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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum gestures during her daily conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on January 8. AFP via Getty Images As dealers, artists, collectors, and art advisers hopped flights to Guadalajara for ART WKND GDL this past weekend, Mexico’s art scene suddenly found itself ensnared in an incipient trade war, with little …

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Edvard Munch, Two Human Beings (The Lonely Ones), 1906–8. ©President and Fellows of Harvard College/Courtesy Harvard Art Museums The Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have significantly expanded their Edvard Munch collection with a major bequest from longtime New York–based donors Lynn and Phillip Straus, the latter of whom is a Harvard alum. The donation—62 …

Harvard Secures Large Edvard Munch Bequest from New York Philanthropists Read More »

Amedeo Modigliani in his studio, 1910s. Getty Images Next time you’re strolling through the antique shop, make sure to listen to your gut. Italian entrepreneur and collector Paolo Guzzini did just that and now finds himself the owner of an original Amedeo Modigliani, according to a report from Corriere Adriatico. Acquired some fifteen years ago from …

Early Modigliani Portrait Discovered in French Antique Shop Read More »

Contemporary punks have been known to sport labret piercings, but they were hardly the first do so. Photo Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Every teenager and 20-something thinks a facial piercing or three is a new form of rebellion. In fact, prehistoric kids wore those very same piercings, according to a new study published in the Journal of …

Ice Age Europeans May Have Been the First to Rock Labret Piercings Read More »

Crunch time: The British Council’s chief executive, Scott McDonald (C), has offered its collection to the government in exchange for writing off its almost £200-million loan. Getty Images The British Council, the UK’s international organization for cultural relations, is considering selling some of its impressive art collection to offset its £197 million debt. The organization …

British Council Considers Selling Half of Its 9,000-Work Collection to Pay Off £197 M. Debt Read More »

Amedeo Modigliani in his studio, 1910s. Getty Images The Headlines MODIGLIANI DISCOVERY. Experts say a portrait bought at an antique market in France about 15 years ago is in fact an early painting by Amedeo Modigliani, according to Corriere Adriatico. When Italian collector Paolo Guzzini spotted an interesting seal on the back of an expressive oil painting of a …

Modigliani Painting Found at Antique Market, Collector Pulls Sculpture from Futurism Exhibition in Rome, and More: Morning Links for February 6, 2025 Read More »

Breaking the law: Notre-Dame’s stained-glass windows are a hot topic. Photo Telmo Pinto/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines NOTRE-DAME STAINED-GLASS CONTROVERSY GOES TO COURT. A French heritage organization is taking legal action against the President Emmanuel Macron-backed project to replace 19th-century stained-glass windows in Paris’ …

Emmanuel Macron-Backed Project Taken to Court for Plan to Replace Notre-Dame’s Windows, RETNA Claims Auction House is Selling His Stolen Works: Morning Links for January 31, 2025 Read More »

Facade of The National Museum of Korea in Seoul. Getty Images A fire broke out at the National Hangeul Museum in Seoul on Saturday, causing significant damage to the institution’s third and fourth floors. As a precaution, the museum has begun relocating its collection of around 89,000 artifacts to the neighboring National Museum of Korea, …

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The whereabouts of the gallery’s 87-year-old founder, Raidmund Thomas, remains a mystery. ullstein bild via Getty Images The founder of the now-bankrupt Galerie Thomas in Munich is being investigated alongside his daughter on suspicion of fraud, breach of trust, and delaying insolvency proceedings, German officials announced. Raidmund Thomas founded the gallery in 1964 and gained …

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The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Getty Images A billboard in Montgomery, Alabama, by the artist group For Freedoms was removed after an outcry that spurred city leadership to investigate the piece. The billboard was mounted through For Freedoms, an artist-led organization cofounded by Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman that has historically placed politically …

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