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The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where a talk with Basma Al-Sharif is planned to take place on January 21. Photo Federico Gambarini/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, a storied German art school, faced scrutiny this week from three Jewish groups over the invitation of Palestinian artist and filmmaker Basma Al-Sharif for an event. Ahead of …

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Philadelphia’s iconic Rocky statue will move to the top of the Philadelphia Art Museum’s stairs. Phoot Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images A popular statue of Rocky that’s currently sited at the bottom of the stairs leading to the Philadelphia Art Museum is officially being relocated to the top of those flights. There is technically a …

Beloved Rocky Statue Will Move to Top of Philadelphia Art Museum Steps Read More »

Among the works seized by Nice authorities were Picasso’s “The Clown” and “The Old King.” Crédit: Police Judiciaire de Nice Seven years after an undercover sting led police to a house packed with stolen art in the hills above Nice, France, the case has returned to court, with ten defendants now on trial over a …

Recovered Picassos at Center of Art Theft Trial in Nice Read More »

Gayton McKenzie, the South African culture minister, alleged that a foreign country sought to purchase work from his nation’s Venice Biennale pavilion. Photo Frennie Shivambu/Gallo Images via Getty Images After the cancelation of a Venice Biennale pavilion that was to feature a Gaza-related artwork, South Africa laid the blame for its surprise decision at the …

South Africa Reportedly Blames Qatar for Its Decision to Cancel Venice Biennale Pavilion with Gaza Artwork Read More »

Tammy Nguyen, The Sky is Open, 2025. Photo Studio Kukla/Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Seoul, and London The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut will launch a new recurring survey, called the Aldrich Decennial, and true to its name will take place every 10 years. In its role as “the state’s only …

Connecticut’s Aldrich Museum Plans a Recurring Survey of Local Artists Every Ten Years Read More »

Delcy Morelos during the installation of El abrazo (The Embrace), 2023, at Dia Chelsea, New York. Photo Don Stahl/©Delcy Morelos As part of its upcoming spring program, the Barbican in London will stage a major commission by artist Delcy Morelos, her first in the United Kingdom. For the commission, on view May 15 to July …

Delcy Morelos to Stage Major Public Art Commission at Barbican in London This Spring Read More »

The Philadelphia Art Museum fired Sasha Suda as director and CEO in November. Photo Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images via Getty Images In her first extensive interview since her firing from her post as director and CEO of the Philadelphia Art Museum last year, Sasha Suda told Philadelphia Magazine that the board had attempted to strip her …

Fired Philadelphia Art Museum Director Says Board Tried to Take Away Her CEO Title Read More »

Mehdi Chouakri. STUDIO REYES & ISRAELA Berlin’s Galerie Mehdi Chouakri will take a “temporary pause from exhibitions,” the gallery said in a post to its 14,000 Instagram followers.  “After almost thirty years of gallery work, with around two hundred and fifty ambitious exhibitions at various locations in Berlin, the time has come to reflect on …

Berlin’s Mehdi Chouakri Gallery Will Take a ‘Temporary Pause’ From Exhibitions Read More »

The wall text for Trump’s portrait at the Smithsonian has been “streamlined.” Photo Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines TRUMP, REDACTED. The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery quietly removed wall text mentioning President Donald Trump’s two impeachments after putting a new portrait of him on display in …

Smithsonian Drops Text About Trump’s Impeachments, Legendary Painter Beatriz González Dies at 93: Morning Links for January 12, 2025 Read More »

The JAX District, site of the 2026 Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale. Courtesy Diriyah Biennale Foundation To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines PAY TO PLAY. As The Art Newspaper points out, Dominican American artist Lucia Hierro’s ambitious recent commission, a 7.5-foot chair installation, illustrates a growing crisis in the US art …

US Artists Are Increasingly Self-Funding Institutional Projects, Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale Names Artists: Morning Links for January 7, 2025 Read More »