‘Sadako and Thousand Paper Cranes’ in Seattle’s Peace Park before the theft. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons A bronze statue honoring a 12-year-old victim of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, was stolen from a Seattle park this weekend, according to local media reports. The statue of Sadako Sasaki, who died of leukemia caused by exposure to …
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Julieta González. Courtesy Wexner Center for the Arts The Wexner Center for the Arts at The Ohio State University in Columbus has appointed Julieta González as its next head of exhibitions. She will begin in the role in October. González is a leading curator, with over three decades of experience at institutions across Latin America, …
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Meghann Ripenhoff, Littoral Drift #1184 (Roaring Fork River, CO 08.01.19, Draped on Boulder, Swirling Eddies), 2019. Courtesy of the Meghann Riepenhoff and Jackson Fine Art The Intersect Aspen Art and Design Fair announced Wednesday that it had awarded its inaugual Artist Award to Meghann Riepenhoff. Riepenhoff is known for her “camera-less photography” in which she …
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, holds the brass plaque returned to him during the restitution ceremony at the royal palace in Benin City. Photo: Omoregie Osakpolor. Courtesy Stanley Museum of Art The University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art has become the first in the United States to restitue its holdings of Benin …
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Mona curator and conceptual artist Kirsha Kaechele apologized to the Picasso Estate on the museum’s blog after she forged a painting by the Spanish master for her “Ladies Lounge” exhibition. Courtesy, Mona. The Museum of Old and New Art (Mona) in Tasmania, Australia was spared the lash after it was revealed that several “Picassos” displayed …
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The Museum Barberini in Potsdam, Germany. Photo Soeren Stache/dpa/ZB/picture alliance via Getty Images A court in Potsdam, Germany, said this week that two people who had taken bribes during the construction of the Museum Barberini, a private museum run by collector Hasso Plattner. The museum, one of two institutions run by Plattner in Potsdam, opened …
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Yayoi Kusama’s ‘Pumpkin,’ 2024 © YAYOI KUSAMA COURTESY OTA FINE ARTS, VICTORIA MIRO, AND DAVID ZWIRNER. PHOTO: GEORGE DARRELL. London’s Serpentine Galleries unveiled a new public sculpture on Tuesday by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, whose “Infinity Mirror Rooms” have attracted crowds around the world. The bronze work, located next to the Round Pond in Kensington …
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Looted Asante artefacts returned on loan from the British Musuem and the Victoria and Albert Museum on display at the Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi, Ghana on May 12, 2024. Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES ASPEN’S GRASP. Known for winter sports and other outdoor …
A university student works with clay. (Photo by Damien MEYER / AFP) (Photo by DAMIEN MEYER/AFP via Getty Images) Art history, visual and performing Arts, and graphic design majors nationwide have the bleakest employment prospects across all college majors in the United States, according to data analyzed by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York …
Robert Motherwell and Renate Ponsold at Greenwich Harbor in 1977. ©Dedalus Foundation The estate of Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell and photographer Renate Ponsold Motherwell, who died in 2023, will give $200,000 to Fine Arts Work Center, a residency program and arts education center in Provincetown, Massachusetts that Motherwell cofounded more than 50 years ago. The …
