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Andy Warhol, Muhammad Ali (1977) Robert McKeever One of the most recognizable faces in American culture returned to the site of his making on Wednesday, when Lévy Gorvy Dayan sold Andy Warhol’s Muhammad Ali (1977) for $18 million during the VIP Preview of Art Basel Miami Beach. The painting—autographed on the reverse by Ali and once …

A Knockout Sale: Warhol’s Ali Fetches $18 M. in the Building Where the Legend Was Born Read More »

Aerial view of Lucas Museum of Narrative Art under construction, September 2025. Photo Pedro Ramirez/©2025 Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, All Rights Reserved/Courtesy Hathaway Dinwiddie To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good Morning! Hauser & Wirth to open Sicily branch in historic Palazzo Forcella De Seta. Lucas Museum of Narrative Art …

Hauser & Wirth to Open in Palermo, Lucas Museum Chief Curator Out, and More: Morning Links for December 5, 2025 Read More »

Larry Achiampong. Photo Emile Holba At the end of November, British outlets raised a ruckus after a pan-African flag by British Ghanaian artist Larry Achiampong replaced a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in the Foreign Office. This week, Achiampong responded to what he called a “fuss,” labeling it “deeply problematic.” The Daily Mail reported that …

British Ghanaian Artist Denounces ‘Fuss’ After His Pan-African Flags Replace Queen Elizabeth Portrait Read More »

Palace of Westminster, Big Ben, and Westminster Bridge as seen from the south bank of the River Thames, 2022. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons The Palace of Westminster, the oldest building on the United Kingdom’s Parliamentary estate, which has played a central role in 900 years of British history, still contains some secrets hidden below. Evidence of …

6,000-Year-Old Artifacts Discovered Below Palace of Westminster Read More »

Aerial view of Lucas Museum of Narrative Art under construction, September 2025. Photo Pedro Ramirez/©2025 Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, All Rights Reserved/Courtesy Hathaway Dinwiddie With the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art inching closer to finally opening next fall, an exodus afflicting the Los Angeles institution’s leadership is continuing, with Pilar Tompkins Rivas, the museum’s …

Lucas Museum Exodus Continues as Chief Curator Pilar Tompkins Rivas Departs Read More »

Ancient stone fortresses were uncovered in the mounts near Yulin, in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images A team of archaeologists and cultural heritage researchers in northern China have uncovered a network of 573 stone forts, the earliest of which date to approximately 2800 BCE. The discovery took place in the …

Archaeologists in Northwest China Discover 573 Stone Forts Read More »

J. Oscar Molina in 2022. ©2022 Studio Marsin Mogielski Each edition of the Venice Biennale grows a little bigger as countries join the event’s national pavilion line-up. That will be the case again this year with the debut of El Salvador’s first national pavilion at the 2026 Biennale. The inaugural artist will be J. Oscar …

El Salvador to Participate in Venice Biennale for the First Time Read More »

Claes Oldenburg. Getty Images After it was vandalized, Claes Oldenburg‘s beloved 1969 sculpture Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks will be relocated by Yale University from a public courtyard to the Yale University Art Gallery. The Yale Daily News, the school’s student-run newspaper, first reported on the removal this week. The sculpture, which is typically viewable …

Yale Relocates Famed Claes Oldenburg ‘Lipstick’ Sculpture after Vandalism Read More »

Aerial view of the Durrington Walls and Woodhenge in 2022. Getty Images An enormous pit circle near Stonehenge was created by Neolithic-era humans who might have conceived it as a portal to the underworld, according to archaeologists behind a newly published paper. “The architects of Stonehenge may have had the heavens in mind when they …

Neolithic Pits Near Stonehenge Might Have Channeled the Underworld, Archaeologists Argue Read More »

Eileen Harris Norton, 2020. Joshua White/Courtesy Eileen Harris Norton Foundation In February, Hauser & Wirth’s Downtown Los Angeles gallery will stage a show of masterpieces from the holdings of Eileen Harris Norton, an important collector based in the city. The exhibition will open on February 24, making it one of the key exhibitions taking place …

Hauser & Wirth to Mount Show of Masterpieces from Eileen Harris Norton’s Collection Read More »