ArtNews
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Flora Yukhnovich, Whose Modern Spin on Rococo Made a Market Splash, Joins Hauser & Wirth
Rococo references bubble and churn beneath the abstractions of Flora Yukhnovich—lush pastel color, dramatic brushwork—but never take form....
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British Museum Removes Writer’s Translations of Chinese Poetry After Being Accused of Copyright Infringement
The British Museum has removed translations of poetry by a Chinese revolutionary from one of its exhibitions after a translator alleged that her...
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Berlin Biennale Postpones Next Edition Amid Concerns of ‘Biennial Super Art Year’
The upcoming edition of the Berlin Biennale, one of Europe’s most prestigious recurring art exhibitions, has been postponed from 2024 to 2025....
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120-Million-Year-Old “Illegally Exported” Dinosaur Fossil Returns Home After Social Media Crusade
A rare dinosaur fossil discovered in northeastern Brazil in 1990 that is thought to have been illegally exported to Germany has been returned...
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Who Was Salvador Dalí and Why Was He So Important?
Hear the word Surrealism and Salvador Dalí will most likely spring to mind—if not the artist himself, then certainly his signature icon of a...
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Kehinde Wiley’s New Work Underscores the Pitfalls of His Signature Approach: Swapping Black Figures into European Compositions
A towering 13-foot bronze equestrian statue gets its own dedicated room in Kehinde Wiley’s exhibition at the de Young Museum. Modeled after a...
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New Mexico Judge Grants and Dismisses Claims Made By Meow Wolf in Ongoing Copyright Fight
A federal judge in New Mexico has granted and dismissed some of the claims made by the art company Meow Wolf in response to a copyright...
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Amid Tightening of Cultural Protections Worldwide, Austria Proposes New Restitution Laws
The Austrian government has announced plans to propose a new law requiring museums to return objects acquired in a colonial context by March...
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Curator Allison Glenn Reveals Her Top Five Recent Obsessions
Allison Glenn is the curator of the Counterpublic 2023 triennial currently on view in St. Louis. In her role, she considers the importance of...
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Google Doodle Honors Polish Sculptor Magdalena Abakanowicz’s 93rd Birthday
The artist Magdalena Abakanowicz would have been 93 today. On the occasion of her birthday, Google honored the artist with a...