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Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy Acquires Original Pieces from Oklahoma’s Price Tower

Price tower (left) in Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma. Getty Images/iStockphoto The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, which aims to preserve existing buildings by the famed American architect, recently announced it had acquired 11 original pieces by Wright that had been designed for the Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. “While the Conservancy does not typically purchase …

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South Korea’s ‘Art Loving’ Ex-First Lady Arrested, Queer Art in Crisis, Beloved Barbie Designers Killed in Car Crash: Morning Links for August 14, 2025

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – AUGUST 12: Kim Keon Hee (C), former first lady and the wife of South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol, arrives at a Seoul Central District Court to attend a hearing to review her arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors on on August 12, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. A court …

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New York’s Clearing Gallery to Shutter After 14 Years

A 2017 exhibition by Korakrit Arunanondchai at Clearing’s Brooklyn space. Courtesy Clearing Clearing, the New York–based gallery that provided early exposure to artists such as Korakrit Arunanondchai, Harold Ancart, and Marguerite Humeau, has closed, marking an end to a 14-year run. The gallery will close its spaces in both New York and Los Angeles. Clearing …

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Midjourney Slams Lawsuit Filed by Disney to Prevent AI Training: Can’t ‘Have It Both Ways’

Mickey Mouse and chief executive officer and chairman of The Walt Disney Company Bob Iger prepare to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Midjourney issued its first response to a lawsuit brought by Disney and Universal, arguing that the studios have no power to prevent AI training on its works. The …

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David Chichkan, Ukrainian Artist Who Fought Censorship, Killed at 39 in Battle

David Chichkan. Via Instagram David Chichkan, an artist well-known in Ukraine for making explicitly political work that occasionally faced censorship, has died at 39. The Ukrainian culture ministry said that his heart stopped after he was wounded in battle against Russian troops. Chichkan made national headlines in Ukraine for mounting shows through the research initiative …

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Kasmin Closes After 35 Years, Making Way for a New Gallery Called Olney Gleason

Nick Olney and Eric Gleason. Courtesy Olney Gleason. Photo by Ogata. After 35 years in business, New York’s Kasmin gallery is closing its doors. The gallery will now launch a planned transition into a new venture called Olney Gleason, a gallery led by Nick Olney, Kasmin’s president since 2020, and Eric Gleason, a senior director since 2013. …

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Why Canaletto’s Venice View Sold for $43.9 M., Another Identity Politics vs. Art Article, and More: Morning Links for August 8, 2025

Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day by Canaletto. Courtesy Christie’s To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Good Morning! Puck and ARTDAI have compiled lists of the top 50 artists by auction volume, numbers of lots sold, and top prices.  Artnet News’s Eileen Kinsella canvases Old Masters dealers for why Canaletto’s …

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A Massive ‘Ugly and Pornographic’ Mermaid Statue Will Officially Be Removed From Public View

The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2013. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons The Danish government has decided to remove a massive sexualized mermaid statue from public view in Dragør Fort, Copenhagen. The decision comes after the 13-foot tall Big Mermaid sculpture received continual criticism, including most recently from critic Sorine Gotfredsen, who wrote in the Danish newspaper Berlingske, “Erecting …

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Hisachika Takahashi, Assistant to Robert Rauschenberg and Artist’s Artist, Dies at 85

Hisachika Takahashi. Courtesy Misako & Rosen Hisachika Takahashi, an artist who garnered a following in New York while serving as an assistant to Robert Rauschenberg, has died at 85. His death was announced by Misako & Rosen, a Tokyo-based gallery that collaborated with Hong Kong’s Empty Gallery on a current show for the artist at …

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Man Suspected of Shooting Two Outside Capitol Jewish Museum May Face Death Penalty

A candlelight vigil for Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, who were shot at the Capitol Jewish Museum. AFP via Getty Images A man suspected of shooting two Israeli Embassy staffers outside the Capitol Jewish Museum in May was indicted on hate crime and murder charges on Wednesday in a federal court in Washington, D.C. …

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