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Glenn Lowry. Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines BOWING OUT. When Glenn Lowry was appointed director of MoMA in 1995, his selection raised eyebrows. At the time, he had been leading the Art Gallery of Ontario and was known for his expertise in Islamic art—an unconventional background for someone taking the helm of a museum …

How Will AI Impact Art Galleries?, Glenn Lowry Reflects on 30-Year Tenure, Generative AI Art Student Challenges Assumptions, and More: Morning Links for August 20, 2025 Read More »

Arch in Puuc style at Maya archaeological site of Labna, Yucatan, Mexico. Photo DeAgostini/Getty Images A 13-year drought may have been more instrumental in the collapse of ancient Maya civilization than previously thought. As part of a new study published in the journal Science Advances, a team of researchers analyzed oxygen isotopes from a stalagmite in the …

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Walter Swennen. Photo Pauline Colleu Walter Swennen, an artist who began as a poet and later channeled his interest in language into wild, weird paintings, has died at 79. His death was announced by his gallery, Xavier Hufkens, which did not specify a cause. Swennen rose to fame in Belgium alongside a range of painters …

Walter Swennen, Poet-Turned-Painter Fascinated by Language, Dies at 79 Read More »

Barbara Hepworth,Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red, 1943. Photograph by Betty Saunders. Courtesy of The Hepworth Wakefield and the Art Fund. The Hepworth Wakefield and Art Fund has successfully raised the £3.8 million needed to acquire Barbara Hepworth’s Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red (1943). The wood and string …

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A general view of Harvard Art Museums. Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines ENTIENDO. Despite growing challenges facing US museums—declining attendance, dwindling federal funding, rising self-censorship, and stalled progress on equity—one area shows meaningful advancement: language access. While not a flashy topic, it’s a crucial step toward inclusion. The …

Harvard Museums Gifted Heinz Mack Work, US Museums Increasing Language Access, What Does It Mean to Be a ‘Very American Artist’?: Morning Links for August 13, 2025 Read More »

David Wojnarowicz’s ‘The Missing Children Show’ Mural (1985) as seen after its rediscovery in 2023. Photo Mindy Best/©Estate of David Wojnarowicz/Courtesy the Estate of David Wojnarowicz and P·P·O·W, New York In 1985, David Wojnarowicz and a group of other New York artists made a trip to Louisville, Kentucky, to create site-specific murals as part of …

A Wojnarowicz Mural Was Rediscovered in Kentucky After Four Decades—Now It’s Being Hidden Again Read More »

Ancient bath complex found submerged in Baiae in the Gulf of Naples, Italy. Courtesy Italian Ministry of Culture, Campi Flegrei Archaeological Park Archaeologists have discovered a well-preserved Roman bathhouse in the underwater ruins of Baiae, a resort getaway that was once part of the Roman Empire. Those ruins may be host to the first-known physical …

Ancient Roman Bathhouse Found in Italy May Have Once Belonged to Cicero Read More »

Xiaoyu Weng. Photo Christian Nyampeta Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, a new ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. The role of alternative art spaces in the New York art scene tends to get little play, in part because much of the shows mounted by them …

Newsmakers: A Beloved New York Alternative Art Space Returns with Xiaoyu Weng at the Helm Read More »

Plush: A rendering of Sotheby’s lobby at the Breuer. Frank Stella Sotheby’s has announced November 8 as the opening date for its new Breuer Building headquarters at 945 Madison Avenue on New York’s Upper East Side. The auction house bought the building from the Whitney Museum in 2023, and Pritzker Prize–winning, Basel–based architects Herzog & …

Sotheby’s to Open Its New Breuer Building HQ November 8 with ‘Blockbuster’ Exhibition Read More »

Rendering of the JFK Terminal 6 Arrivals Corridor. Courtesy the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and JFK Millennium Partners The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and JFK Millennium Partners (JMP) will collaborate with four New York cultural institutions to bring art into John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 6 at a cost of $4.2 billion. The terminal …

Four New York Cultural Institutions Bring Art to JFK International Airport Read More »