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As November’s US presidential election approaches, more artists are putting their talent in service of Democratic candidate and current vice president Kamala Harris. 165 leading contemporary artists—Carrie Mae Weems, George Condo, Jenny Holzer, among others—have contributed pieces to the aptly-titled group, Artists for Kamala, which will host a week-long sale starting October 1. The online …

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English art critic Brian Sewell, portrait, United Kingdom, 1985. Photo by Tim Roney/Getty Images EXCLUSIVE: He was one of the most feared and revered British art critics of his generation — and now, nearly a decade after his death, Brian Sewell could be about to wield his pen once more. Deadline understands that London’s historic Evening Standard newspaper has …

London’s ‘Evening Standard’ Newspaper to Revive Art Critic Brian Sewell with AI Amid Staff Cuts Read More »

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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