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View of American Artist’s exhibition “Shaper of God” at REDCAT, Los Angeles. Photo Brica Wilcox. Courtesy REDCAT, Los Angeles. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced this week the 223 scholars and artists who received a 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship, one of the most coveted honors in the arts. This is the foundation’s 101st class of fellows. The …

2026 Guggenheim Fellowships Go to Sonya Clark, John Miller, and American Artist Read More »

A 2022 exhibition of artworks held by France in Cotonou. Photo Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Last night, France’s lower house of parliament unanimously voted in favor of a long-anticipated bill to facilitate the restitution of artworks looted during the colonial era, making good on a nearly 10-year-old pledge by French President Emmanuel Macron to return African heritage to …

French Politicians Vote in Favor of Bill on Artifacts Looted During Colonial Era: ‘A True Historic Monument’ Read More »

Vanesa Álvarez: The Future We Create, 2026. Courtesy Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York Earlier this week, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts unveiled a mural adorning construction fencing along Amsterdam Avenue, marking the western edge of LCPA’s Upper West Side campus. The mural was designed by Vanesa Álvarez, a Spanish artist based …

Lincoln Center Kicks Off Accessibility Project With Vibrant New Mural Read More »

http://www.sgfara.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/GettyImages-2170792148.jpg The Victoria and Albert Museum. dpa/picture alliance via Getty I To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines CHINA’S RED PEN. The Victoria and Albert Museum censored maps and images in its catalogues following objections from its Chinese printer and state authorities over content deemed sensitive to Beijing, the Guardian …

V&A Censors Catalogue After Pressure from China, Former High Museum COO Pleads Not Guilty to Theft Charge: Morning Links for April 15, 2026 Read More »

Bode Museum, Berlin Insights/Universal Images Group via Getty Images. On Tuesday afternoon, police were called when an activist super-glued herself to a display cabinet at the Bode Museum on Berlin’s Museum Island. The news was reported by the German magazine Monopol. The action was claimed by New Generation, a successor movement to Last Generation, a …

Activist Super-Glues Herself to Display Cabinet at Berlin’s Bode Museum Read More »

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – APRIL 16: General view of exhibits on Day 2 of Art Dubai 2025 at Madinat Jumeirah Conference and Events Centre on April 16, 2025 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Art Dubai, the Middle East’s leading international art fair, holds its 2025 edition at Madinat Jumeirah. Featuring 120 galleries drawn from …

Art Dubai Unveils Leaner ‘Special Edition’ Built Around Regional Core Read More »

The interior of Pete Davidson’s house. Ginnel x Modern Angles Pete Davidson, the lovable lunk who made his name on Saturday Night Live and went on to star on the silver screen (as well as in the annals of dubious boat-ownership), put his house in suburban Westchester, New York, on the market—while revealing a considerable …

See Comedian Pete Davidson’s Art-Filled New York Home for Sale for $2 M. Read More »

Madeleine Grynsztejn. MCA Chicago. At year’s end, Madeleine Grynsztejn will leave her post after 18 years as director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, which bills itself as one of the world’s largest museums devoted to the art of today. The museum, which launched in 1967 with a Fluxus happening by John Cage, Dick …

Outgoing MCA Chicago Director Madeleine Grynsztejn Offers the Consummate Insider’s Guide to the Windy City Read More »

Ministry of Culture employees look at the famous caryatid statues inside the new Acropolis Museum in Athens 10 January 2008. The Greek president visited the new museum that is expected to be ready to open its gates to the public in early 2008.AFP PHOTO/Louisa Gouliamaki (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP via Getty Images) AFP …

Greece Introduces New Law to Combat Art Forgery and Vandalism Read More »

The National Assembly in Paris. Photo by Bastien Ohier/Hans Lucas via AFP In what was described as “a decisive step in the long road to the restitution of property looted in Africa during the colonial era,” on Wednesday the French National Assembly’s Cultural Affairs Committee approved a proposed bill that was unanimously passed by the Senate’s …

Proposed Restitution Law in France Advances in National Assembly Read More »