WORLD ART
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In India, Archaeology Has Become the Political Weapon of Choice
As the world reeled from the Covid-19 pandemic in August 2020, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi fulfilled a decade-old campaign promise:...
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Keith Haring ‘Radiant Baby’ Wall Drawing to Be Auctioned
A wall drawing of Keith Haring ’s signature “Radiant Baby” is coming to auction . Haring drew the figure, a crawling infant surrounded...
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Haunt, Graft, Recast: “New Earthworks” at the Arizona State University Art Museum
It’s true that lots of Earthworks are, more or less, monumental holes in the ground, macho and grandiloquent gestures of men passing through. This...
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Tsuneko Sasamoto, One of Japan’s First Female Photojournalists, Dies at 107
Tsuneko Sasamoto , who was among the first women to become a professional photojournalist in Japan, has died at 107, CNN reported on August 15....
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Medieval Pub Buried Under Grazing Pasture Is Unearthed in England
After spending three weeks excavating a medieval town whose remains were buried under what is now a grazing pasture, archaeologists have found...
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Trump PAC Donates for Smithsonian Portraits, Collector and Philanthropist Donald Jonas Dies at 92, and More: Morning Links for July 27, 2022
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines A GIFT...
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Here’s Every Artwork That Climate Activists Have Glued Themselves To
The activist organizations Just Stop Oil and Ultima Generazione respectively, have been attaching themselves to famous works of art across...
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A Lost Masterpiece from a British Avant-Garde Movement Will Go on Display in London
A rediscovered masterpiece by English painter Helen Saunders , a member of the Vorticist movement, will debut this October at London’s...
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Scotland’s Glasgow Museums Signs Historic Repatriation Agreement with India
Scotland’s Glasgow Museums has become the first cultural body in the United Kingdom to agree to return stolen artifacts from India. On...
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The Great Wealth Transfer is Encouraging Older Collectors to Sell Off Their Art Collections
Over the next quarter century, some $73 trillion dollars will be passed from America’s Boomer generation to its Gen X and Millennial...