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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 …

More Alleged Victims Accuse Artist Claude Lévêque of Rape, Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah al-Thani Wins Case Against Phoenix Ancient Art: Morning Links for April 17, 2025 Read More »

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 …

Art Dubai Opens With Its Own Pace: A Fair That’s ‘Not About Fighting to Win the Waiting List’ Read More »

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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The 45-foot, 32,000-pound wire sculpture ‘R-Evolution’ was unveiled April 10. Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines ACCIDENTAL DEATH. An inquest has ruled that London-based artist Sarah Cunningham, 31, died accidentally in November last year, reports George Nelson for ARTnews. The rising artist was represented by Lisson Gallery and went missing in …

Death of Artist Sarah Cunningham Ruled Accidental, Nude Burning Man Sculpture Causing a Stir in San Francisco, Glenstone Museum Reopens: Morning Links for April 18, 2025 Read More »

Imran Qureshi’s 25-foot tall installation, part of the exhibition “Vanishing Points” in Alserkal Avenue’s Concrete. Daniel Cassady Step into Dubai’s Al Quoz Industrial district and you’ll see the telltale signs of a place mid-transformation: corrugated steel walls, faded industrial signage, the occasional half-finished mural. But turn onto Alserkal Avenue and the mood shifts—quickly. Scooters whiz by, espresso machines …

Over 15 Years On, Alserkal Avenue is Still the Thrumming Heart of Dubai’s Art Scene Read More »

Douglas Coupland’s public art installation Tom Thomson’s Canoe (2008) prior to the suspected arson. Photo Tara Walton/Toronto Star via Getty Images A public art installation by Douglas Coupland in Toronto was destoryed by a fire last week, in what local police are calling arson. Coupland’s piece was an homage to one of Canada’s most well-known painters, …

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Bernard Arnault. Photo Julien de Rosa/AFP via Getty Images ARTnews Top 200 collectors Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault, and Alice Walton have lost additional billions during the last three trading days after $10 trillion in stock market sell-offs in response to the new “reciprocal” tariffs against all other nations and the increased likelihood of a global recession due to …

Top 200 Collectors Bernard Arnault, Alice Walton and Jeff Bezos Lose Billions Again After Major Stock Sell-Offs Read More »

The White House. Getty Images In the latest legal challenge to the Trump administration from the cultural sector, the largest union of museum and library professionals in the United States has sued to block efforts to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The lawsuit was filed in in the US District Court …

Museum and Library Union Launches Legal Battle Against White House to Stop Cuts Read More »

Max Kozloff. Bettmann Archive via Getty Images Max Kozloff, a critic who influentially collapsed the divide between art and politics that was erected by formalists who came before him, died on April 6 at 91. His death was announced this week by his wife, the artist Joyce Kozloff. Kozloff made his name during the 1970s …

Max Kozloff, Influential Art Critic Who Augured a Turn Away from Formalism, Dies at 91 Read More »

The restored sculpture by Eric Gill behind protective glass on the exterior of BBC Broadcasting House in London, photographed on April 9. Photo Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images The BBC Broadcasting House in London has restored a sculpture by Eric Gill, an artist associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement who is also known …

BBC House’s Restored Sculpture by Artist and Sexual Abuser Eric Gill Goes Back on View Read More »