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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 …

For Freedoms Billboard with MAGA Slogan Removed in Montgomery Amid Controversy Read More »

George Condo is showing at both Hauser & Wirth and Sprüth Magers. Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines TRUMP ENDS PRESIDENT’S ARTS COMMITTEE. The news from the US executive branch keeps rolling in at high speed. In the latest art-related update, Trump has disbanded the President’s Committee …

Trump Dissolves President’s Committee on the Arts, George Condo’s Doubleheader, Gloria Naftali’s Final Wishes Respected?: Morning Links for February 3, 2025 Read More »

Gallerist Helga de Alvear (center) recieves the Montblanc Culture Award 2014 from Montblanc Culture Foundation President Lutz Bethge (left) and Jesus Prieto (right) at the Helga de Alvear Gallery in Madrid, Spain, 2014. Photo Carlos R. Alvarez/WireImage Helga de Alvear, an art dealer who helped lay the groundwork for Arco Madrid fair, died on February …

Helga de Alvear, Art Dealer Who Helped Found the Arco Madrid Art Fair, Dies at 88 Read More »

Ai Weiwei has given his two cents on DeepSeek. Photo Hollie Adamas/Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines SUSPECTS NABBED AFTER DUTCH MUSEUM HEIST. Three suspects have been arrested after the theft of ancient gold Romanian artifacts form a Dutch museum, reports Karen K. Ho for ARTnews. The …

Trio of Suspects Arrested After Theft of Romanian Gold Artifacts in Holland, Ai Weiwei Responds to DeepSeek Censorship, Van Gogh Painting Found in Garage Sale? Morning Links for January 30, 2025 Read More »

OpenAI’s logo. NurPhoto via Getty Images Content generated solely by artificial intelligence is not protected by copyright law, according to new guidelines issued by the US Copyright Office. The announcement was included in a sweeping report on policy issues related to artificial intelligence, particularly its ability to be copyrighted—a flashpoint within creative industries in recent …

AI Art Lacking ‘Human Expression’ Cannot Be Copyrighted, US Officials Say Read More »

The ‘V&A East’ Storehouse is seen under construction at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London on March 16, 2023. AFP via Getty Images More than 100 security workers contracted at three London museums, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, have announced plans to hold a historic strike from February 1-28 for better wages. …

Contracted Workers at Major London Museums Plan for Month-Long Strike Read More »

Richard Long’s Madrid Circle (1988), installed at Khao Yai Art Forest, Thailand. Photo Krittawat Atthsis and Puttisin Choojesroom/Courtesy Khao Yai Art Marisa Chearavanont, a Thai-Korean arts patron, grew up visiting South Korea’s museums from a young age, nurturing a passion for art. She even tried her hand at making art, but quickly gave it up, …

Patron Marisa Chearavanont Hopes to Transform Thailand’s Art Scene with an ‘Art Forest’ Read More »