The remains of Privoz market following a drone attack in Odessa on July 24, 2025, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Photo Oleksandr Gimanov /AFP via Getty Images A historic synagogue in Odessa, Ukraine, was significantly damaged by a Russian drone strike on August 4. The Monday evening strike ignited a large fire in the …
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Pauline Karpidas’ London abode. Photo Alex Winship Sotheby’s has revealed the headline lots for the blockbuster sale of British socialite and arts patron Pauline Karpidas’s collection, which is due to hit the auction block on September 17, 18, and 19 in London. The day, evening, and online auctions, comprising the contents of her “one-of-a-kind” London …
Lauren Quin, Lowing, 2024. Photo Martin Elder/©Lauren Quin/Courtesy Pace Gallery Los Angeles–based painter Lauren Quin has joined the roster at Pace Gallery. Quin, who previously showed with dealer Tim Blum before he shuttered his gallery earlier this summer, will have her first exhibition at Pace’s Los Angeles space in 2026, as well as having work …
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Matthew Barney, TACTICAL parallax, 2025. Photo: Maria Baranova/©Matthew Barney/Courtesy the Artist and Aspen Art Museum The sound of dogs panting—a pack of winded huskies menacingly, mesmerizingly trying to catch their breath—was the highlight of the inaugural AIR festival in Aspen. But so too was a talk about psychoanalysis and death in a psychedelic chapel, a …
Frick Collection, West Gallery, New York Joseph Coscia Jr. To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines UCCA PAYCHECK? In Monday’s Breakfast Newsletter, ARTnews enlightened our loyal readers about the crisis facing China’s private art museums, including the UCCA Center for Contemporary Art. Corporate backers tightening their belts are reportedly to …
A display about American democracy at the National Museum of American History. Photo Maansi Srivastava/The Washington Post via Getty Images The Smithsonian Institution has publicly addressed the removal of a display at the National Museum of American History that mentioned President Donald Trump‘s two prior impeachments, saying the presentation would return to view—in an “updated” …
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Interior view of the Studio Museum in Harlem’s new building, featuring the Stoop and the Lobby. ©Dror Baldinger FAIA/Courtesy Studio Museum in Harlem The Studio Museum in Harlem will open its long-awaited new building on Saturday, November 15, with a Community Day celebration. The Studio Museum has been closed since 2018, when it tore down …
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Frank Wang Yefeng, still from ‘Groundless Flower – ཨ’ (2025). Courtesy of the artist High Line Art, the art commissioning body of Manhattan’s beloved disused-railroad-turned-suspended walkway, is headed in a new direction, and it’s getting there in good company. Beginning this September, High Line Art and the Chanel Culture Fund will co-commission rising artists working …
Robert Wilson, 2016. Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Robert Wilson, a playwright and artist who cultivated a loyal following in the art world for spare productions that bridged the gap between performance art and theater, died Thursday in Water Mill, New York, at 83. His death was announced by the Watermill Center, the arts center …
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People stand around the statue of Confederate general Albert Pike after it was toppled by protesters at Judiciary square in Washington, D.C. Photo Eric Baradat/AFP via Getty Images A statue of a Confederate general that was toppled and burned in Washington, D.C., amid Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 will be reinstalled, the National Park …
