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Head of German Museum That Canceled Candice Breitz Show Over Gaza Statements Quits

The leader of the Saarland Museum, the German institution that drew controversy when it canceled a Candice Breitz show last November, has quit her post, according to reports...

Artists Pull Works from Barbican Show to Protest ‘Censorship’ of Writer’s Talk on Gaza

A group of artists have joined two collectors in their protest of the Barbican Centre in London, which canceled a talk centered on Palestine and Israel...

Smithsonian American Art Museum Hires Dalila Scruggs as First African American Art Curator

Dalila Scruggs joins Smithsonian American Art Museum as the museum’s first-ever Augusta Savage curator of African American art. sarana99 Scruggs has a background in both educational and curatorial...

Art Critic Roberta Smith to Retire, Leaving the New York Times After 32 Years

Roberta Smith, one of the nation’s leading art critics, will step down from her post as co-chief art critic of the New York Times. She...

Archaeologists in Egypt Unearth 12.5-Foot-Tall Top Section of Ramses II Statue

Archaeologists in Egypt recently discovered a 12.5 foot-tall section of a statue of the pharaoh Ramses II. The discovery of the limestone statue was made at the archaeological...

Thieves Strip Exhibition of Gold, Françoise Gilot Gets Room at Picasso Museum, Met Workers Urge Museum to Call for Gaza Ceasefire, and More: Morning...

MUSEUM HEIST. “Ultra-specialized” thieves made off with a $1.3 million-stash of jewelry and gold sculptures by Umberto Mastroianni, on display in an exhibition at the northern Italian Museo...

Police Will Investigate Pro-Palestine Activists’ Defacement of Arthur Balfour Portrait at Cambridge

Police are investigating an incident of vandalism at Cambridge University in which pro-Palestine demonstrators defaced a portrait of the late British politician Arthur Balfour, who in his...

Elizabeth C. Babcock to Helm the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum After Previous Founding Director Stepped Down

Babcock comes to the Smithsonian with more than 20 years of experience in museum leadership. She is currently the first president and CEO of...

Paris’s Picasso Museum Will Show Work by Françoise Gilot in Permanent Collection Galleries for the First Time

As part of the reinstallation of its permanent collection, the Picasso Museum in Paris will now include a gallery dedicated to the work of Françoise Gilot,...

Global Art Sales Dropped 4 Percent to $65 B. in 2023, Per Art Basel UBS Report

The global art market navigated a challenging year in 2023. Auction sales were down on both sides of the Atlantic and there was a...

Vatican Taps Maurizio Cattelan for Venice Pavilion, Tate Britain Addresses Racist Whistler Mural, Artists Shortlisted for HIV/Aids Memorial, and More: Morning Links for March...

VATICAN TAPS CATTELAN. The Vatican has invited Maurizio Cattelan among other artists to exhibit in their pavilion at the upcoming Venice Biennale. Though sure to attract attention, the choice...

Court Decides Activists Who Glued Themselves to Vermeer Painting Don’t Deserve Jail Time

A Dutch court of appeals has decided that a small group of climate activists who received two month in jail for gluing themselves to Johannes Vermeer‘s The Girl...

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