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Delegates From Easter Island Meet With the Top Brass at the British Museum to Demand the Return of a Monumental Head Sculpture

Museum authorities will travel to Rapa Nui to continue the discussion in the coming months.

By Naomi Rea, Nov 20, 2018

Art World

Bloomberg Philanthropies Is Giving Parkland, Florida, $1 Million to Create Public Art That Addresses Gun Violence

Parkland is partnering on the project with the nearby city of Coral Springs.

By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 20, 2018

Art World

Jim Carrey ‘Is Definitely an Artist,’ Jerry Saltz Says in a Freewheeling Conversation About How Political Rage Fuels Both of Their Work

The actor-turned-artist tweeted a new composition of Mitch McConnell as a turtle from the stage.

By Janelle Zara, Nov 20, 2018

Art World

Harlem Meets Kalamazoo: 100 Works From the Studio Museum’s Collection Are Hitting the Road in a Two-Year Tour of America

Works by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Kerry James Marshall, and Kehinde Wiley are among those traveling in the project organized with the American Federation of Arts.

By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 20, 2018

Art World

Art Industry News: Leveraged-Buyout Tycoon Leon Black and His Wife Debra Give MoMA $40 Million + Other Stories

Plus, a previously unknown—and saucy—fresco is discovered in Pompeii and a Houston museum director makes a surprise move.

By artnet News, Nov 20, 2018

Art World

In a Groundbreaking Report, Experts Advise French President Macron to Begin the ‘Restitution’ of Looted African Art

The authors of the highly anticipated document make far-reaching proposals for artifacts in museums' colonial-era collections.

By Kate Brown, Nov 20, 2018

Art World

Smeared as ‘Disaster Tourism,’ documenta 14 Tried to Revive Athens’s Post-Crisis Art Scene. It May Have Worked

There is a silver lining to Adam Szymczyk’s exhibition for the Greek capital as new spaces open and the number of younger collectors grows.

By Hili Perlson, Nov 20, 2018

Art World

Editors’ Picks: 8 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week

See new paintings by Jocelyn Hobbie and a mysterious, nighttime-only art experience co-organized by Louise Lawler.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 19, 2018

Art World

With Two Museum Expansions, the Met Hopes to Both Reinvigorate the Past and Link It With Contemporary Art

Architect Kulapat Yantrasast will helm the $70 million overhaul of the Rockefeller Wing.

By Eileen Kinsella, Nov 19, 2018

Art World

‘We Are Not Expecting Everyone to Like Them’: Damien Hirst’s Graphic Fetus Monuments Return to View in Doha

“I hope the sculpture will instill in the viewer a sense of awe and wonder," Hirst says of the works, which were covered up five years ago.

By Naomi Rea, Nov 19, 2018

Art World

A Picasso Stolen in a Major Heist Six Years Ago Was Found Buried in a Romanian Forest. But It Was All Part of a Prank

It turns out the recently discovered Picasso is a fake.

By Kate Brown, Nov 19, 2018

Art World

MoMA Has Changed Its Longstanding Retirement Policy to Keep Glenn Lowry as Director Through 2025

Lowry is set to become the museum's longest-serving director.

By Henri Neuendorf, Nov 19, 2018

Art World

Art Industry News: Italy’s Far Right Is Using da Vinci Artworks as a Negotiation Weapon + Other Stories

Plus, MoMA PS1's art handlers protest low wages and Ross Bleckner is locked in a legal battle with his lover and former assistant.

By artnet News, Nov 19, 2018

Politics

Zoe Leonard Releases an Edition of Her Beloved ‘I Want a President’ Poem to Support an HIV Activist Group

The artist's 1992 work has had a special resonance since the election of Donald Trump.

By Sarah Cascone, Nov 19, 2018

Art World

From David Hockney’s Art-Market Apotheosis to Why New York Artists Dread Amazon’s Arrival: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week

Catch up on this week's news—fast.

By Caroline Goldstein, Nov 16, 2018

Delegates From Easter Island Meet With the Top Brass at the British Museum to Demand the Return of a Monumental Head Sculpture

Bloomberg Philanthropies Is Giving Parkland, Florida, $1 Million to Create Public Art That Addresses Gun Violence

Jim Carrey ‘Is Definitely an Artist,’ Jerry Saltz Says in a Freewheeling Conversation About How Political Rage Fuels Both of Their Work

Harlem Meets Kalamazoo: 100 Works From the Studio Museum’s Collection Are Hitting the Road in a Two-Year Tour of America

Art Industry News: Leveraged-Buyout Tycoon Leon Black and His Wife Debra Give MoMA $40 Million + Other Stories

In a Groundbreaking Report, Experts Advise French President Macron to Begin the ‘Restitution’ of Looted African Art

Smeared as ‘Disaster Tourism,’ documenta 14 Tried to Revive Athens’s Post-Crisis Art Scene. It May Have Worked

Editors’ Picks: 8 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week

With Two Museum Expansions, the Met Hopes to Both Reinvigorate the Past and Link It With Contemporary Art

‘We Are Not Expecting Everyone to Like Them’: Damien Hirst’s Graphic Fetus Monuments Return to View in Doha

A Picasso Stolen in a Major Heist Six Years Ago Was Found Buried in a Romanian Forest. But It Was All Part of a Prank

MoMA Has Changed Its Longstanding Retirement Policy to Keep Glenn Lowry as Director Through 2025

Art Industry News: Italy’s Far Right Is Using da Vinci Artworks as a Negotiation Weapon + Other Stories

Zoe Leonard Releases an Edition of Her Beloved ‘I Want a President’ Poem to Support an HIV Activist Group

From David Hockney’s Art-Market Apotheosis to Why New York Artists Dread Amazon’s Arrival: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week

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