RISD’s campus. Courtesy RISD. A group of ACLU-affiliated organizations filed a class-action lawsuit Friday in federal court in New Hampshire, seeking to reinstate the legal status of over 100 international students whose visas were abruptly revoked this year. The suit aims to protect students in New England and Puerto Rico who advocates say were stripped …
The 15-foot-tall pink granite false door at the tomb of Waserif Re in Saqqara, Egypt. Courtesy Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities The tomb of Prince Waserif Re, son of King Userkaf who founded ancient Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty and reigned from 2465 BCE to 2458 BCE, was excavated by archaeologists at the Saqqara necropolis, just southwest …
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Ho Tzu Nyen. Courtesy Singapore Art Museum The next Gwangju Biennale will be organized not by a world-renowned curator but by an artist whose profile is fast-rising. Ho Tzu Nyen will organize the 2026 edition of South Korea’s Gwangju Biennale, which is regarded as one of the top biennial-style shows in Asia. It’s not the …
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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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