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Works by Tyrrell Wilson. Photo Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images Visual artist Tyrrell Winston, whose “signature use of found, deflated basketballs” has garnered him acclaim—and, he says, contracts with NBA owners—sued the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday for copyright infringement. Winston’s beef centers on Pelicans’ Instagram posts showing New Orleans players in front of deflated basketballs that Winston contends are “substantially …

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Hotel Jerome, the venue of the Aspen Art Fair. Courtesy Aspen Art Fair Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. By late July, Aspen’s social calendar runs on high-altitude overdrive. The Food & Wine Classic has come and gone; the Aspen Ideas …

At Aspen Art Week, Bigger Fairs and Serious Collectors Make for a High-Altitude Market Bet Read More »

Anish Kapoor: Untitled, 2022–23, sculpture, at 56 Leonard Street, New York. Photo Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Artist Anish Kapoor is selling his New York apartment in Tribeca for $17.75 million, reports New York Post. At the building’s base sits the artist’s smaller iteration of his famous Cloud Gate, the reflective bean-shaped sculpture on public display in …

Anish Kapoor Lists New York Apartment for $17.75 M. Read More »

A Texas flag hangs from a storm-damaged tree on the banks of the Guadalupe River on July 13, 2025 in Center Point, Texas. Photo Brandon Bell/Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines ART WORLD RALLIES AFTER FLOODING. Flash flooding over the July 4 weekend in Texas claimed at least 137 lives, …

Art World Rallies After Deadly Texas Floods, Christie’s Art + Tech Summit: Morning Links for July 29, 2025 Read More »

‘Maman’ (1999) by Louise Bourgeois in Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. In Pictures via Getty Images Tate Modern may officially be the world’s most visited modern and contemporary art museum, but the critics are circling after it reported a budget deficit six months ago. As The Art Newspaper reports, some have pointed the finger at the …

Critics Blame Tate’s Programing for Footfall Decline, But ‘Socioeconomic Factors and Brexit Also to Blame’ Read More »

Free speech: “Artists must be able to express themselves on matters of public concern,” ODEE said. COURTESY ODEE The UK’s High Court has rejected a final appeal by the Icelandic artist Oddur Eysteinn Friðriksson, known as ODEE. He was trying to retain ownership of a conceptual artwork in the form of a website apologizing on …

UK Court Rejects Artist’s Final Appeal After He Issued Fake Apology for Fishing Firm’s Alleged Role in ‘Fishrot Scandal’ Read More »

Betye Saar. Photo Tracye Saar-Cavanaugh/Courtesy the artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles In February, nine curators received handwritten letters from the artist Betye Saar, who tomorrow turns 99. A legendary artist known for her assemblages attesting to histories of racism and survival in the face of it, Saar thanked the curators for their engagement with …

To Celebrate Turning 99, Betye Saar Assembles an All-Star Group to Steward Her Legacy Read More »

The Space Shuttle Discovery is towed up to an event at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center April 19, 2012 in Chantilly, Virginia. Getty Images While cuts to arts funding and grants have drawn widespread outrage in the art world, a little-publicized clause in President Donald Trump’s omnibus tax-and-spending package—the …

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Johanna Burton. Photo Erin Leland The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, which is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania, has announced that its next director will be Johanna Burton, the current director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. She takes over the ICA’s directorship from Zoë Ryan, who left the institution in …

Johanna Burton Departs LA MOCA to Lead ICA Philadelphia Read More »

The Moa River near Tiwai Island, on July 1, 2025. Photo Saidu Bah/AFP via Getty Images UNESCO has added 26 sites to its World Heritage List, including four new sites located on the African continent and the Murujuga Aboriginal lands in Australia. The four African sites are the Diy-Gid-Biy Cultural Landscape of the Mandara Mountains …

With a Focus on Africa, UNESCO Adds 26 Sites to World Heritage List Read More »