Oh dear! Two reindeer—engraved on bone, found in France around 13,500 years ago—are being loaned to Bradford. Courtesy British Museum The British Museum has announced that it will loan “some of the rarest surviving examples” of Ice Age art to Bradford, the 2025 UK City of Culture. Around 70 objects from the museum will be …
La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona Photo by Bill Wassman/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images. The Vatican has moved Antoni Gaudí, the architect behind Barcelona’s famed Sagrada Familia church, a step closer toward achieving sainthood. On April 14, the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, with authorization from Pope Francis, issued a decree recognizing Gaudí’s “heroic virtues,” a …
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A bust of Elon Musk in Texas that was vandalized. Via Twitter (X) A 12-foot-tall bust of Elon Musk in Texas was defaced over the weekend, according to the owner of the property where the artwork is located. The landowner, Eleazar Villafranca, told ABC Newsthat passersby alerted him on Saturday to the damage, and, on …
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Pierre Terjanian has been appointed the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston’s next Ann and Graham Gund Director and CEO. Courtesy of MFA Boston The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, generally considered the top art museum in that city, named its new director and CEO on Thursday, the museum announced in a press statement. Pierre Terjanian, …
Video still of a portrait of President Donald Trump hanging in the grand foyer of the White House. Courtesy The White House/X The White House has reshuffed its artwork on display, with the official portrait of former President Barack Obama replaced by a painting of President Donald Trump. “Some new artwork at the White House,” …
Imran Qureshi’s 25-foot tall installation, part of the exhibition “Vanishing Points” in Alserkal Avenue’s Concrete. Daniel Cassady Step into Dubai’s Al Quoz Industrial district and you’ll see the telltale signs of a place mid-transformation: corrugated steel walls, faded industrial signage, the occasional half-finished mural. But turn onto Alserkal Avenue and the mood shifts—quickly. Scooters whiz by, espresso machines …
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PARIS, FRANCE – APRIL 17: Francois Bayrou attends French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron campaign rally at Bercy Arena on April 17, 2017 in Paris, France. (Photo by Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Images) Getty Images France will repatriate the skulls of King Toera and two Sakalava warriors to Madagascar, marking the first return of human remains under a new …
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Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India. Photo Yuichi Yamazaki/Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines NEH FUNDS TRUMP PROJECT. The National Endowment for the Humanities will redirect its funding towards President Trump’s proposal for a “National Garden of American Heroes” sculpture garden, reports the New York Times. …
Frieze Sculpture Park, Regents Park, London. 17/09/2024 Linda Nylind Ari Emanuel, Hollywood superagent and CEO of Endeavor Group Holdings, is edging closer to a major acquisition that could expand his influence from sports and entertainment into the art world. A consortium he leads, partnered with New York private equity firms Apollo Global Management and RedBird …
Gail Spaien, Red Tulips (2024) Courtesy Taymour Grahne Projects Taymour Grahne Projects, the London-based contemporary art gallery known for its sharp program of emerging talent, is planting its flag in Dubai. In September, the gallery will open a permanent 2,000-square-foot space in Alserkal Avenue, the UAE’s prominent gallery neighborhood and cultural hub. The enterprises expansion …
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