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Frida Kahlo. Photo Hulton Archive/Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES GO EUROPE, GO! Le Quotidien de l’Art focuses on the 11 European galleries that have never participated in Art Basel Miami since its creation in 2002. The American iteration of the fair, which will next …

Europe Creeps into Art Basel Miami, RIP Thomas Hoepker, Frida Kahlo Portrait Securely Dated, and More: Morning Links for July 16, 2024 Read More »

‘Sadako and Thousand Paper Cranes’ in Seattle’s Peace Park before the theft. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons A bronze statue honoring a 12-year-old victim of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, was stolen from a Seattle park this weekend, according to local media reports. The statue of Sadako Sasaki, who died of leukemia caused by exposure to …

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Julieta González. Courtesy Wexner Center for the Arts The Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University in Columbus has appointed Julieta González as its next head of exhibitions. She will begin in the role in October. González is a leading curator, with over three decades of experience at institutions across Latin America, …

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Meghann Ripenhoff, Littoral Drift #1184 (Roaring Fork River, CO 08.01.19, Draped on Boulder, Swirling Eddies), 2019. Courtesy of the Meghann Riepenhoff and Jackson Fine Art The Intersect Aspen Art and Design Fair announced Wednesday that it had awarded its inaugual Artist Award to Meghann Riepenhoff. Riepenhoff is known for her “camera-less photography” in which she …

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The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, holds the brass plaque returned to him during the restitution ceremony at the royal palace in Benin City. Photo: Omoregie Osakpolor. Courtesy Stanley Museum of Art The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art has become the first in the United States to restitue its holdings of Benin …

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Mona curator and conceptual artist Kirsha Kaechele apologized to the Picasso Estate on the museum’s blog after she forged a painting by the Spanish master for her “Ladies Lounge” exhibition. Courtesy, Mona. The Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Tasmania, Australia was spared the lash after it was revealed that several “Picassos” displayed …

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The Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany. Photo Soeren Stache/dpa/ZB/picture alliance via Getty Images A court in Potsdam, Germany, said this week that two people who had taken bribes during the construction of the Museum Barberini, a private museum run by collector Hasso Plattner. The museum, one of two institutions run by Plattner in Potsdam, opened …

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Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Pumpkin,’ 2024 © YAYOI KUSAMA COURTESY OTA FINE ARTS, VICTORIA MIRO, AND DAVID ZWIRNER. PHOTO: GEORGE DARRELL. London’s Serpentine Galleries unveiled a new public sculpture on Tuesday by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, whose “Infinity Mirror Rooms” have attracted crowds around the world. The bronze work, located next to the Round Pond in Kensington …

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