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Eva Robarts’ sculpture Fantasy of Happiness (2022) Courtesy, The Armory Show, Ruttkowski;68 The Armory Show announced that they will once again partner with the US Open Tennis Championships to present sculptures and installations on the grounds at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the event.  The partnership is in its third consecutive …

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James Turrell’s Ganzfield Apani (2011) will be installed in a new trailside pavilion within the mountain’s 156 ski runs. COURTESY POWDER MOUNTAIN When Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings purchased Utah’s Powder Mountain ski resort in 2023 for an undisclosed sum, the first thing he did was turn it into a private members club. He cordoned off …

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The ancient neolithic monument of Stonehenge. Photo Matt Cardy/Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES PRICE OF GOLD. It cost the UK more than $315 million of tax payers’ hard-earned cash to prepare its athletes for the Paris Olympics. Team GB won 64 medals, which equates …

Stonehenge’s Origins Questioned, UK’s Olympic and Cultural Budget Compared, Art Collective Calls Out Polluters and More: Morning Links for August 16, 2024 Read More »

circa 1945: A portrait of the Brooklyn Dodgers’ infielder Jackie Robinson in uniform. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Getty Images A new statue memorializing baseball legend Jackie Robinson was unveiled by officials in a Wichita, Kansas park on Monday as a replacement to one that had been stolen and damaged earlier this year, CNN reported. …

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Banksy’s eighth animal mural to appear in London over the last week. PA Images via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES PAIN IN THE ASSET. Italy’s public debt is mounting. How to tackle it? Auctioning off a 16th-century castle that once belonged to Charles V, …

Italy’s Auctioning Its Castles, Ninth Banksy Mural Found, a Museum for Instagram Enthusiasts, and More: Morning Links for August 13, 2024 Read More »

Taylor Swift fans also traded bracelets with museum employees. Courtesy of The Albertina Thousands of Taylor Swift fans flooded museums in Vienna over the weekend after multiple institutions waived entry fees after three of the singer’s concerts were cancelled due to security threats. “We weren’t really sure what to expect,” Haus der Musik managing director …

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Erarta Museum in St. Petersburg. COURTESY ERARTA MUSEUM St. Petersburg’s Erarta Museum – which holds the largest private collection of contemporary art in Russia – is staring down a raft of administrative charges after exhibiting a painting that Russian authorities say contains “Nazi symbols.” The case was brought on July 12 before the Vasilevsky District …

Museum in St. Petersburg Facing Fine for Showing ‘Nazi Propaganda’ Painting by Belarusian Artist Read More »

The complaint adds to a long list of artworks sought by the US Department of Justice. ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images The US Justice Department has reached an agreement with Jasmine Loo Ai Swan, the former general counsel of Malaysia’s sovereign investment development fund (1MDB), to recover a $1.27 million drawing by Pablo Picasso that …

US Feds Recovers $1.2 M. Picasso Drawing Allegedly Bought with 1MDB Funds from Christie’s Auction Read More »