Modern art

Artist Joseph Awuah-Darko Accuses Kehinde Wiley of Sexual Assault

Jerry Gogosian Apologizes After Mocking Sotheby’s Auctioneer’s Name

Dealer Nino Mier Weighs Closing Los Angeles Galleries After Being Accused of Underpaying Artists

Chilean Authorities Return 117 Fossils to Morocco

Saint Martins College Students Take Control of the School’s Reception Area in Pro-Palestine Protest

British Museum Announces It Has Recovered 268 More Missing Objects Following Theft Scandal

In Five New Shows, Matthew Barney Turns His Abstract Football Film Into Sculptures and Paintings

X’s Latest Viral Sensation Is a Venice Biennale Artwork About a Nonbinary God

Man Ray’s Experimental Short Films Still Captivate a Century Later

O’Keeffe Among Highlights of Christie’s Auction, Dublin-NY Portal Shut Down, Artist Katherine Porter Dies, and More: Morning Links for May 17, 2024

In Prismatic Paintings, David Huffman Pays Homage to Black Panther Protests of His Youth

Featured Artist Rebecca Fullerton

Christie’s 20th Century Evening Sale Totals $413 M., Led by $33.2 M. Van Gogh, $28.6 M. Hockney

Jenny Holzer’s Facile Guggenheim Museum Show Fails to Meet Our Moment

Archaeological Remains Revealed Due to Severe Drought in Spain

California’s Famed Wayfarers Chapel, Designed by Lloyd Wright, to Be Dismantled

Joe Zucker, Painter of Canvases That Subverted Conventions, Dies at 83

Hoor Al Qasimi to Curate 2026 Sydney Biennale, Its 25th Edition

An Inside Look at How Refik Anadol and Digital Art Were Finally Welcomed into MoMA and the Traditional Art World

Leonora Carrington Smashes Record at Sotheby’s, Lawsuit Launched Over Lost Star Trek Ship, Spain Unveils Submerged Roman Treasures, and More: Morning Links for May 16, 2024

Featured Artist Luann Udell

Sotheby’s Modern Evening Sale Yields $235 M. Led by $38.4 M. Monet and Record-Smash for Leonora Carrington at $28.5 M.

New Record for Leonora Carrington as Surrealist Painting Sells for $28.5 M. at Sotheby’s

An Anxious May Auction Season Kicks Off With Tepid Results At Best

An Emotional Show in Ghana Marks the Return of Looted Asante Culture from the UK

American Museum of Natural History Curator Cleared of Smuggling Claims, Turkish Judge Rules

Rachel Martin’s Humorous Art Filters Indigeneity and Femininity into Sly Drawings Grounded in Centuries-Old Techniques

Hayv Kahraman Paints Resistance Against the Classification of Migrants and Refugees

King Charles III’s First Portrait Since Coronation Is Getting Panned

Christie’s Holds Auction After Cyberattack, CalArts Joins Divestment Wave, Chicago Museum Rebrands in Kenneth Griffin’s Name, and More: Morning Links for May 15, 2024

Call for Artists, Spring 2024

After $50 M. Marden Is Withdrawn, Christie’s 21st-Century and de la Cruz Sales Tally $114.7 M. With a Basquiat Selling for $32 M.

$46.5 M. Basquiat Leads Phillips’s Tepid $86.3 M. New York Auction

Christie’s Website Still Down Hours Before Evening Sales, Causing Concerns

Dutch Royal Academy of Art Severs Ties with Israeli Art School Following Student Protests

At Taipei Dangdai, Taiwan and Its Collectors Face an Inflection Point

Pro-Palestine Watermelon Artwork Removed from Burning Man Website

Slow Start to New York Auctions, Dutch Royal Academy of Art Cuts Ties with Israeli Art School, Filmmaker Smuggled Out of Iran, and More: Morning Links for May 14, 2024

Featured Artist Ryn Clarke

New York May Auctions Get Off to a Slow Start as Pricey Bacon Misfires During Sotheby’s $267.3 M. Sales