The Whitney Museum. Patrick McMullan via Getty Image On Monday, Whitney Museum director Scott Rothkopf sent the museum’s Independent Study Program an email in which he said he would “pause” the program’s 2025–26 academic year. “Today, the program is without a Director,” Rothkopf wrote in that email, which was obtained by ARTnews. “This leadership gap …
Listed by: Lisa and John Cregan of Sotheby’s International Realty – Palm Beach Brokerage FLYLISTED LLC. / Sotheby’s International Realty Jamie McCourt, a former US ambassador to France and Monaco, has added a Palm Beach landmark to her portfolio, paying $19.2 million for a restored house on North Lake Way, according to the Palm Beach Daily …
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WALTHAMSTOW, ENGLAND – AUGUST 09: A group of people take a selfie in front of mural purportedly by the artist Banksy, showing pelicans eating fish, on the side of Bonners fish and chip shop on August 09, 2024 in Walthamstow, England. It was the fifth artwork debuted by the elusive street artist in London this …
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Lorde. Photo Thistle Brown On Thursday, Lorde dropped the music video for “Man Of The Year,” the second single from her upcoming fourth album Virgin, featuring the singer, a chair, and a roomful of dirt familiar to fans of artist Walter De Maria. Described by Lorde as the track she’s “proudest of” on the new …
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A massive fire ripped through Rio de Janeiro’s National Museum of Brazil seven years ago. Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines HASUER & WIRTH X CRISTINA IGLESIAS. Hauser & Wirth has announced its global representation of Spanish sculptor Cristina Iglesias, Maximilíano Durón reports for ARTnews. The gallery will …
The Camden Art Centre. Photo Max Colson The Camden Art Centre, a venerable London art space, appears to be staying put for the long term. The art center announced on Tuesday that it had secured a 99-year lease on its current home after having raised the £1.9 million it needed to do so. Its lease …
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View of the Louvre, July 2022. Photo Kristy Sparow/Getty Images for David Yurman The Louvre Museum in Paris will surrender 258 works from the bequest of collector Adèle de Rothschild to the Fondation des Artistes that were improperly inventoried in its collection, Le Monde reported Wednesday. According to the French news outlet, the works were …
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Image of Muholland Drive script. Courtesy Julien’s Auctions Hundreds of items from filmmaker David Lynch’s personal estate are being auctioned by Julien’s in Los Angeles, with online bidding already exceeding $56,000. Nearly 450 lots are included in the sale, which spans Lynch’s career and features movie props, musical gear, Polaroids, and more. The sale will …
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The 2024 Venice Biennale. Simone Padovani/Getty Images The Venice Biennale will move forward with its 2026 edition—even after the unexpected death of its curator, Koyo Kouoh, earlier this month. On Tuesday, the Biennale revealed that it intended to realize Kouoh’s exhibition, which she had already begun to devise prior to her passing. The exhibition’s leaders …
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The new solvent-free, spaghetti-like version of BEVA 371 Akron before it is trimmed into pellets and packaged for distribution. Photo by Nita L. Roberts. Art conservators were starting to panic after two critical ingredients for a glue called Beva 371 and used to line historical canvases were discontinued. However, researchers from the School of Polymer …
