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Visitors take pictures of ‘Comedian’ by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. courtesy Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines GOING BANANAS. Maurizio Cattelan’s famously provocative duct-taped, yellow plantain sculpture will be auctioned at Sotheby’s in New York on November 20. Has the piece managed to retain its …

Sotheby’s to Sell Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-taped Banana, Art Basel and UBS Report Looks for Positives: Morning Links for October 25, 2024 Read More »

Facade of Clark Art Institute via Google images. The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, has received a significant posthumous donation from the foundation of one of its former trustees, Bulgarian-American software developer Aso O. Tavitian, who passed away in 2020 at the age of 80. The donation includes 331 artworks and a $45 million …

Clark Art Institute Gets $45 M. Trustee Gift to Establish New Gallery and 331 Works for Collection Read More »

An installation view of Charles Moffett’s booth at ADAA’s The Art Show. Silvia Ros/Courtesy of Charles Moffett Gallery Not even an hour into the opening of The Art Show, the annual fair of the Art Dealers Association of America, New York dealer Charles Moffett had sold half of the seven egg tempera on wood New …

Dealers at The Art Show Weigh in on a Soft Market: ‘A Great Picture Always Sells’ Read More »

The Bauhaus school in Dessau, Germany. Photo John Macdougall/AFP via Getty Images Politicians with the far-right Alternative for Germany party have criticized the Bauhaus movement of the early 20th century, claiming that its emphasis on austerity and minimalism led modernism in the wrong direction. According to the German publication Middeldeutsche Zeitung, members of the party, …

Far-Right German Politicians Denounce Bauhaus Movement, Calling It ‘The Wrong Path of Modernism’ Read More »

The scene at the 2024 edition of Art Basel Paris. Courtesy Art Basel Few years have been as tumultuous in the art market as 2023. Of course, 2008 and 2016 were bad (and not to mention 1990), but the ongoing art market “correction” was preceded by the post-Covid low-interest rate economy that drove a speculation …

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Paul Morrissey. Photo Jack Mitchell/Getty Images Paul Morrissey, the director of several Andy Warhol film collaborations that earned the scorn of critics and the admiration of audiences around the world, died in New York on Monday after being hospitalized with pneumonia. He was 86, according to the New York Times, which first reported the news. …

Paul Morrissey, Andy Warhol Collaborator Behind Cult Classic Films, Dies at 86 Read More »

Abbas Akhavan. Photo Alex de Brabant Abbas Akhavan will represent Canada at the 2026 edition of the Venice Biennale, the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, the pavilion’s commissioner, announced on Thursday. Related Articles For the Canadian Pavilion, Kapwani Kiwanga Considers the Hefty Historical Importance of the Tiny Venetian Seed Bead There She Blows: Geoffrey Farmer …

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A digita work by Alba G. Corral called ‘Emergence’ (2021) displayed through Feral File’s app on a smart TV. COURTESY FERAL FILE Feral File, an online platform for digital art founded in 2020, is striving to beam curated digital art through smart TVs and mobile devices in people’s homes via a new membership program. “We’re …

Feral File Wants to Trigger a ‘Cultural Shift’ by Beaming Digital Art Into People’s Homes Every Day Through Phones and Smart TVs Read More »

The superyacht ‘Kismet’ is seen infront of the ‘Tower Bridge Moorings’ houseboat community on the River Thames, on 17th October 2024, in London, England. In Pictures via Getty Images Superyachts have always been risky homes for art collections, and not just because of the damp salt air and constant motion. “Crew ignorance is the biggest danger at …

Yacht Owners Are Commissioning Copies of Original Art to Bring to Sea Read More »

Dmitry Rybolovlev in 2018. NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP via Getty Images) Swiss prosecutors this week dismissed a criminal case against Dmitry Rybolovlev, clearing him of allegations related to the arrest of Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier in Monaco. The case, initiated by the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) in 2017, accused the Russian billionaire …

Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev Cleared in Swiss Investigation, Swiss Dealer Yves Bouvier Faces $830 M. Tax Bill Read More »