The Coțofenești helmet from 450 BCE had an estimated value of €4.3 million ($4.9 million). Courtesy the Dutch Police Dutch police recently arrested two more suspects in connection with the theft of Romanian artifacts from the Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands earlier this year in January. “These suspects are a 20-year-old man and an …
RICHMOND, VA – FEBRUARY 09: The Virginia State flag and the American flag fly near the Virginia State Capitol, February 9, 2019 in Richmond, Virginia. Virginia state politics are in a state of upheaval, with Governor Ralph Northam, State Attorney General Mark Herring, both Democrats, and Republican Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment involved with past …
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Faith Ringgold. Photo Meron Menghistab/Courtesy the Anyone Can Fly Foundation and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York The estate of Faith Ringgold, an acclaimed artist known for works that directly and bracingly protest racism, has joined New York’s Jack Shainman Gallery. Prior to her death in 2024, Ringgold had long been represented by ACA Galleries, which …
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KHERSON, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 19: Ihor works as he shows the robbed treasury in the Art Museum, Kherson, Ukraine where was robbed of most of its exhibits and appear in various Russian museums now, within the 2nd anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war on February 19, 2024. (Photo by Wojciech Grzedzinski/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu via …
French artist Claude Lévêque has been accused of rape by several people. AFP via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines CLAUDE LÉVÊQUE CHILD RAPE INVESTIGATION. New details have emerged into the ongoing investigation of child rape charges against French artist Claude Lévêque, as another alleged victim joins …
Directions (Merging), a new digital artwork by Mohammed Kazem, commissioned by Julius Baer. at Art Dubai. Getty Images for Art Dubai Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Art Dubai opened to VIPs on Wednesday with all the familiar trappings of a …
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Baby Boom, 1982. Christie’s Images Ltd., 2025 Jean-Michel Basquiat‘s market dominance seems poised to continue during the May auctions in New York, where Christie’s will sell one of his paintings with a $20 million–$30 million estimate. The painting, titled Baby Boom, was made in 1982, the same year as many of his most …
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The 45-foot, 32,000-pound wire sculpture ‘R-Evolution’ was unveiled April 10. Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines ACCIDENTAL DEATH. An inquest has ruled that London-based artist Sarah Cunningham, 31, died accidentally in November last year, reports George Nelson for ARTnews. The rising artist was represented by Lisson Gallery and went missing in …
Imran Qureshi’s 25-foot tall installation, part of the exhibition “Vanishing Points” in Alserkal Avenue’s Concrete. Daniel Cassady Step into Dubai’s Al Quoz Industrial district and you’ll see the telltale signs of a place mid-transformation: corrugated steel walls, faded industrial signage, the occasional half-finished mural. But turn onto Alserkal Avenue and the mood shifts—quickly. Scooters whiz by, espresso machines …
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Douglas Coupland’s public art installation Tom Thomson’s Canoe (2008) prior to the suspected arson. Photo Tara Walton/Toronto Star via Getty Images A public art installation by Douglas Coupland in Toronto was destoryed by a fire last week, in what local police are calling arson. Coupland’s piece was an homage to one of Canada’s most well-known painters, …
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