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Bernard Arnault at the LVMH annual general meeting. © Nathalie Savale/Courtesy of LVMH French luxury magnate Bernard Arnault has defended the trade deal reached between the U.S. and the European Union against accusations that it is lopsided and will impact European growth in the medium-term. In an opinion column published on Wednesday in French financial daily Les Echos, the …

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US photographer and artist Andres Serrano poses during a photo session as part of his exhibition “Portraits of America” at the Maillol Museum in Paris, 2024. Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images A new proposal for the the US pavilion at the 2026 Venice Biennale just dropped: This time, irreverent artist Andres Serrano is …

Trump Mausoleum Proposed by Andres Serrano for US Pavilion at the Venice Biennale Read More »

The intricately carved grasshopper has an estimate of £300,000 to £500,000. Apollo Art Auctions An intricately carved grasshopper made of ivory and wood “from the Age of Tutankhamun” is set to be sold by a small auction house on July, reports the New York Times. However, Egyptian art historians have raised concerns that the cosmetic …

London Auction House to Offer Artifact from ‘the Age of Tutankhamun’, Despite Dubious Origins Read More »

John Roberts at the opening of the Smithsonian-run National Museum of African American History and Culture in 2016. Photo David Hume Kennerly via Bank of America/Getty Images More details have emerged surrounding the resignation of Kim Sajet, the former director of the Smithsonian-run National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., who left her post after President …

Chief Justice John Roberts Stepped in to Prevent Firing of National Portrait Gallery Director Read More »

President Donald Trump before signing the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act into law on July 4. Photo Samuel Corum/Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines PLUGGING TRUMP’S ART GAP. Amid efforts by the Trump administration to eliminate funding for federal cultural agencies like the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment …

US States Plugging Gap Left by Trump’s Culture Funding Cuts, Long-Lost Madonna and Child Painting to Be Returned to Italy, and More: Morning Links for July 22, 2025 Read More »

Ornithopod vertebra from the Denver Formation, from 763 feet of depth in the City Park core drilling in the parking lot at Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Denver Museum of Nature and Science The Denver Museum of Nature & Science announced last week that it discovered a 67.5 million year old dinosaur fossil under …

Denver Museum Discovers 67.5 Million-Year-Old Fossil Under Parking Lot Read More »

Bored Ape Yacht Club collection in OpenSea displayed on a phone screen and NFT logo displayed on a screen are seen in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on April 19, 2022. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images A US appeals court on Wednesday overturned an $8.8 million judgement …

US Appeals Court Overturns $8.8 M. Win for Bored Ape Creator in Trademark Case Read More »

Russia has launched scores of deadly missile and drone attacks on Kyiv since the start of the war in 2022. NurPhoto via Getty Images For Ukraine, For Their Freedom and Ours!, a French nonprofit, has filed a case with the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing Russia of the “systematic, widespread, and organized” looting of Ukrainian …

French Nonprofit Files Case Against Russia in ICC over ‘Systematic and Organized’ Plundering of Ukrainian Culture Read More »

The 2023 edition of the ADAA’s Art Show. Photo Jason Wyche To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines ART MARKET’S ILL HEALTH. Sotheby’s Upper East Side HQ, long a cornerstone of the global art market, faces an unexpected challenge rooted in federal healthcare budget cuts, Crains New York reports. The auction house’s property at …

Federal Healthcare Budget Cuts Hit Sotheby’s, Art Basel Miami Beach Names Exhibitors for 2025, and More: Morning Links for July 23, 2025 Read More »

A prehistoric long cairn on Dudderhouse Hill in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, England. ©YDNPA One of England’s oldest structures constructed by humans, the Dudderhouse Hill long cairn, has been granted protected status by the country. At 5,000 years old, the stone marker in the Yorkshire Dales National Park is thought to predate Stonehenge. Cairns are …

England Grants 5,000-Year-Old Dudderhouse Hill Long Cairn Protected Status Read More »