2019) by Sandra Delgado, who received a Joyce Award in 2015. Photo Joel Maisonet/Courtesy the artist and The Den Theatre, Chicago The Chicago-based Joyce Foundation will relaunch its Joyce Awards, which have supported artists working in the Great Lakes region since 2004. The foundation will do so under a new …
Michael Govan, director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, at Roden Crater in 2015. Bonnie Jo Mount/Washington Post via Getty Images Devon Booker, a five-time All Star guard for the NBA’s Phoenix Suns, has visited James Turrell’s fabled Roden Crater three times—and even struck up something of a friendship with an artist who …
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The Reichstag. Photo Hauke Schröder/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Jurors from the Kunstfonds Foundation, a prominent German body that funds contemporary art projects, have publicly denounced the country’s top cultural policy official after he requested the names of its current members. In a statement first reported by Der Spiegel, the art fund’s jury described the …
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Some of the earliest known examples of Native American dice Robert Madden. Native Americans were using dice for gaming long before Bronze Age societies in the Old World, according to a new Colorado State University study. Research published in the journal American Antiquity by Robert J. Madden, a PhD student at CSU, presents evidence that …
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The Temple of Dendur, ca. 10 BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art The Temple of Dendur, an ancient Egyptian structure that counts among the most beloved attractions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will this summer host an exhibition of sculptures by the Swiss modernist Alberto Giacometti—a rarity, since the Temple of Dendur does not often …
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Lorna Simpson attends the 2018 Whitney Gala on May 22, 2018 at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Getty Images for The Whitney Museum of American Art Renowned artist Lorna Simpson is still seeking a buyer for her light-filled Brooklyn home and studio, which has been on the market for months, …
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer speaks to members of the press outside the West Wing of the White House on April 02, 2026 in Washington, DC. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images President Donald Trump has said that tariff is “the most beautiful word,” and he has done his best to unilaterally impose these duties to …
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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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