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CASTELGANDOLFO, ITALY – 2025/10/01: Pope Leo XIV blesses a piece of the glacier from Greenland during the international conference. Pope Leo XIV takes part in the *”Raising Hope for Climate Justice”* International Conference, marking its tenth anniversary, organized by the Laudato Si’ Movement at the Mariapolis Center. (Photo by Marco Iacobucci/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) …

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Exhibition view of “Before the Americas” at Gillespie Gallery at George Mason University School of Art in Fairfax, Virginia Courtesy Gillespie Gallery at George Mason University School of Art An exhibition that was canceled, due to the Trump administration’s renouncement of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, has opened at Gillespie Gallery at George Mason …

Exhibition Canceled By Trump’s DEI Ban Opens at George Mason University Read More »

Steve McQueen. Photo Michael Campanella/Getty Images Last December, the Italian fashion house Bottega Veneta announced Louise Trotter, an English designer, as the brand’s new creative director. Her first collection debuted at Milan Fashion Week in late September, one of many new designers launching collections for the spring/summer season. Trotter’s show was held at Fabbrica Orobia, …

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View of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, 2015. Photo John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images Syracuse University in Upstate New York announced the establishment of its new Center for the Creator Economy earlier this week. It is the first academic center of its kind on a college campus to focus on …

Betting on the Creator Economy, Syracuse University Opens Academic Center for Podcasters and Influencers Read More »

RM. Courtesy HYBE The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has announced a new exhibition that will see it collaborate with K-pop star RM (of BTS fame). Titled “RM x SFMOMA,” the exhibition will bring together some 200 works from both SFMOMA’s permanent collection and RM’s personal collection. RM will serve as the exhibition’s lead …

K-Pop Star RM to Curate ‘Unprecedented’ Exhibition at SFMOMA Read More »

Visitors walk past Katharina Grosse’s CHOIR, 2025, at Art Basel, Messe Basel in Basel, Switzerland. Photo Harold Cunningham/Getty Images Carly Murphy, Christie’s head of client strategy for the Americas, is leaving the auction house to join Art Basel as global head of collector and institutional relations. Murphy will begin the newly created position later this …

Carly Murphy Leaves Christie’s for Art Basel in New Global Role Read More »

An exhibition at the New Orleans Jazz Museum at the Old U.S. Mint. Courtesy Louisiana State Museums Ten institutions that make up the Louisiana State Museums system are at risk of losing accreditation with the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), according to a report in The Art Newspaper. The system was last accredited in 2011, …

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An oven constructed after A.D. 79 from reused Roman materials in the Insula Meridionalis, a neighborhood in Pompeii’s southern quarter. Archaeological Park of Pompeii If you asked most people what happened to Pompeii after Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 CE, many would say that life completely stopped until the 16th century, based on widespread images …

New Archaeological Research Reveals Life in Pompeii Post-Eruption Read More »

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY – APRIL 10: A container port appears on a television screen at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on April 10, 2025 in Frankfurt, Germany. The DAX surged over 7% as trading began this morning the day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on most of the punishing global tariffs …

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The British Museum in London. Courtesy Wikimedia To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES NUMBER CRUNCHING. Arnet News looked at the auction spreadsheets to determine which house boasts the strongest standing so far this year. Christie’s generated nearly $1.5 billion in fine-art sales during the first half of 2025, down 1.9 percent compared to …

Strongest Auction House in 2025 Revealed, British Museum to Host Inaugural Ball, Guillermo del Toro Sells Collection, and More: Morning Links for October 1, 2025 Read More »