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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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Yoshitomo Nara’s poster features his painting Midnight Tears (2023). ©Yoshitomo Nara, Courtesy the Yoshitomo Nara Foundation Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara has been enlisted to design a range of merchandise and the promotional poster for FireAid, a benefit concert set to take place at the Intuit Dome and Kia Forum in Los Angeles on January 30. All …

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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 …

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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 »

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 …

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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 »

Courtesy Hammer Museum The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles has named the 27 artists who will participate in its closely watched Made in L.A. biennial, which will open in October. The exhibition focuses on artists who work in the greater LA area. Well-known artists like Carl Cheng, John Knight, Patrick Martinez, Will Rawls, Amanda Ross-Ho, …

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How much to fix the Louvre? One billion euros, apparently. Photo Graham Denholm/Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines TRUMP PAUSES ALL FEDERAL LOANS AND GRANTS. On Monday, the White House budget office ordered a pause in all federal grants, loans, and other federal financial assistance, potentially paralyzing …

Trump Presses Pause on Federal Loans and Grants, One Billion Euros to Fix the Louvre? Pace and Galerie Judin to Open in Berlin: Morning Links for January 28, 2025 Read More »

Experts believe they may have identified a previously unknown Vincent van Gogh portrait of a fisherman. Courtesy LMI Group International At a garage sale in Minnesota, an antiques collector bought a thick impasto oil painting of a fisherman for less than $50. Now, some experts believe, it may be a long-lost van Gogh. The painting …

Experts May Have Identified a Previously Unknown Vincent van Gogh Portrait at a Minnesota Garage Sale Read More »

Installation view of “Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Always to Return,” 2024–25, at National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. Photo Mark Gulezian/National Portrait Gallery A Felix Gonzalez-Torres exhibition at the Smithsonian-run National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., has revived controversy over how one famed artwork is presented, with many alleging that the show strips the piece of any reference …

Amid Outcry, Felix Gonzalez-Torres Foundation Denies ‘Queer Erasure’ in Smithsonian Show Read More »