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Lisa Schiff. Photo Sylvain Gaboury/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Lisa Schiff, once a sought-after art adviser with a clientele that included Hollywood A-listers like Leonardo DiCaprio, has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for orchestrating a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme that unraveled in 2023. She is due to surrender on July 1 and is subject …

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How much to fix the Louvre? One billion euros, apparently. Photo Graham Denholm/Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines FREE AND SMALLER MUSEUMS MAKE SENSE. A new study by think tank Remuseum, argues museum admission should be free for smaller institutions, because it drives greater attendance without raising …

Italian Village Wants Louvre to Return Church Carving, Trump Appoints New Head of IMLS After Ordering it Dismantled: Morning Links for March 21, 2025 Read More »

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., 1971. Photo Pictorial Parade/Archive Photos/Getty Images Vice President JD Vance was booed while attending a concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on Thursday evening, the New York Times reported. It was Vance’s first time there …

Vice President JD Vance Booed at a Kennedy Center Concert in D.C. Read More »

Maurizio Cattelan’s America (2016) is a golden toilet that was first shown at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. MAXIMILÍANO DURÓN/ARTNEWS Three men have been convicted for stealing and selling Maurizio Cattelan’s golden toilet from Blenheim Palace in England in 2019, according to a press release from Crown Prosecution Service today. The working 227 pound, 18-karat gold toilet titled America (2016) …

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One of the hundreds of cuneiform tablets discovered at the Sumerian site Girsu in present-day Tello, Iraq. Photo Alberto Giannese © The Girsu Project. More than 200 clay cuneiform tablets and 60 seals linked to the Ancient Mesopotamian government were discovered by archaeologists at the ancient Sumerian city Girsu or the present-day site Tello in …

Hundreds of 4,000-Year-Old Cuneiform Tablets and Seals Unearthed in Iraq Read More »

Tate Modern, London, England. Courtesy Getty Images/iStockphoto The Tate museum network will dramatically slim its workforce as institutions and galleries worldwide seek to reduce costs amid forecasts of a far-reaching financial recession. The Financial Times reports that around 40 roles, or 7 percent of its staff, are expected to be eliminated through voluntary departures and …

Tate to Cut 40 Roles, or 7 Percent of Staff, in Response to Lingering Covid Deficit Read More »

A copy of the New Yorker. Photo Robert Alexander/Getty Images The New Yorker’s art critic since 2023, Jackson Arn, has been let go following complaints of “inappropriate overtures” at the magazine’s 100th anniversary party last month, according to the New York Times.  Two people who were at the event, which was held at Jean’s on Lafayette Street …

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View of the new David Zwirner gallery, located at 533 West 19th Street, looking northeast. Rendering by Selldorf Architects David Zwirner will open its newest space in Chelsea on May 8 with a solo show for Michael Armitage. Located at 533 West 19th Street, the new, two-story location is adjacent to Zwirner’s two connected 19th …

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Aerial view of the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, USA. Getty Images/iStockphoto Good Morning! The Tate has cut 7 percent of staff via voluntary departures and a hiring freeze, due to a post-pandemic deficit.  Raymond Pettibon has gifted his archive to the Getty museum in Los Angeles. JD Vance was booed at Kennedy Center …

Getty Acquires Raymond Pettibon Archive, Google Gives $1.5 M. to Ruth Asawa Exhibit, and More: Morning Links for March 14, 2025 Read More »

A view of the Metropolitan Museum of Art building in New York City, United States on July 15, 2024. NurPhoto via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines LOST AND FOUND KLIMT. A rediscovered portrait by Gustav Klimt of an Osu prince from modern-day Ghana, is for sale at TEFAF Maastricht, …

When Banksy Pranked the Met,  Mickey Rooney’s Collection Set to Sell, Paris Police Remove Migrant Squatters from Art Center: Morning Links for March 18, 2025 Read More »