Claes Oldenburg, 24 Open-Faced Sandwiches. Courtesy Phillips. On Tuesday night, Phillips began a week of sales in New York with its modern and contemporary evening sale of roughly 30 lots generating $54.1 million with fees. That result marks a 23 percent drop from the $70 million total that last year’s equivalent November sale generated. That …
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03 October 2024, USA, Washington: Facade of the US Capitol. Photo: Valerie Plesch/dpa (Photo by Valerie Plesch/picture alliance via Getty Images) dpa/picture alliance via Getty I On Thursday, the US House of Representatives passed the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, or H.R. 9495, a bill that grants the Secretary of Treasury the …
Hito Steyerl. Photo Rolf Vennenbernd/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Artist Hito Steyerl will no longer give the keynote speech at a controversial Berlin event that is set to address Israel’s war in Gaza, antisemitism, Islamophobia, and more. Steyerl’s withdrawal was initially reported by Süddeutsche Zeitung. After this article was published, ARTnews learned that artists Candice …
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BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK – DECEMBER 23: Evolution of Cherub Wall by Banksy is pictured on Israeli separation wall on December 23, 2023 in Bethlehem, West Bank. Last month, Christian Palestinian leaders here called off public Christmas celebrations, citing the effects of the ongoing war in Gaza. Regarded by Christians as the birthplace of Jesus, Bethlehem …
53 percent of respondents to the poll said a permanent display was appropriate. Photo Behlul Cetinkaya/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A recent poll found the majority of Britons, 53 percent, support a permanent exhibit at the British Museum about the transatlantic slave trade. New polling data by British research and data analytics firm YouGov found …
Plantoir and Architect’s Handkerchief in the Lever House’s outdoor courtyard. Photo by TIMOTHY SCHENCK. All works courtesy of the Estate of Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. 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. On …
Boston University graduate worker students strike for fair pay, better healthcare coverage, and stronger benefits, 2024. Photo Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Boston University will not be accepting applications for PhD students in the humanities and social sciences for the 2025–26 academic year, the institution wrote in an undated post on its website. …
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Cognacq-Jay Museum, Paris, France. Photo Karine Maucotel / Musée Cognacq Jay / Roger Viollet via Getty Images An exhibition of precious miniature objects from the 18th century at the Cognacq-Jay Museum in Paris was robbed on Wednesday, according to Le Monde. Four hooded men stole smashed a display case with axes and baseball bats before …
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Niamh Lynch and Rajan Naidu of Just Stop Oil spray orange powder paint on the Stonehenge monument. Courtesy of Just Stop Oil A third Just Stop Oil activist was recently charged in connection with a protest at the Stonehenge monument in June, after orange powder paint was sprayed on the ancient stones. Luke Watson, a …
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Demonstrators gathered on November 12 outside the Museum of Modern Art to call for its divestment from Israeli patronage. Tessa Solomon/ARTnews Last night, pro-Palestine protestors gathered outside the Museum of Modern Art in New York as it hosted the annual assembly for the World Jewish Congress, an influential organization led by honorary MoMA chairman Ronald …
