Artnews

British Museum Should Charge Visitors £20 Entry Fee, Says Former Director

The British Museum in London. Photo Behlul Cetinkaya/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images The former director of the British Museum, one of the many London institutions that offers free admission, recently suggested that foreign tourists should pay an entry fee of £20 ($25), a measure that he said could help generate extra funds. “The money has …

British Museum Should Charge Visitors £20 Entry Fee, Says Former Director Read More »

Tokyo Gendai Gets Ready to Open as Japan’s Art Market Heats Up

People are silhouetted during dusk as they visit the Toyosu Gururi park in Tokyo’s Koto district on July 3, 2024. AFP via Getty Images Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in Breakfast With ARTnews, our daily newsletter about the art world. Sign up here to receive it every weekday. On Tuesday evening in Tokyo’s Roppongi district, under a sky that threatened downpour, …

Tokyo Gendai Gets Ready to Open as Japan’s Art Market Heats Up Read More »

Paul Allen’s Vintage Computer Museum Shutters, Sends Its Holdings to Auction

Microsoft cofounders Bill Gates and Paul Allen, 1984. ©Doug Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images Living Computers: Museum + Labs, the South Seattle steward of Paul G. Allen’s collection of vintage computers and internet technology, will officially never reopen following its closure during the 2020 Covid lockdown. But many of its wares will live on, possibly in …

Paul Allen’s Vintage Computer Museum Shutters, Sends Its Holdings to Auction Read More »

Sotheby’s London Auctions Begin, Albertinum Exhibition Abruptly Closes, and More: Morning Links for June 25, 2024

Jean-Michel Basquiat Portrait of the Artist as a Young Derelict will head to sale in London at Sotheby’s this week with a $30 million estimate. Photo Justin Tallis/AFP via Getty Images The Headlines SOTHEBY’S SUMMER SALES. Today, Sotheby’s London begins its modern and contemporary art auction with an evening sale that features works from the Ralph I. Goldenberg collection, …

Sotheby’s London Auctions Begin, Albertinum Exhibition Abruptly Closes, and More: Morning Links for June 25, 2024 Read More »

Aspen Art Fair Launches in July, Taking Some of Intersect Aspen’s Exhibitors With It

Marcos Acosta, Watchers, 2024. Courtesy Hexton Gallery This summer, Aspen, the vacation home of numerous powerful art collectors, gets a second art fair. In late July, the Aspen Art Fair will open its inaugural edition at the Hotel Jerome, a historic red brick Victorian building opened in the 1880s. Some exhibitors will take over hotel …

Aspen Art Fair Launches in July, Taking Some of Intersect Aspen’s Exhibitors With It Read More »

Centre Pompidou x Jersey City Project Mired in Dispute over Funding Issues

A rendering of Centre Pompidou x Jersey City. Courtesy OMA New Jersey officials are arguing over finances for Centre Pompidou‘s Jersey City outpost, which has already been the subject of controversy among Republican politicians in the state. The museum, which will open in 2026, was once expected to receive roughly $58 million in state funding, …

Centre Pompidou x Jersey City Project Mired in Dispute over Funding Issues Read More »

Jho Low Forfeits More than $100 M. in Assets, Including Warhol and Monet Artworks

http://www.sgfara.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/GettyImages-52176064-e1693421940412.jpg The complaint adds to a long list of artworks sought by the US Department of Justice. ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images The United States Department of Justice has reached an agreement to recover more than $100 million in assets, including artworks by Andy Warhol and Claude Monet, linked to the scandal relating to 1Malaysia …

Jho Low Forfeits More than $100 M. in Assets, Including Warhol and Monet Artworks Read More »

Marina Abramovic to Quiet Glastonbury Attendees for Seven Minutes to Mark a ‘Dark Moment’

Marina Abramović. Photo Stefano Guidi/Getty Images Glastonbury, the widely attended music festival in England, generally makes a lot of noise, and this year will be no different, with fans there to see acts such as SZA, Coldplay, Paul McCartney, Avril Lavigne, and many more. But artist Marina Abramović will also be on hand to cut …

Marina Abramovic to Quiet Glastonbury Attendees for Seven Minutes to Mark a ‘Dark Moment’ Read More »

Marilyn Monroe’s Home Declared a Landmark, Kehinde Wiley Accuser Responds to Censorship Concerns, and More: Morning Links for June 28, 2024

Marilyn Monroe, 1954. Photo Baron/Hulton Archive/Getty Images The Headlines MARILYN MONROE’S MANSION in Los Angeles has been declared a landmark in a bid to save it from demolition by its owners, according to Variety. On Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council designated Monroe’s 1929 Spanish Colonial house a historical cultural monument, in an unanimously approved decision. The actress lived …

Marilyn Monroe’s Home Declared a Landmark, Kehinde Wiley Accuser Responds to Censorship Concerns, and More: Morning Links for June 28, 2024 Read More »

Climate Activists Target Stonehenge, Justine Trudeau Urges Pope to Return Indigenous Artifacts, German Politicians Call for Boycott of Exhibition, and More: Morning Links for June 20, 2024

Niamh Lynch and Rajan Naidu of Just Stop Oil spray orange powder paint on the Stonehenge monument. Courtesy of Just Stop Oil To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES STONEHENGE VANDALISM. Two Just Stop Oil climate activists sprayed orange powder paint on Stonehenge on Wednesday, reports Harrison Jacobs for ARTnews. The two demonstrators …

Climate Activists Target Stonehenge, Justine Trudeau Urges Pope to Return Indigenous Artifacts, German Politicians Call for Boycott of Exhibition, and More: Morning Links for June 20, 2024 Read More »