Artnews

A workshop uncovered by police in Rome that was used to produce fake artworks works sold online. Courtesy Carabinieri A workshop outside Rome containing 71 fake paintings falsely attributed to famous artists including Rembrandt van Rijn, Pablo Picasso, and Andy Warhol has been raided by Italy’s art crime squad, local authorities announced. The operation was …

Art Forgery Workshop Making Fake Picassos Busted by Police in Rome Read More »

BASEL, SWITZERLAND – JUNE 16: A general view of the atmosphere at day four of Art Basel 2023 at Messe Basel on June 16, 2023 in Basel, Switzerland. Jed Cullen/Dave Benett/Getty Ima Lucie Kitchener, the CEO of stalled design fair Masterpiece London, known for showing works by antique dealers and designers, stepped down from the …

After Halted London Fair Suffers Profit Loss, CEO Departs as Owner MCH Group Looks to Rebrand Read More »

Auerbach’s ‘Nude on Bed III’ has a high estimate of over $1 million. CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LTD. 2025 Christie’s is selling a fresh-to-market Frank Auerbach painting that was once owned by a British aristocrat who worked for the highly secret Y-Service during World War II. Titled Nude on Bed III and painted in 1961, the work …

Christie’s is Selling a Fresh-to-Market Auerbach Painting Once Owned by Aristocratic WWII Code-Breaker Read More »

Trans Voices, the world’s first professional trans+ vocal collective, has teamed up with ILĀ and spatial sound art studio MONOM. Zachary Hertzman/MONOM London’s Barbican Center is transforming one of its underground car parks into a rave space for the new “multi-sensory” exhibition “Feel the Sound,” which will explore the relationship between sound, movement, and the human body. Running from …

London’s Barbican Center to Transform Its Underground Car Park into a Rave Space for New Exhibition Read More »

Any regrets?: Disgraced art advisor Lisa Schiff. Photo Sylvain Gaboury/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines NEA PROTEST LETTER. Over 460 artists sent a letter to the National Endowment for the Arts on Tuesday protesting funding limitations following President Donald Trump’s executive orders barring funding …

Artists Send Letter Criticizing Trump’s Anti-DEI Policy, Lisa Schiff’s Regrets, Frieze New York Releases Gallery List: Morning Links for February 19, 2025 Read More »

Khaled Sabsabi. Photo Anna Kucera Artist Khaled Sabsabi will not be reinstated as the Australian representative at the 2026 Venice Biennale. He was dropped as the country’s representative earlier this month alongside curator Michael Dagostino, spurring an international controversy. The chair of Creative Australia, Robert Morgan, and its executive director, Adrian Collette, announced the decision …

Khaled Sabsabi Will Not Be Reinstated as Australia’s Venice Biennale Representative Read More »

Photographer Sally Mann relaxes with her dog Honey in a meadow of tall grass on her farm near Lexington, Virginia. Photo Michael Williamson/The Washington Post via Getty Images Three civil liberty organizations are demanding the return of photographs by artist Sally Mann after they were confiscated from an exhibition at the Modern Art Museum of …

Civil Liberty Organizations Demand that Police Return Controversial Sally Mann Photographs Read More »

The tomb of King Thutmose II, near the Valley of the Kings in West Luxor, Egypt. Courtesy the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities The tomb of ancient Egyptian King Thutmose II has been found, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced. This is the first royal burial chamber to be discovered since 1922, …

First Royal Tomb Since King Tutankhamun Unearthed in Egypt Read More »

A 3D scan of the Mosque of Agadez, in Niger, made by Iconem, one of the founding partners of HeritageWatch.AI, for an existing project funded by another founding partner, the Aliph foundation. COURTESY ALIPH FOUNDATION Cultural heritage sites will soon be armed with new artificial intelligence-powered tools to help protect them against natural disasters and …

AI Is the Next Tool to Protect Heritage Sites from War and Climate Change Read More »

Matias Sauter Morera, Cristian en el Amor de Calle, 2024. Courtesy Craig Krull Gallery The Getty Museum has acquired its first artificial intelligence-generated photograph. The work Cristian en el Amor de Calle (2024), by queer Costa Rican photographer Matías Sauter Morera, depicts two young Latino men in blue leather jackets with gold embellishments in a bar …

The Getty Museum Acquires its First AI Photograph Read More »