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New York’s Natural History Museum Returns Shrine to First Nations Community

Exterior view of The American Museum of Natural History’s Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation on May 10, 2023. Corbis via Getty Images New York’s American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) has returned a shrine known as the Whalers’ Washing House to Mowachaht, a First Nations people in Canada. The Whalers’ Washing House …

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Influential Painter Suzanne Jackson to Get a Traveling Retrospective

At center: Suzanne Jackson, deepest ocean, what we do not know, we might see?, 2021. ©Suzanne Jackson/Courtesy Ortuzar, New York/Photo Patrick Jameson/Tanoto Family Collection Suzanne Jackson, an influential painter whose work was a star of the 2024 Whitney Biennial, will get a traveling retrospective that kicks off this fall. The show, titled “Suzanne Jackson: What …

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RISD Shutters Show of Pro-Palestine, Anti-Colonial Art

An installation image of art in the student-organized show shuttered by campus. Courtesy RISD Students for Justice in Palestine Students at the Rhode Island School of Design have accused administration of censorship after an exhibition of dissident art, some of which explicitly criticized Israel’s occupation of Palestine, was removed from public view by campus security …

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UK Art Businesses Fined for Money Laundering Compliance Failures

The British Houses of Parliament and Big Ben. Photo Hoberman Collection/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Nearly 50 UK art businesses have landed on a newly published list of Art Market Participants (AMPs) that failed to comply with money laundering regulations, according to a disclosure by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) last week. The fines …

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Frescoes Discovered in LA Building, Planned Khaled Sabsabi Exhibition ‘Indefinitely Postponed,’ and More: Morning Links for March 26, 2025

The Ebell of Los Angeles building. Courtesy Ebell of Los Angeles The Headlines FRESCO FIND. After 90 years, forgotten frescoes by Maxine Albro were recently discovered beneath nine layers of paint in the historic building of Ebell of Los Angeles, a women-focused organization dedicated to education, arts, and culture, reports the Los Angeles Times. Painted in 1933, the murals …

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Trump Targets Smithsonian, Myanmar Cultural Heritage Damaged by Earthquake, and More: Morning Links for March 28, 2025

The Smithsonian Museum has bowed to Trump’s executive order. Photo Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines SMITHSONIAN SUPPRESSION. On Thursday evening, President Donald Trump issued a new executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institution’s museums. He demanded the restoration of public monuments that have been removed since January 1, …

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High Hopes Ahead of Art Basel Hong Kong, UK Fines Art Businesses, and More: Morning Links for March 24, 2025

The 2024 edition of Art Basel Hong Kong. Courtesy Art Basel To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines HONG KONG TEMP CHECK. Ahead of Art Basel Hong Kong opening this week, in a piece for ARTnews, Ilaria Maria Sala analyzes the factors impacting the region’s art market. Despite “shaky” confidence in light of moderate …

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Gagosian Closes Storied 980 Madison Location with a Blockbuster Picasso Show

Pablo Picasso, Femme au Béret Bleu Assise dans un Fauteuil Gris, Manches Rouges (Marie-Thérèse), 1937. Photo Sandra Pointet/©2025 Estate of Pablo Picasso, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ Courtesy Gagosian Gagosian is set to close a chapter in its history, the end of its residence at its 980 Madison location in the Upper East Side, …

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