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John Gast: American Progress, 1872, oil on canvas, 17 9/16 by 21 1/2 inches. Autry Museum of the American West The Headlines PROGRESS REPORT. Since Donald Trump took office for his second term, the Department of Homeland Security has used its social media to post artworks that ostensibly speak to American greatness, rankling some, including the Thomas Kinkade Foundation, which said it was considering …

Why Homeland Security Posted a 19th-Century Painting, Australian University Faces Pushback over AI Art Course, and More: Morning Links for August 29, 2025 Read More »

The entrance to the Armory Show. Courtesy the Armory Show To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines SEOUL GAZING. Now in its fourth year, Frieze Seoul is quickly establishing itself as a major force in the region’s art scene. This year’s edition runs September 3 through 6, once again coinciding with South Korea’s …

Frieze Seoul’s Director on Challenges Facing Asian Galleries, Armory Show to ‘Complicate Stereotypes,’ and More: Morning Links for September 3, 2025 Read More »

Wingu Tingima, Minyma Tjuta (Seven Sisters), 2006. Christian Markel/©Wingu Tingima/Copyright Agency, 2024/National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Make way for new museums far and wide this fall. The Museum of West African Art will fully open in Benin City, Nigeria, and the Almaty Museum of Arts will launch its program in Kazakhstan, where it has the …

80 Museum Exhibitions and Biennials to See This Fall Read More »

A 2017 exhibition by Korakrit Arunanondchai at Clearing’s Brooklyn space. Courtesy Clearing Good Morning! Art adviser Ralph DeLuca has a theory about the wave of closures, lawsuits, and bankruptcies. Artsy’s Maxwell Rabb argues that the market’s struggles present a chance to reshape the industry for the better. What does a cow’s tooth reveal about the …

Dealers and Advisers Trying to Live Like Collectors, Reshaping of Egypt’s Tourism Sector, and More: Morning Links for August 25, 2025 Read More »

The Moesgaard Museum in Aarhus, Denmark Courtesy of Moesgaard Museum A six-year $15.5 million international research project has discovered a Stone Age settlement deep beneath the Bay of Aarhus near northern Demark, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. The project, funded by the European Union, has been mapping the seabed across the Baltic and North Seas, …

$15.5 M. Research Project Uncovers Stone Age Settlement on Seabed Near Denmark Read More »

A general view as members of the public photograph and take selfies with an Artwork featuring a school of fish by Banksy, adorns a City of London Police Box on Ludgate Hill on August 11, 2024 in London, England. Getty Images A Banksy that startled London last summer has been packed away until its next …

Banksy’s Piranha Box Set for New London Museum Read More »

People visit the Frieze Seoul 2022 art fair in Seoul on September 2, 2022. AFP via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines BOLD FUTURE. As the number of big dealers throwing in the towel rises and naysayers warn that the art market apocalypse is upon us, others are looking to …

London’s Bolding Gallery Reinvents Gallery Model, Optimism Ahead of Japan and Korea Art Fairs, and More: Morning Links for August 27, 2025 Read More »

Life’s a beach: the St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort will form the backdrop of the auctions. Courtesy sotheby’s. Sotheby’s will stage its first series of luxury marquee auctions in Abu Dhabi this December. Dubbed Abu Dhabi Collectors’ Week, the sales will run from December 3 to 5 and span cars, watches, jewelry, and real estate, …

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One of the Smithsonian’s: The National Museum of Natural History. Photo Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Good Morning! The White House has denounced a range of artworks, shows, and objects on view at the Smithsonian Institution.  Shanghai’s Rockbund Art Museum experienced major challenges after it began offering free admission earlier this year.  Chanel teams up with the Pinacoteca …

White House Denounces Artworks and Shows at Smithsonian, Free Admission at Rockbund Art Museum and More: Morning Links for August 22, 2025 Read More »

DeepTime Collective (Amanda Leigh Evans and Tia Kramer): Embodying the River (stream)” 2022, performance art with custom T-shirts and an installation with plastic, projections, and sound. Photo Allyn Griffin Anonymous Was A Woman (AWAW) and the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) have named this year’s recipients of the AWAW Environmental Art Grants program. …

Anonymous Was A Woman and the New York Foundation for the Arts Award Over $500,000 in Environmental Art Grants Read More »