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Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch (1642). Courtesy Corbis via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines FOR THE LOVE OF REMBRANDT… NOT MONEY. The heirs of Dutch museum director Abraham Bredius (1855-1946) have filed a legal motion demanding a trove of Rembrandt paintings he donated to the Mauritshuis museum in The …

Heirs to Dutch Collector Who Donated Rembrandts to Mauritshuis Museum Want Them Back, Statue of Liberty Model Goes to Auction: Morning Links for September 26, 2024 Read More »

Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and Phillips’ Spring auction results have been called ‘as bad as it gets.’ A new report by veteran art market analysts Michael Moses and Jianping Mei of JP Mei & MA Moses Art Market Consultancy, argues that the 2024 spring auction season was “the worst overall financial performance” for the art market this …

The 2024 Spring Auction Season Was the Worst Financial Performance This Century, According to New Report Read More »

Emmanuel Perrotin. ©Tanguy Beurdeley/Courtesy Perrotin Emmanuel Perrotin, the French art dealer with galleries in Paris, Hong Kong, New York, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, and LA, is donating 23 artworks to the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Xavier Rey, the modern and contemporary art museum’s director, and several of its curators selected the works. They are by a …

Perrotin Gallery Donates 23 Contemporary Artworks to Pompidou Centre Read More »

Ben Franklin Bridge and Philadelphia skyline as seen from Camden, New Jersey. Couurtesy Visions of America/Universal Ima To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines CHAPTER 11. The University of the Arts (UArts) in Philadelphia has filed for bankruptcy a few months after it abruptly closed this summer. The …

Philadelphia’s University of the Arts Files for Bankruptcy, New York’s Deli Gallery Shutters, and More; Morning Links for September 17, 2024 Read More »

The India Art Fair is coming to Mumbai. Middle East Images/AFP via Getty To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines TOUGH TRUTHS. A traveling German exhibition documenting the experience of refugees granted asylum in the country was removed soon after it was installed. The reason: because it reportedly …

India Art Fair in New Delhi Expands to Mumbai, Hauser & Wirth Appoints Mirella Roma as Its New CEO, and More: Morning Links for September 19, 2024 Read More »

Panoramic cityscape. Photo by Barry Iverson/Getty Images Thirty valuable paintings on loan from the Imam Ali Religious Arts Museum in Tehran have vanished after “an unidentified entity outside the municipality with official documentation” for an exhibition that it appears never took place, according to a report from Artdependence. Tehran City Council member Nasser Amani disclosed the …

After 30 Paintings from Tehran Museum Disappear, Critics Call For Investigation Read More »

The entrance to the Armory Show. Courtesy of the Armory Show About three hours into prowling the aisles at the VIP preview of The Armory Show earlier this month, I began to feel déjà vu. It’s difficult to say what triggered it. Was it the sounds of The Dare, an indie sleaze pop revivalist whose …

School is Back in Session for the Art World, for Better or Worse Read More »

Cai Guo-Qiang, WE ARE: Explosion Event for PST ART, Act II: “WE ARE,” 2024. Realized at LA Memorial Coliseum. Photo by Kenryou Gu, courtesy Cai Studio Around 4,000 people filled the Los Angeles Coliseum on September 15 to witness the kickoff event for the Getty Museum’s $20 million PST ART: Art & Science Collide, in which …

Spent Fireworks and Rock-Like Debris Rain Down on Crowd at PST ART Event in LA with Several Injuries Reported Read More »

Philippe Rouyer, Jean-Christophe Simon, Setareh Maleki, Mohammad Rasoulof, Mahsa Rostami and Amin Sadraei attend the Seed of the Sacred Fig press conference at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival. Photo Cindy Ord/Getty Images A new report co-published by two legal U.S.-based advocacy groups calls on Iran to stop a years-long campaign to persecute artists, a …

Legal Advocacy Groups Call for Iran to End Campaign Targeting Dissident Artists Read More »

New merchandise at the Brooklyn Museum. Courtesy the Brooklyn Museum of Art Can a 200-year-old institution rebrand as cutting edge? The Brooklyn Museum is attempting to do just that with its new logo design. The new “visual identity” of the museum entails a sans serif font, new ligatures featuring an overlapping ‘o’ in Brooklyn and …

Brooklyn Museum Rebrands After 200 Years Read More »