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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 …

Puerto Rican Musician-turned-Artist Rafael Ferrer Has Died, Preliminary Trial Opens Against Museum and City Officials for Alleged Negligence Leading to Villena Treasure Theft, and More: Morning Links for September 30, 2026 Read More »

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) …

Iraqi Archaeologists Arrested Amid Growing Concerns Over State Corruption Read More »

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 …

Buddhas and Dinosaur Bones Among Dozens of Smuggled Artifacts Repatriated to China Read More »

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 …

A Storied Collection of Blotter Acid Art Will Help Launch Northern California’s Inaugural ‘Further’ Triennial Read More »

French police officers stand next to a furniture elevator used by robbers to enter the Louvre Museum, on Quai Francois Mitterrand, in Paris on October 19, 2025. Robbers broke in to the Louvre and fled with jewelery on October 19, 2025 morning, a source close to the case said, adding that its value was still …

Louvre President Discusses New ‘Culture of Security,’ Spain’s Royal Paintings Museum at El Escorial Reopens After Decade, and More: Morning Links for October 1, 2026 Read More »

One piece of memorabilia among the 415 letters, documents, and manuscripts connected to Admiral Horatio Nelson that Sotheby’s will soon auction in a single-lot, sealed-bid sale with a high estimate of £6 million ($8 million). Courtesy Sotheby’s After selling Napoleon Bonaparte’s worn stockings and other “deeply personal relics that reflected the inner world” of the …

After Selling Napoleon Memorabilia, Sotheby’s Turns to His Enemy, Horatio Nelson, for $8 M. Auction Read More »

Researchers say the child in the newly attributed drawing may be the same model as the young girl at left in Edouard Manet’s The Old Musician, 1862). Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images A drawing that has spent decades in an Italian collection is now believed to be a previously unknown work …

Long-Lost Drawing May Be a Previously Unknown Manet Read More »

Now celebrating its 20th anniversary, Inhotim is nestled in the lush landscape of Brazil’s Minas Gerais state, where works like Doug Aitken’s Sonic Pavilion are installed. Photo Bruno Figueiredo / Área de Serv Twenty years after it opened to the public, Inhotim is going through one of the most decisive transitions in its history. The …

Brazil’s Inhotim Marks 20 Years and Looks to a Future Beyond Its Founder Read More »

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (R) meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) at Al-Ittihadiya Palace in eastern Cairo, Egypt, on September 1, 2026. Photo Egyptian Presidency / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good morning! Cairo removed a mural …

Mural of ‘Afrocentric’ Nefertiti Painted Over in Cairo Following Backlash, UK Collectors ‘Poised to Move’ if Assets Taxed, and More: Morning Links for October 2, 2026 Read More »

From left: Christine Sun Kim, Rodney McMillian, and Vincent Valdez. ©John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (3) The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced the 20 recipients of its annual MacArthur Fellowships, colloquially called “Genius Grants,” which comes with $800,000 in unrestricted funds. This year’s cohort includes four artists: Christine Sun …

Artists Christine Sun Kim, Rodney McMillian, and Vincent Valdez Win MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grants Read More »