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Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez, I.C.E. SCREAM, 2024–ongoing, installation view at Boston University Art Galleries, 2025. Photo Tim Correira/Courtesy Boston University Art Galleries The exhibition was intended to be a homecoming for artist Victor “Marka27” Quiñonez who grew up in the Dallas–Fort Worth metro area. The excitement built when he got the first batch of images showing his traveling …

University of North Texas Cancels Victor Quiñonez Exhibition, Artist Claims Censorship over Anti-ICE Content in His Work Read More »

Devyani Saltzman (R). Dave Benett/Getty Images for Frieze To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. The Headlines GEORGE ORWELL-IAN. On Monday, a judge ruled the Trump administration cannot alter historical facts and must temporarily rehang an exhibition about slavery at a monument to George Washington and John Adams’ home in Philadelphia, while a lawsuit proceeds, …

Judge Orders Return of Slavery Exhibit at President’s House, Barbican Director Devyani Saltzman Departs: Morning Links for February 17, 2026 Read More »

The Centre Pompidou in Paris. De Agostini via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines BAILEY’S BEQUEST. The Intuit Art Museum (IAM) in Chicago, one of the country’s top museums dedicated to self-taught artists, has been gifted 61 works through two donations, reports The Art Newspaper. The largest of …

Intuit Art Museum in Chicago Gifted Trove of Artworks, Hidden Camera Found in Women’s Restroom at Centre Pompidou’s Offices: Morning Links for February 12, 2026 Read More »

A tapestry by El Anatsui that will be offered by Sotheby’s London in March. Courtesy Sotheby’s Next month, during the spring sales in London, Sotheby’s will auction off ten works to raise money for the Royal Academy of Arts in London, which has been in a financial crisis since the pandemic. The works have all …

Sotheby’s Will Sell Works by El Anatsui, Sean Scully, and Others to Benefit Royal Academy of Art Read More »

A display about Donald Trump at the National Portrait Gallery. Photo Kevin Carter/Getty Images Since George Washington, it has been customary for presidents to have an official portrait—usually an oil painting—unveiled shortly after they leave office. That was to be the case for President Donald Trump, who sat for a portrait by artist Ronald Sherr …

Trump Wants the National Portrait Gallery to Commission a New Portrait Read More »

Debra Wimpfheimer will be the next director of the Queens Museum. Photo Claudia Lucia The Queens Museum has named Debra Wimpfheimer as its next executive director. She replaces Sally Tallant, who departed last month ahead of taking on the directorship of the Hayward Gallery in London. Wimpfheimer, a Queens native, has worked for the museum …

Queens Museum Promotes Debra Wimpfheimer to Executive Director Read More »

Titled “King and Queen” (1952-53), the 64-inch-tall bronze has a £15 million ($20.5 million) high estimate. Christie’s A sculpture by English artist Henry Moore that’s fresh to the auction block is headlining Christie’s 20th/21st Century evening sale in London on March 5. Titled King and Queen (1952-53), the 64-inch-tall bronze has a £15 million ($20.5 …

Henry Moore Sculpture Worth £15 M. to Headline Christie’s 20th/21st Century Evening Sale in London this Spring Read More »

The Louvre’s Denon Wing was damaged during a leak that caused “micro-tears” to one painting. Photo Marc Piasecki/Getty Images The Louvre‘s Denon Wing, an area of the Paris museum that hosts masterpieces by Leonardo da Vinci, Eugène Delacroix, Théodore Géricault, and many more, sprang a leak on Thursday night, marking the latest difficult turn for …

Louvre’s Denon Wing Springs a Leak, Damaging One Painting—But the ‘Mona Lisa’ Is Safe Read More »

A statue of Joe Frazier will move to the bottom of the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s steps. Photo Smith/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images With a beloved statue of Rocky Balboa being moved from the bottom of the Philadelphia Museum of Art‘s steps to its top, the Philadelphia Art Commission has officially selected a replacement artwork: a monument …

Joe Frazier Statue Will Officially Replace Beloved Rocky at Bottom of Philadelphia Museum Steps Read More »

The Louvre. Photo THIBAUD MORITZ/AFP via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines ARTFUL DODGERS. The Louvre has had a rough season since the brazen daylight theft of France’s crown jewels from its gilded halls last October. Now, French police have arrested nine people in connection with an extensive …

Police Arrest Network of Louvre Ticket Fraudsters, London’s National Gallery to Cut Jobs Amid Growing Deficit: Morning Links for February 13, 2026 Read More »