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Mimi Smith, Armor Against Any Eventuality, 2020. Promised gift to the Weatherspoon Art Museum from the Carol Cole Levin Collection The Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina Greensboro will receive a gift of 270 contemporary artworks worth $5 million from Carole Cole Levin, a North Carolina-based artist and philanthropist. The gifted works …

UNC Greensboro, Reeling from Dissent Over Program Cuts, Gets $5 M. Contemporary Art Gift Read More »

Installation view of “Carrie Mae Weems. The Evidence of Things Not Seen,” 2022, at Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, showing The Hampton Project (2000). Photo: Hans D. Christ; Art: ©Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, and Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin. Carrie Mae Weems, Alex Katz, and Mark Bradford have been awarded the …

Alex Katz, Carrie Mae Weems, and Mark Bradford Receive National Medal of the Arts Read More »

Guillaume Cerutti, CEO of Christie’s. AFP via Getty Images With Frieze London and Art Basel Paris finally in the rear-view mirror, you’d be forgiven for being tired of the relentless London vs. Paris debate that has dominated art world conversations. In the end, both fairs did well, which somewhat stifled the increasingly boring narrative. In …

Christie’s CEO Guillaume Cerutti Tries to Pour Cold Water on the Frieze London vs. Art Basel Paris Debate Read More »

Fairgoers walk in front of the sign for the 2024 edition Frieze London. Linda Nylind/Courtesy of Frieze Endeavor Group Holdings, a holding company that owns the namesake talent agency and several other sports and entertainment enterprises, is exploring selling off some of its event assets, including Frieze, the company announced Thursday. The potential sale of …

Endeavor Explores Selling Frieze, Including Its Magazine, Fairs, and London Exhibition Space Read More »

The Air de Paris presentation at Oh La! La! at Art Basel Paris 2024. Courtesy Air de Paris For the first time since it landed in Paris two years ago, Art Basel has taken up the freshly renovated Grand Palais. On this occasion, the fair has launched a new initiative dubbed Oh La La! As …

Oh La La! Interrupts Regular Programming at Art Basel Paris for Playful Provocation Read More »

Tyler Mitchell, Self-portrait in the artist’s studio, 2024. ©Tyler Mitchell/Courtesy the artist and Gagosian Gagosian, a gallery with nearly 20 locations around the world, will now represent Tyler Mitchell, one of today’s most acclaimed photographers. The gallery’s next project with Mitchell will be a presentation pairing his images with those of Richard Avedon at Paris …

Gagosian Now Represents Acclaimed Photographer Tyler Mitchell Read More »

Libbie Mugrabi. Photo Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Libbie Mugrabi, the New York–based socialite, art collector, and ex-wife of top art collector David Mugrabi, is embroiled in an ongoing legal battle with the art-backed lending company Art Capital Group (ACG) and its executives, Ian Peck and Terence Doran, over a $3 million loan that never materialized.  In …

Collector Libbie Mugrabi Embroiled in Legal Battle with Art-Backed Lending Company Read More »

sankai via iStock Given the sprawling regulations dealing with works of art, new developments in art law are complex matters even for the most sophisticated specialists. A sample of opinions from experts in the United States about new art laws, on the other hand, reveals evolving assessments and a surprising consensus. In a series of …

Top Art World Professionals: Attorneys Weigh In on New Legislation Affecting Collectors, Museums, and Artists Read More »

Libbie Mugrabi claims Art Capital Group (ACG) has pilfered her Warhol painting. COURTESY WireImage To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines JULIE MEHRETU HELPS WHITNEY WAIVE ENTRY FEES. Artist Julie Mehretu has donated $2.25 million to the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York so that visitors aged 25 and younger …

Julie Mehretu Donates Millions to Whitney so Under 25s Go Free, Libbie Mugrabi Claims Art Lender Stole Her Warhol Painting: Morning Links for October 23, 2024 Read More »

MUAC. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images MUAC, one of Mexico’s top contemporary art museums, became embroiled in widespread controversy last week after it was denounced for exhibiting an Ana Gallardo piece made in homage to an elderly sex worker, with many describing the gesture as misogynistic because the piece utilized words such as …

Mexico City Museum Pulls Artwork About Sex Worker After Controversy Read More »