Ex-Husband of Murdered Art Dealer Brent Sikkema Arrested in New York
Brazilian authorities have been vocal about wanting to arrest him for around a month.
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Paris’s École des Beaux-Arts Under Fire for Destroying Book with Sexual Harassment Allegations
One section of the book reportedly contained accusations that the school’s former director was sexist.
Smithsonian American Art Museum Hires Dalila Scruggs as First African American Art Curator
Scruggs has a background in both education and curatorial roles, with experience across numerous mediums.
Artists Pull Works from Barbican Show to Protest ‘Censorship’ of Writer’s Talk on Gaza
Diedrick Brackens, Mounira al Solh, Yto Barrada, and Cian Dayrit have requested their works be removed from the exhibition “Unravel.” A work by Pacita Abad has also been withdrawn.
Eleven People Face Trial in France for Selling Fake African Artifacts
The group is accused of selling more than $1 million in fabricated artifacts.
Court Decides Activists Who Glued Themselves to Vermeer Painting Don’t Deserve Jail Time
A Dutch appeals court said that the sentences would have a “chilling effect” on freedom of expression.
Germany Moves to Replace Advisory Panel on Nazi-Looted Art with Binding Arbitration
The new culture policy will replace the current national advisory commission, which requires disputes over contested works to be submitted by both sides.
$300 M. Art Collection Filled with Treasures, Both Old and New, Donated to Seattle University
It is being billed as the largest donation of art to a university in the United States.
William Kentridge Joins Hauser & Wirth, Departing Longtime Dealer Marian Goodman
He will continue to show with Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg and Lia Rumma in Naples.
Travis Kelce Is Producing the Jean-Michel Basquiat Documentary ‘King Pleasure’
It will be the second film Kelce produces.