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Aerial view of Abu Dhabi. ©️Department of Culture and Tourism, Abu Dhabi London-based Frieze, which currently operates seven art fairs around the world, is set to add one more. On Friday, the company announced that it will launch a fair in Abu Dhabi in November 2026, via a partnership with the Department of Culture and …

Frieze to Launch Abu Dhabi Fair in November 2026, Taking Over City’s Homegrown Fair Read More »

Nan Goldin, Stendhal Syndrome, 2024 (video still), single-channel video, Jointly owned by the Vancouver Art Gallery and Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Purchased with funds from the Curators’ Council Fund for Women Artists and the Jean MacMillan Southam Fund. © Nan Goldin, Courtesy of the Artist and Gagosian The Vancouver Art Gallery and the Walker Art …

Vancouver Art Gallery and Walker Art Center Acquire Major Nan Goldin Work from Latest Gagosian Show Read More »

Archaeologists uncovered a 52-foot-long intact papyrus on the ancient burial ground of Saqqara. Getty Images A rare 4,000-year-old limestone relief depicting the seasons of the ancient Egyptian calendar is missing from Egypt’s famed necropolis Saqqara. The theft was reported in a statement by Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on Sunday. A British mission had been working …

Rare 4,000-Year-Old Limestone Relief Disappears from Egypt’s Saqqara Necropolis Read More »

Renderings of a “dystopian painting” created by Jonathan Rinderknecht with ChatGPT. U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California The arrest of a man suspected of starting the tragic Pacific Palisades fire in January was aided by the discovery of a ChatGPT image created to envision a “dystopian painting” of people fleeing a fire …

LA Fire Suspect Identified by ‘Dystopian Painting’ Image Created with ChatGPT Read More »

The Musée d’Orsay held a mock trial to determine whether Manet was guilty of obscenity for painting Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe (1863), as seen on the screen. Courtesy Musée d’Orsay At the 1863 Salon des Refusés—a special exhibition for works rejected by Paris’s official Salon—Édouard Manet’s Déjeuner sur l’herbe provoked intense controversy. Many critics labeled its female nude …

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Installation view of “Divine Egypt,” 2025, at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art With about 210 works included, “Divine Egypt” is the largest exhibition devoted to ancient Egyptian art in over a decade at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the venerable New York institution that is famous for its shows …

See Inside ‘Divine Egypt,’ the Met’s Newest Ancient Egypt Blockbuster Read More »

“Tinsel Larry” in the new film Him, created by Cannupa Hanska Luger. Courtesy HIM Cannupa Hanska Luger revealed on Instagram on Tuesday that he collaborated with the filmmakers behind the movie Him to create “Tinsel Larry,” a sports mascot featured in the film. Him is a new horror film directed by Justin Tipping and produced …

Cannupa Hanska Luger Creates Unnerving Football Mascot for New Jordan Peele-Produced Horror Film ‘Him’ Read More »

Sean Combs, 2023. Photo Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference Sean Combs, a rapper and record executive who made headlines when he bought a $21.1 million Kerry James Marshall painting in 2018, was sentenced in federal court on Friday to 50 months, or 4 years and 2 months. He was also …

Sean Combs, Record Executive Who Bought $21 M. Painting, Sentenced to Over 4 Years Read More »

Odili Donald Odita, 2023. Photo Natalie Kahn/Courtesy the artist Odili Donald Odita, an artist who recently painted the Museum of Modern Art’s atrium, has sued Jack Shainman Gallery, the New York space that represents him. In the lawsuit, which was filed last week in New York’s Supreme Court, Odita alleged that the gallery “withheld” $1.12 …

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Whatsapp CEO Jan Koum in 2014. Photo David Ramos/Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good Morning! The National Museum of Korea is in hot water after posting a photo of a suspected fraudster alongside its director.  WhatsApp cofounder Jan Koum has filed a lawsuit against high-flying interior designer Remi Tessier, …

WhatsApp Founder Files Suit Against Interior Designer, Younger Collectors Buying Old Art: Morning Links for October 7, 2025 Read More »