Artists Will Gather Outside New York Museums and Meta’s Offices to Protest Social Media Censorship

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Artists Will Gather Outside New York Museums and Meta’s Offices to Protest Social Media Censorship

The group, led by PEN America’s Artists at Risk Connection and the Don’t Delete Art Coalition, has planned a day of action on June 15.

By Artnet News, Jun 14, 2023

Archaeology

In a First, Archaeologists in the U.K. Have Used 3D Scans to Study a Mysterious Roman Burial Practice

It's not known exactly why Romans poured liquid gypsum over their dead in their coffins before burial.

By Artnet News, Jun 14, 2023

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Art Industry News: The Climate Activists Who Glued Themselves to a Vatican Statue Are Ordered Pay $30,000 in Restitution + Other Stories

Plus, Japan names the artist exhibiting at the Venice Biennale in 2024, and a new report reveals which country has the most private museums.

By Artnet News, Jun 14, 2023

Art World

Art Industry News: A Dealer Slams a U.K. Television Show for Selling a Likely Fake Banksy at Auction + Other Stories

Plus, Brett Littman leaves his post as the director of New York's Noguchi Museum, and Holland Cotter loves MoMA's Latin America show.

By Artnet News, Jun 13, 2023

On View

A Dozen Drawings From Leonardo da Vinci’s 1,200-Page ‘Codex Atlanticus’ Will Go on View in the U.S. for the First Time

Leonardo's drawings helped inspire modern excavating machines, diving mechanisms, and autonomous vehicles.

By Artnet News, Jun 12, 2023

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Art Industry News: Art Advisor Lisa Schiff Cooperates With Authorities as She Faces Multiple Lawsuits + Other Stories

Plus, Almine Rech expands in Gstaad and Monaco, and the North Dakota Museum of Art's missing sculpture has been returned.

By Artnet News, Jun 12, 2023

Art Fairs

Here’s Your Go-To Guide to This Week’s Art Fairs in Basel, Switzerland, From the International Heavyweights to the Cozy Local Affairs

Here's all the practical information you need to know.

By Artnet News, Jun 12, 2023

The Back Room

The Back Room: Working for the Weekend

This week: London Gallery Weekend, Mike Bloomberg's philanthropic flex, a doggone surprise in the Old Master market, and much more.

By Artnet News, Jun 9, 2023

Art World

Which Artists Will Everyone Be Talking About in Basel This Year? Here’s a Primer on 5 of the Week’s Rising Stars

Get smart fast with our cheat sheet on five artists everyone will be talking about.

By Artnet News, Jun 9, 2023

Archaeology

French Archaeologists Decry the Loss of 7,000-Year-Old Standing Stones on a Site That Was ‘Destroyed’ to Make Way for a DIY Store

Local officials argue that the site has 'low archaeological value.'

By Artnet News, Jun 9, 2023

Art World

Art Industry News: The National Comedy Museum Has Acquired Joan Rivers’s Archive of Jokes + Other Stories

Plus, dispatches from Hurvin Anderson's local barbershop and gallerist Sukanya Rajaratnam joins White Cube as director.

By Artnet News, Jun 9, 2023

The Art Angle

The Art Angle Podcast: What Is Hypersentimentalism? On the New Tendency in Art

Artnet's Kate Brown identifies a new trend in the contemporary art scene.

By Artnet News, Jun 8, 2023

Auctions

Sotheby’s Sets Two Gemstone Records for a Ruby and a Pink Diamond, Each Selling for $34.8 Million

This is the first time in history that two stones have fetched prices north of $30 million in a single sale, the auction house notes.

By Artnet News, Jun 8, 2023

Auctions

A Salvador Dalí Brooch Made for Philanthropist Rebekah Harkness—Who Inspired a Taylor Swift Song—Just Fetched Nearly $1 Million at Christie’s

The striking brooch, dating from about 1950, is made from diamonds, rubies, emeralds, platinum and yellow gold.

By Artnet News, Jun 8, 2023

Art World

Art Industry News: White Cube Is Opening a New Gallery in Seoul + Other Stories

Plus, Gagosian now represents Francesca Woodman and Anna Delvey's lawyer is suing her for unpaid legal fees.

By Artnet News, Jun 8, 2023

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