The German president, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, speaks at a memorial ceremony for the victims of the destruction of Kandanos in Kandanos town hall during his recent three-day visit to Greece. dpa/picture alliance via Getty I Last week, Germany’s head of state, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, visited the Greek port city of Thessaloniki and declared, “Anyone who stands and …
Shepard Fairey’s My Florist Is a Dick at the Exhibition, on view at a show in Rome held in 2020. Photo Samantha Zucchi/Insidefoto/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images The former chief curator for the Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum in Arizona has sued the City of Mesa, claiming that it violated her right to free speech when …
A comparison of work by Edwards (left) and Roberts (right) from court documents. Via Court Documents A copyright infringement lawsuit between two collage artists, Debroah Roberts and Lynthia Edwards, has been handed down a decision that mirrors the decoupage of a collage artist’s practice. In September 2022 Roberts sued Edwards, her dealer Richard Beavers, and …
Christiana Ine-Kimba Boyle. Photo Grace Rosselli Christiana Ine-Kimba Boyle has left her post as senior director at Pace Gallery to return to Canada gallery, the New York space where she once held that same title. At Canada, Boyle will now be partner and co-owner. The move is an unusual one, as it is rare for …
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Robbie Fitzpatrick with a work by Hannah Weinberger at Basel Social Club 2023. Photo Flavio Karrer/Courtesy Fitzpatrick Gallery Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, a new ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. A few days before Art Basel Paris was set to open last month, Paris-based …
Donald Trump takes the stage for his last rally of the election year at Van Andel Arena on November 05, 2024 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Photo Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images On November 6, 2024, the world woke up to a second Donald Trump presidency. Since the moment the race was called, legions have taken to social …
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Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area on the outskirts of the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbeck in the Bekaa valley on October 31, 2024. AFP via Getty Images Ancient Roman ruins in Baalbek, a historic city in Lebanon, survived an initial wave of Israeli air strikes this week, …
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Agustín Arteaga. Photo Paloma Torres Agustín Arteaga, the director of the Dallas Museum of Art in Texas, will depart his post on December 31 after eight years, leaving open one of the top institutional roles in the South. The museum’s announcement of his departure did not state where he was headed next. Tamara Wootton Forsyth, …
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Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the closing rally of her campaign at the base of the iconic “Rocky Steps” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Pennsylvania on November 05, 2024. Photo Kent Nishimura/Getty Images Ahead of Tuesday’s election, Vice President Kamala Harris held her final rally for her U.S. …
An AI chip logo painted on an integrated circuit wall in Hangzhou. CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Everyone wants to be a creator. According to a report by YouTube, SmithGeiger, and the Fandom Institute, 65 percent of teenagers and young adults aged 14 to 24 now identify as creators. But the creator’s future is uncertain: the …
