A sacred tablet that was stolen by British troops during the 1868 battle of Maqdala in Ethiopia was restituted in a service at a church in London on Monday, the Art Newspaper reports. Also known as a tabot, the object is a symbolic representation of the Ark of the CovenantContinue Reading
Queer Thoughts, the New York gallery that boosted the careers of artists like Diamond Stingily, David Rappeneau, and Puppies Puppies, has officially closed, marking an end to the 11-year run for the small, adventurous space. Its final show, an Arthur Marie exhibition filled with matte-finished paintings of people with bulbousContinue Reading
For the third time, French authorities are taking aim at legacy art dealer and collector Guy Wildenstein, who for years has been accused of hiding a trove of masterworks thought to be in his family’s collection through tax fraud and money laundering, according to the New York Times. In 2017 WildensteinContinue Reading
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is transferring ownership of two stone sculptures dating to the third millennium BCE back to Yemen, but the items will remain on loan to the museum. The institution recently announced the shift in ownership of the marble rectangular mortar and a standing female figure afterContinue Reading
Earlier this week, Brooklyn-based artist Xaveria Simmons accused the Queens Museum in an Instagram post of “institutional and curatorial negligence” after the museum repurposed a sculptural work by the artist for a later exhibition. In October 2022, the Queens Museum opened an exhibition by Simmons, with the text-based installation piece,Continue Reading
In what is likely a sign of continued expansion for one of the world’s top art fairs, Art Basel, which stages editions in Switzerland, Hong Kong, Miami Beach, and Paris, has made two major hires for its leadership team. Hayley Romer will join Art Basel this month as chief growthContinue Reading
Erwin Olaf, a Dutch photographer whose softly lit images of people in surrealist situations were seen widely, in venues ranging from the pages of fashion magazines to the galleries of art museums, has died at 64. Olaf’s death was announced on Wednesday by his official Instagram page. His studio’s statementContinue Reading
New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is the place to be if you want to learn about modern and contemporary art. For nearly a century, the museum has played a major role in the collection of modern architecture, design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, and digital media. MoMA wasContinue Reading
Foxy Production, the veteran New York space that helped spur on the careers of venturesome artists such as Sterling Ruby and Sara Cwynar, will shut down its gallery program this October after 20 years in business. The final exhibition there will be its current one, featuring photographs by Erin CallaContinue Reading
Fernando Botero, a Colombian artist whose paintings peopled with full-figured members of the elite achieved international fame, opening doors for many Latin Americans after him, has died at 91. Lina Botero, his daughter, told Caracol, a Colombian radio station, that her father died at his home in Monaco on FridayContinue Reading
