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Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926), ‘Water Lilies’, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images) To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES BAD PROJECTION. The “C-Project” sounds like a shady plan hatched by shady people in a budget sci-fi film. In reality, it’s not …

Holographic Art Goes Mainstream, Monet Water Lily Painting to Make Auction Debut, British Museum Reveals Major Gift of Chinese Art, and More: Morning Links for August 22, 2024 Read More »

Scorch marks left at the front gate of the Jewish Museum in Baltimore. Baltimore Jewish Council A man has been arrested in connection with a suspected arson outside the Jewish Museum of Maryland on August 4, Baltimore police announced Saturday. Assadollah Hashemi, 66, was charged with second-degree arson and first-degree attempted malicious burning. According to …

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The British Museum in London. David Liff/License: CC BY-SA 3.0/Wikimedia The British Museum has finished investigating its own conduct and concluded that it broke the law after it discovered last year that thousands of artifacts had disappeared from its collection. The museum confirmed last December that around 2,000 items went missing and its top brass …

British Museum Finds Itself Guilty of Breaking UK Law for Mistreating Collection After 2,000 Items Disappeared Read More »

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 06: The young guests enjoy activities during the God’s Love We Deliver Young Hearts Friends Fest: Valentine’s Party at the Museum of Ice Cream on February 06, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for God’s Love We Deliver) Getty Images for God’s Love We D …

Man Sues Museum of Ice Cream, Bronx Museum Director Quits, Judge Allows Artists’ Copyright Lawsuit Against AI Companies, and More: Morning Links for August 14, 2024 Read More »

Eva Robarts’ sculpture Fantasy of Happiness (2022) Courtesy, The Armory Show, Ruttkowski;68 The Armory Show announced that they will once again partner with the US Open Tennis Championships to present sculptures and installations on the grounds at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the event.  The partnership is in its third consecutive …

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James Turrell’s Ganzfield Apani (2011) will be installed in a new trailside pavilion within the mountain’s 156 ski runs. COURTESY POWDER MOUNTAIN When Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings purchased Utah’s Powder Mountain ski resort in 2023 for an undisclosed sum, the first thing he did was turn it into a private members club. He cordoned off …

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The ancient neolithic monument of Stonehenge. Photo Matt Cardy/Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES PRICE OF GOLD. It cost the UK more than $315 million of tax payers’ hard-earned cash to prepare its athletes for the Paris Olympics. Team GB won 64 medals, which equates …

Stonehenge’s Origins Questioned, UK’s Olympic and Cultural Budget Compared, Art Collective Calls Out Polluters and More: Morning Links for August 16, 2024 Read More »

circa 1945: A portrait of the Brooklyn Dodgers’ infielder Jackie Robinson in uniform. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Getty Images A new statue memorializing baseball legend Jackie Robinson was unveiled by officials in a Wichita, Kansas park on Monday as a replacement to one that had been stolen and damaged earlier this year, CNN reported. …

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Banksy’s eighth animal mural to appear in London over the last week. PA Images via Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES PAIN IN THE ASSET. Italy’s public debt is mounting. How to tackle it? Auctioning off a 16th-century castle that once belonged to Charles V, …

Italy’s Auctioning Its Castles, Ninth Banksy Mural Found, a Museum for Instagram Enthusiasts, and More: Morning Links for August 13, 2024 Read More »

Taylor Swift fans also traded bracelets with museum employees. Courtesy of The Albertina Thousands of Taylor Swift fans flooded museums in Vienna over the weekend after multiple institutions waived entry fees after three of the singer’s concerts were cancelled due to security threats. “We weren’t really sure what to expect,” Haus der Musik managing director …

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