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This post was originally published on artnews.com With tension mounting surrounding her solo show at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie, Nan Goldin delivered an impassioned speech at the exhibition’s opening in which she called on Germany to take seriously those who are seeking a ceasefire in Israel’s war in Gaza. Goldin’s show there, a traveling version of… Continue reading Nan Goldin Addresses War in Gaza at Berlin Exhibition Opening: ‘Are You Afraid to Hear This, Germany?’

This post was originally published on artnews.com A bill has been proposed in the US House of Representatives that would prohibit the use of single-sex facilities, such as restrooms, locker rooms, and changing rooms, by transgender individuals on federal property, raising questions of how this would apply to the employees and visitors of cultural institutions… Continue reading House Republicans Have Proposed a Capitol Bathroom Ban. What Museums Could be Affected?

This post was originally published on artnews.com The Kunsthaus Bregenz, a beloved contemporary art museum in Austria, has announced what might already count as the most mysterious show of 2025: an exhibition by an artist whose identity may never be known to the press and the general public. That makes the show an unusual one… Continue reading This Beloved Austrian Museum May Never Reveal Which Artist Is Doing Its Big Fall Show Next Year

This post was originally published on artnews.com The Yale Peabody Museum has flagged human remains and eight funerary objects in its collection for repatriation to Native American tribes of the Wabanaki Nations in Maine. These remains and objects were removed from burial sites and shell mounds in Maine and donated to the museum in 1926… Continue reading Yale Peabody Museum to Repatriate Native American Remains and Artifacts to Maine Tribes

This post was originally published on artnews.com Frieze Los Angeles has named the more than 100 galleries that will participate in its 2025 edition, scheduled to run February 20–23 at the Santa Monica Airport. This year’s fair will continue with some of the changes it introduced last year, including its shift to align with the… Continue reading Frieze Los Angeles Names Exhibitors for 2025 Edition

This post was originally published on artnews.com To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines FROM BARN SALE TO AUCTION. After being picked up earlier this year at a barn sale in the Hamptons for just $50 dollars by an eagle-eyed art dealer, a painting later revealed to be… Continue reading Emily Carr Painting Bought for $50 Auctioned for $250,000, San Francisco’s Museums Struggle Financially, and More: Morning Links for November 22, 2024

This post was originally published on artnews.com The marquee New York evening auctions came to a close on Thursday with a strong $106.5 million sale of 21st century art at Christie’s, led by a $23 million drawing by auction stalwart Jean-Michel Basquiat, setting a record for a work on paper by the artist. The atmosphere… Continue reading Led by a $23 M. Basquiat, Christie’s Notches a Solid $106.5 M. 21st-Century Art Sale

This post was originally published on artnews.com A marble head of a man dated from 150 CE has been repatriated to Greece by the Archaeological Museum of the University of Münster in Germany. The museum voluntarily returned the artifact after concerns were raised over its ownership records by researchers. During a repatriation ceremony, Greek Culture… Continue reading German Museum Returns Ancient Marble Head to Greece

This post was originally published on artnews.com Taína Cruz’s studio is cluttered with books: chunky catalogs devoted to Jacolby Satterwhite, Henry Taylor, R.B. Kitaj, Kerry James Marshall, and Emil Nolde; surveys of street art and the culture of New York’s East Village; a novel by Zora Neale Hurston. There is one book that she tells… Continue reading Taína Cruz’s Eerie Paintings Merge Gritty Realism and Haunting Spirituality

This post was originally published on artnews.com On Tuesday night during Christie’s 20th century evening sale, after eleven or so tense minutes of hushed phone conversations behind cupped hands and quick currency conversions, Rene Magritte’s paintng L’empire des lumières (1954) sold for $121 million. At a press conference after the sale Alex Rotter, Christie’s chairman of 20th and… Continue reading Magritte’s ‘L’empire des lumières’ Sold for $121 M. Who Else Has Passed the $100 M. Mark at Auction?