Law Federal Funding Has Incentivized Institutions to Hold on to—and Even Destroy—Native Remains, a New Report Suggests The report, published by ProPublica, said tribal artifacts are being held in labs instead of being repatriated. By Artnet News, Jul 21, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Johnny Depp Is Selling $2,500 Prints of His ‘Healing’ Self-Portrait + Other Stories Plus, the Williams sisters auction their Ernie Barnes works and there's a new architecture prize for reinvigoration projects. By Artnet News, Jul 21, 2023
Books Looking for a Smart Beach Read? Here Are 15 of the Most Gripping New Art-World Books to Crack Open This Summer From the stranger-than-fiction tale of the world's biggest art theft to an ambitious meta-fiction of an enigmatic art star with a secret history, here is what we are reading this season. By Artnet News, Jul 21, 2023
The Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: A Security Guard’s Love Letter to the Metropolitan Museum of Art Patrick Bringley's new book, "All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me" is available now. By Artnet News, Jul 20, 2023
Law Two Climate Activists Who Glued Themselves to a Raphael Painting in Germany Have Been Hit With Fines The artwork went unharmed, but the museum that owns it reported about $2,560 in property damage. By Artnet News, Jul 20, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: London Politicians Voice Support for a Statue of Alan Turing in Trafalgar Square + Other Stories Plus, Paula Rego's 32-foot mural is unveiled in London and the Ace Hotel's artist residencey program is back. By Artnet News, Jul 20, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Artists and Writers Call On the Director of the Smithsonian’s Asian Pacific American Center to Resign + Other Stories Plus, a new senior curator for the Kitchen and Tate loans its Rothko room to Paris exhibition. By Artnet News, Jul 19, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Kehinde Wiley’s ‘Heartbreaking’ Museum Blockbuster Will Tour the United States + Other Stories Plus, Grace Wales Bonner will curate a MoMA show and choreographer Sarah Michelson joins David Zwirner. By Artnet News, Jul 18, 2023
Pop Culture Here Are the World’s Most Expensive Barbie Dolls, From Diamond-Encrusted Models to the ‘Holy Grail’ of Toys These aren't your regular children's playthings. By Artnet News, Jul 18, 2023
Art World Is This Banksy’s Real Voice? A New Podcast Has Unearthed an Old Interview With Someone Claiming to Be the Anonymous Artist The interview was re-aired on The Banksy Story, a new 10-part BBC podcast on the mystery maker. By Artnet News, Jul 17, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Rare Beatles Photographs By Paul McCartney Will Go on View in the U.S. + Other Stories Plus, a long-lost Arshile Gorky painting turns up in Rhode Island and Lindsey Mendick opens at Jupiter Artland. By Artnet News, Jul 17, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Great American Frieze This week: Frieze’s bold U.S. expansion, breaking up (a gallery) is hard to do, and much more. By Artnet News, Jul 14, 2023
Museums Italy Is Calling on the Louvre to Repatriate Seven Ancient Artifacts of Questionable Provenance The relics were acquired by the museum between 1982 and 1998 from dealers who allegedly trafficked in stolen material. By Artnet News, Jul 14, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: The Whitney Has Surpassed the Met as the Priciest Museum in New York City + Other Stories Plus, Tiona Nekkia McClodden joins White Cube and the RCA launches a new art and tech course. By Artnet News, Jul 14, 2023
The Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: How Meow Wolf Turned Into an Unlikely Art Juggernaut This week, the company's CEO Jose Tolosa discusses the immersive art space's world-spanning universe. By Artnet News, Jul 13, 2023