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Art Industry News: Hunter Biden Criticized for Plans to ‘Meet With Potential Art Buyers’ (A.K.A Attend His Exhibition Opening) + Other Stories

Plus, art-market confidence hits its highest level since 2014, and the National Gallery picks up an iconic piece of British history.

By Artnet News, 40 mins ago

People

‘In the Studio, You Have Your Own Folklore’: Artist Edgar Sarin on the Stories Artists Tell Themselves

Sarin is currently showing work at two venues in Paris.

By Pac Pobric, 10 hours ago

On View

Works From the Fabled Collection of Late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee Are Finally on Public View in South Korea

Two exhibitions in separate venues opened simultaneously in Seoul.

By Artnet News, 18 hours ago

Shows & Exhibitions

Frida Kahlo Is the Latest Artist to Get the Immersive Installation Treatment With a New Projected Light Show in Mexico City

The show follows in the footsteps of the blockbuster Vincent Van Gogh experiences.

By Sarah Cascone, 24 hours ago

Shows & Exhibitions

Nearly Two Dozen Colorful Artworks Have Enlivened a Small English Town for the 2021 Folkestone Triennial—See Images Here

The exhibition is on view throughout the coastal town through November 2.

By Artnet News, 1 day ago

People

Curator and Museum Trustee Isolde Brielmaier Has Been Named Deputy Director at the New Museum

The appointment comes at a critical time when museum leaders have been under fire for unfair management.

By Eileen Kinsella, 1 day ago

Art World

Art Industry News: Despite Talk of a Busting Bubble, NFT Sales Were Actually Up in the Second Quarter of 2021 + Other Stories

Plus, Benin's Oba comes out against the prevailing Benin Bronze restitution plan, and Damien Hirst says NFTs may outlast galleries.

By Artnet News, 1 day ago

Politics

The U.K. Government Will Slash Arts Funding in Higher Education by 50 Percent and Redirect Funds to Science and Medicine

Arts advocates are incensed.

By Naomi Rea, 1 day ago

People

‘We Want Art With All Its Contradictions’: Massimiliano Gioni on How Curators Can Help Keep Radical Art Alive

We spoke with the artistic director of the Beatrice Trussardi Foundation and the New Museum about pandemic-era curating.

By Kate Brown, 1 day ago

Archaeology

In the Underwater Egyptian City of Thônis-Heracleion, Divers Have Discovered an Ancient Warcraft

The city was rediscovered by underwater archaeologists in 2001.

By Sarah Cascone, 2 days ago

On View

How Joseph E. Yoakum, an Enigmatic Former Circus Hand and Untrained Artist, Found Drawing in His 70s—and the Hairy Who as Admirers

A major survey of the late artist’s output is on view now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

By Taylor Dafoe, 2 days ago

Crime

A British Art Restorer Has Been Arrested for His Role in a $143 Million Asian Antiquities Smuggling Ring

Neil Perry Smith is the second person to be arraigned in the case.

By Sarah Cascone, 2 days ago

Politics

Tania Bruguera Joins the Growing Ranks of Dissident Artists Being Detained During the Anti-Communist Protests in Cuba

Bruguera was taken from her home this week. Hamlet Lavastida and Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara remain in prison.

By Taylor Dafoe, 2 days ago

Museums

Two Leading Spanish Academics Have Have Resigned From Barcelona’s MACBA in Protest of the Firing of Two Senior Curators

The museum dismissed curators Tanya Barson and Pablo Martínez as part of an organizational restructuring.

By Naomi Rea, 2 days ago

Art World

The Louvre and Uffizi Are Threatening to Sue Pornhub for Turning Works by Titian and Courbet Into Hardcore Pornography

The museums are not happy with Pornhub's use of their artworks.

By Caroline Goldstein, 2 days ago

Art Industry News: Hunter Biden Criticized for Plans to ‘Meet With Potential Art Buyers’ (A.K.A Attend His Exhibition Opening) + Other Stories

‘In the Studio, You Have Your Own Folklore’: Artist Edgar Sarin on the Stories Artists Tell Themselves

Works From the Fabled Collection of Late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee Are Finally on Public View in South Korea

Frida Kahlo Is the Latest Artist to Get the Immersive Installation Treatment With a New Projected Light Show in Mexico City

Nearly Two Dozen Colorful Artworks Have Enlivened a Small English Town for the 2021 Folkestone Triennial—See Images Here

Curator and Museum Trustee Isolde Brielmaier Has Been Named Deputy Director at the New Museum

Art Industry News: Despite Talk of a Busting Bubble, NFT Sales Were Actually Up in the Second Quarter of 2021 + Other Stories

The U.K. Government Will Slash Arts Funding in Higher Education by 50 Percent and Redirect Funds to Science and Medicine

‘We Want Art With All Its Contradictions’: Massimiliano Gioni on How Curators Can Help Keep Radical Art Alive

In the Underwater Egyptian City of Thônis-Heracleion, Divers Have Discovered an Ancient Warcraft

How Joseph E. Yoakum, an Enigmatic Former Circus Hand and Untrained Artist, Found Drawing in His 70s—and the Hairy Who as Admirers

A British Art Restorer Has Been Arrested for His Role in a $143 Million Asian Antiquities Smuggling Ring

Tania Bruguera Joins the Growing Ranks of Dissident Artists Being Detained During the Anti-Communist Protests in Cuba

Two Leading Spanish Academics Have Have Resigned From Barcelona’s MACBA in Protest of the Firing of Two Senior Curators

The Louvre and Uffizi Are Threatening to Sue Pornhub for Turning Works by Titian and Courbet Into Hardcore Pornography

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