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NYPD Investigates Vandalism of Brooklyn Museum Director’s Home, British Artist Faces Scrutiny in Germany, and More: Morning Links for June 13, 2024

The Brooklyn Museum. Photo Cindy Ord/Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES SUSPECTS SOUGHT. An investigation is underway into the vandalism of the home of Brooklyn Museum director Anne Pasternak. Per images shared on X by New York City Mayor Eric Adams, red paint was splashed across the front door …

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In New Exhibition Series, Curator Avi Lubin Centers Artists from Kibbutzim Along the Israel-Gaza Border

Curator Avi Lubin (R) looks through works at Dov Heller’s estate in Nirim, a kibbutz just a few miles from the Gaza border. Courtesy of the MIshkan Museum In his 1968 print Remaining Words, Israeli artist Dov Heller wrote in blocky Hebrew letters: “I finished reserve duty on Friday/I was in Gaza they threw rocks …

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Art Historian’s Run for Mayor of Florence Faces Pushback from Italy’s Left Wing

Eike Schmidt. Photo Christoph Sator/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Eike Schmidt, a German art historian who formerly served as director of the Uffizi Galleries, has officially launched his campaign to become mayor of Florence. But a smooth road to office has been impeded by left-wing politicians in the city, who have accused him of denigrating …

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El Museo del Barrio Names Artist List for Its 2024 Triennial, with an Expanded, Global Focus

The curatorial team for the 2024 edition of La Trienal: from left, Susana V. Temkin, Rodrigo Moura, and María Elena Ortiz. Photo CASEY KELBAUGH El Museo del Barrio has named the 33 artists that will take part in the second edition of its triennial, which will run at the museum from October 10, 2024, to …

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Two 17th Century Paintings Looted by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre by Jewish Heirs

PARIS, FRANCE – MARCH 25: French police takes security measures near louvre pyramid as France raises alert to maximum after the terrorist attack in the Moscow concert hall that killed 137 people, in Paris, France on March 25, 2024. (Photo by Mohamad Salaheldin Abdelg Alsayed/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu via Getty Images Two 17th century …

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Mastermind of ‘Canada’s Largest Art Fraud’ Guilty of Peddling Fake Norval Morrisseau Works

Famed artist Norval Morrisseau in a photo from 1977. Graham Bezant/Toronto Star via Getty Images A second suspect has plead guilty to charges of fraud in the case dubbed by investigators as “Canada’s largest art fraud investigation,” according to CBC News. On June 6, David Voss plead guilty to one charge of forgery and one …

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French Museum Calls Report on Vincent Honoré’s Suicide ‘Exploitation of a Tragic Event’

MO.CO. Courtesy MO.CO MO.CO, a contemporary art museum in Montpellier, France, accused a French art publication of “exploitation” on Friday after it ran a report on the suicide of Vincent Honoré, who formerly served as the institution’s head of exhibitions. Le Quotidien de l’Art reported last week that Honoré’s suicide had been determined a “work …

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Ben Vautier, Fluxus Artist Who Famously Proclaimed That ‘Everything Is Art,’ Dies at 88

Ben Vautier, 2023. Photo Clement Mahoudeau/AFP via Getty Images Ben Vautier, a French Fluxus artist whose humorous paintings and performances imploded the division between life and art, earning laughs and admiration alike from critics, has died at 88. Vautier, who often worked under the artistic moniker Ben, was found dead in his home in Nice …

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