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• Patti Smith to Perform at Rally to Save New York’s Elizabeth Street Garden Park

  02-04-2025 22:43 via artnews.com
  
  Patti Smith performed at a New York City rally Tuesday as part of an effort to prevent a downtown park from being converted into affordable housing.The Elizabeth Street Garden, located between between Spring and Prince streets, has long been a community gathering place for artists and city dwellers. However, the city — which owns the land — announced plans to transform the space into an “urban oasis,” a move that longtime SoHo icons like Smith, Robert De Niro, and Ma
  
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• NEH Seeks Artists for ‘Garden of Heroes’ Funded With Cancelled Grants

  25-04-2025 22:49 via artnews.com
  
  The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced a new grant program for the design and creation of statues for President Trump’s National Garden of American Heroes.The sculpture garden is one of the president’s central priorities for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence next year, and was first announced in 2021.The sculpture garden will feature life-size statues of “250 great individuals from America’s past who have contributed to our cu
  
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• Philipp Kaiser Exits Marian Goodman Gallery as Partner and President

  25-04-2025 22:17 via artnews.com
  
  Philipp Kaiser has departed Marian Goodman Gallery, where he is president and one of the gallery’s five partners, after more than six years. His last day at the gallery will be on May 2 and he will serve “as a curatorial consultant to the Gallery, as needed,” Marian Goodman Gallery confirmed to ARTnews in a statement.“Following the recent events in L.A., Philipp Kaiser has made the decision to leave the Gallery after more than six years and return to independent curatoria
  
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• The Best Booths at Expo Chicago, From a Crocheted Locker Room to Metal Panties

  25-04-2025 22:01 via artnews.com
  
  The 12th edition of Expo Chicago opened to VIPs at noon on Thursday, following a vernissage brunch hosted by the fair and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago’s Women’s Board.The somewhat late opening time by art fair standards (most international fairs open at 10 or 11 a.m.) appeared to be a pragmatic choice. Attendance was light early on but picked up steadily through the afternoon, with opening day lasting until 8 p.m. Among the visitors were several ARTnews Top 200 Collectors,
  
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• Art Green, Founding Figure of Chicago’s Riotous Harry Who?, Has Died at 83

  25-04-2025 20:39 via artnews.com
  
  Arthur “Art” Green, a key Imagist painter and original member of the Hairy Who?, Chicago’s electrifying answer to Pop Art, died at the age of 83 on April 14. The news was announced by Garth Greenan Gallery in New York, which represented him.Green broke into the art world consciousness in the mid-1960s in a riot of color, wit, and outrage alongside five fellow recent graduates from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago who exhibited together under the moniker “the Hai
  
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• Rare Early Basquiat to Lead Sotheby’s Contemporary Auctions in New York with $10 M. to $15 M. Estimate

  25-04-2025 19:24 via artnews.com
  
  Jean-Michel Basquiat’s market remains anything but quiet. This May, a rediscovered early painting by the artist will headline Sotheby’s Contemporary Evening Auction in New York with a $10 million to $15 million estimate. The untitled 1981 work hasn’t been seen publicly in 36 years. It was acquired in 1989 and has remained tucked away in the same private collection ever since—until now.Painted when Basquiat was just 20 years old, the five-foot-wide piece captures the
  
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• Fort Worth Police Return Photographs Seized from Sally Mann Exhibition

  25-04-2025 18:30 via artnews.com
  
  Fort Worth police have returned artworks by photographer Sally Mann seized by its forces from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in January. The news was confirmed by the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), and the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas (ACLU of Texas) on Thursday.“It’s important to celebrate the return of these works,” Elizabeth Larison, director of NCAC’s art and culture advocacy pr
  
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• Sotheby’s to Sell $12 M. of Art from Barbara Gladstone’s Personal Collection

  25-04-2025 16:41 via artnews.com
  
  This May, Sotheby’s will offer a curated selection of works from the personal collection of Barbara Gladstone, the influential art dealer who died last year at 89,  Bloomberg reported Friday.The 12 lots, estimated at over $12 million, are set to be sold in a standalone auction just before the May 15 evening contemporary sale.The sale includes major works by artists Gladstone represented, as well as pieces she simply admired. Highlights include Man Crazy Nurse (2002–03)
  
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• CalArts, Chanel Launch Center for Artists and Tech With AI Focus

  25-04-2025 16:16 via artnews.com
  
  Chanel is funding a new Chanel Center for Artists and Technology at the California Institute of the Arts, which is slated to begin work this fall.The Center, at the Santa Clarita, Calif. campus, is aimed at providing CalArts students, faculty, and visiting fellows across the creative disciplines access to leading tech for research, experimentation and education, with a focus on AI/ machine learning and digital imaging. It also aims to link museums, universities, and technology com
  
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• Artsy Survey Shows Art Market in Transition, With Dealers Unsure How to Meet New Collector Needs

  25-04-2025 15:23 via artnews.com
  
  If 2024 was the year of reckoning for the art market, 2025 is shaping up to be a year of mixed messages.In a new report published this week, Art Market Trends 2025, online art marketplace Artsy surveyed over 384 gallery professionals and art dealers across 60 countries. Over 75 percent of those surveyed cited economic uncertainty as a major challenge, while 60 percent said they are worried about changing collector behavior and declining demand.But, while galleries say they want to attract younge
  
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• Bob Flanagan Showed How Sex and Disability Turn the Body Inside Out

  25-04-2025 11:00 via artnews.com
  
  In the mid-1980s, Sheree Rose, a photographer and dominatrix, instructed her partner Bob Flanagan to keep a journal of their sex life for one year. When they were finished fucking, she had him reach over, grab a pen, and write down what happened. She was always giving him prompts, in writing and in bed. With this project—which would soon become a book, titled Fuck Journal—she combined the two.“Bob was my invention,” Rose said of the way she encouraged Flanagan turn his li
  
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• Switzerland’s Bührle Foundation Reaches Settlement with Heirs of Jewish Collector Who Owned Prized Manet

  24-04-2025 22:52 via artnews.com
  
  The foundation that oversees the Emil G. Bührle collection said Wednesday that it has reached a settlement with the heirs of a Jewish collector over a prized Édouard Manet painting.The work, Manet’s La Sultane (c.1871), is one of 205 works from theBührle collection that have been loaned to the Kunsthaus Zurich since 2012.The new agreement, the foundation said, allows the painting to remain on view there.Bührle was a German Swiss industrialist who sold weapons to both
  
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• Judge Orders Art Institute of Chicago to Return Schiele Drawing to Heirs

  24-04-2025 19:25 via artnews.com
  
  A New York judge has ordered the Art Institute of Chicago to return a 1916 Egon Schiele drawing to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum, an Austrian Jewish art collector persecuted during the second world war.In the ruling, Judge Althea Drysdale sided with state authorities who argued the work was looted during the Holocaust. The drawing, acquired by the Art Institute in 1966, is among several Schiele works once owned by Grünbaum that have surfaced in various private and public collections. Dry
  
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• Judge Orders Art Institute of Chicago to Return Nazi-Looted Schiele Drawing to Heirs

  24-04-2025 19:25 via artnews.com
  
  A New York judge has ordered the Art Institute of Chicago to return a 1916 Egon Schiele drawing to the heirs of Fritz Grünbaum, an Austrian Jewish art collector persecuted during the second world war.In the ruling, Judge Althea Drysdale sided with state authorities who argued the work was looted during the Holocaust. The drawing, acquired by the Art Institute in 1966, is among several Schiele works once owned by Grünbaum that have surfaced in various private and public collections. Dry
  
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• Two New Arrests in Drents Museum Heist, But Ancient Romanian Gold Artifacts Remain Missing

  24-04-2025 18:16 via artnews.com
  
  Dutch police recently arrested two more suspects in connection with the theft of Romanian artifacts from the Drents Museum in Assen, the Netherlands earlier this year in January. “These suspects are a 20-year-old man and an 18-year-old man, both from Heerhugowaard. Both men will be questioned about their role in the art theft from the Drents Museum. The stolen masterpieces have not been found,” according to a translated statement from the Netherlands Police. The 20-year-old suspect w
  
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• Texas School District Scrubs Virginia Flag Over Nudity Rules

  24-04-2025 18:07 via artnews.com
  
  Some Texas students won’t be learning about Virginia this year—at least not through their school’s online learning platform.As first reported by Axios, the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District, located just outside of Houston, removed a section on the Commonwealth of Virginia from its elementary curriculum last fall. The reason? The state’s flag features the Roman goddess Virtus, who appears with one breast exposed—a violation of the district’s
  
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• Metropolitan Museum of Art Director Max Hollein Says Trump Anti-DEI Push ‘Doesn’t Apply to Us’

  24-04-2025 17:58 via artnews.com
  
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art director Max Hollein told French art publication Le Quotidien de l’Art in a recent interview that the Trump Administration’s recent push to eliminate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs will have no effect on the venerable institution.In town for the Centre Pompidou’s “TransFORMS” exhibition, dedicated to his father, the architect Hans Hollein, the Met director sat down with French art publication Le Quotidien de l’Ar
  
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• Chicago History Museum Accused of Retaliating Against Employees for Forming a Union

  24-04-2025 17:55 via artnews.com
  
  The union for Chicago History Museum workers claims there was retaliation by museum management against employees in response to organizing efforts, alleging that four members have been fired and five others threatened.The union was formed earlier this year in February with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31. It represents nearly 70 employees, including curators, librarians, designers, visitor services associates, and maintenance technicians, and marks the
  
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• Ei Arakawa-Nash to Create Installation on Queer Parenting for Japan’s 2026 Venice Biennale Pavilion

  24-04-2025 17:11 via artnews.com
  
  Los Angeles–based performance artist Ei Arakawa-Nash will represent Japan at the 2026 Venice Biennale, the Japan Foundation announced Thursday. A curator has not been announced yet. For the Pavilion, Arakawa-Nash will create a new installation that, according to the announcement, will explore his perspective as a queer parent of newborn twins in order to “dissect nationalism and patriarchy.”“I thought I would never have a chance to represent Japan at the Venice Biennale a
  
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• Agustina Ferreyra Named Mexico City’s OMR New Director As Her Gallery Closes

  24-04-2025 17:04 via artnews.com
  
  Top Mexico City gallery OMR announced on Wednesday that Agustina Ferreyra, another major dealer in the city, will join the gallery as director.Ferreyra established her own gallery in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2013 before later moving it to Mexico City. Ferreyra has long focused her program on supporting young and emerging Latin American artists. Ferreyra joins OMR after testing the waters in February during Mexico City Art Week with Bodega, a collaborative initiative with the gallery. For Bodega,
  
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• In His Show “Walking Into,” Ronen Zien Dreams About Crossing Borders

  24-04-2025 15:00 via artnews.com
  
  Ronen Zien dreams about crossing over. In his moving works the artist, born in the Arab city of Shefa Amr in northern Israel, traverses time, space, memory, and even borders—conjuring in images what he can only imagine doing in reality.Related ArticlesMan Sues Museum of Ice Cream, Bronx Museum Director Quits, Judge Allows Artists' Copyright Lawsuit Against AI Companies, and More: Morning Links for August 14, 2024 From New York to Dubai, Museums Weigh in on Violence in Gaza and Israel Zien
  
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• As the Famed ‘October’ Journal Turns 50, This Reading List Charts Its Legacy

  24-04-2025 13:00 via artnews.com
  
  The quarterly journal October launched in 1976 with aims to counter the glossy “pictorial journalism” of arts magazines with critical rigor, documenting relationships between different art forms and assessing the social and economic drivers of contemporary art. As we celebrate its 50th birthday, here are five key titles published through October, books that embody the journal’s founding tenets, or point in new directions.
  
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• Billionaire Art Collector Ken Griffin Says US Is ‘Eroding’ Its Brand

  23-04-2025 23:08 via artnews.com
  
  Citadel CEO and ARTnews Top 200 Collector Ken Griffin said the US is “eroding” its brand right now due to many of the economic policy changes being made during President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office.“America rose beyond being a country, it was like an aspiration for most of the world, and we’re eroding that brand right now,” Griffin said during an interview with Semafor senior editor Gina Chon during the media organization’s World Economy Summ
  
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• Tony Bechara, Painter Who Wrangled Randomness, Dies at 83

  23-04-2025 22:52 via artnews.com
  
  Tony Bechara, an artist who was beloved in New York for his intricately crafted grid paintings and for his patronage of El Museo del Barrio, died on Wednesday on his 83rd birthday. His death was confirmed by El Museo del Barrio, which did not state a cause.Since the 1970s, Bechara repeatedly painted multihued grids using a method that was as rigorous as the concept behind it. His mind-bending, eye-popping canvases sought to understand abstract notions such as randomness and controlled chaos, and
  
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• Barbra Kruger to Unveil New Installation on Ukrainian Passenger Train

  23-04-2025 21:42 via artnews.com
  
  Ukrainian airspace closed when Russia launched its full-scale invasion three years ago, turning train travel into a lifeline for the Ukrainian civilians seeking safety within and outside its border. To honor those who remain in the beleaguered country, and those who’ve departed—in more senses than one—artist Barbara Kruger has chosen the exterior of a Ukrainian Railways Intercity train as the latest stage for her graphic installation.The typographic work, Untitled (Another
  
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• In London, a 30 Year Old Gallery Expands Amid Stark Drop in Profits

  23-04-2025 20:52 via artnews.com
  
  Since 2022, there has been near-constant talk of a soft art market, with the latest UBS Art Basel Report finding that global art sales contracted for the second consecutive year. And yet, it is perhaps a sign of strength—or at least confidence—that major galleries continue to expand. The latest example is Sadie Coles, a pillar of London’s contemporary art scene for nearly three decades. Coles announced in February that her gallery will open a new 6,000-square-foot London locati
  
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• In London, a 30-Year-Old Blue-Chip Gallery Expands Amid Stark Drop in Profits

  23-04-2025 20:52 via artnews.com
  
  Since 2022, there has been near-constant talk of a soft art market, with the latest UBS Art Basel Report finding that global art sales contracted for the second consecutive year. And yet, it is perhaps a sign of strength—or at least confidence—that major galleries continue to expand. The latest example is Sadie Coles, a pillar of London’s contemporary art scene for nearly three decades. Coles announced in February that her gallery will open a new 6,000-square-foot London locati
  
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• Yuga Labs Seeks Access to Crypto Wallets to Enforce Judgment in Bored Apes Lawsuit

  23-04-2025 19:49 via artnews.com
  
  In a surprise development, the copyright clash between Yuga Labs and the duo behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club-lookalike NFT series RR/BAYC, Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen, will continue in the US District Court. On April 21, Yuga Labs filed a motion in the federal court that demanded Cahen turn over control of four cryptocurrency wallets allegedly holding some $400,000 in assets. The request follows a February judgment that ordered Ripps and Cahen to pay nearly $9 million i
  
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• This Year’s Turner Prize Shortlist Includes an Iraqi Refugee and the Youngest Nominee in Years

  23-04-2025 18:33 via artnews.com
  
  The four nominees for this year’s Turner Prize have been announced. They include Scottish sculptor Nnena Kalu, who is nonverbal autistic, and Mohammed Sami, an Iraqi British painter born and raised under the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein. The other two artists shortlisted were Rene Matić from Peterborough and London-based Korean Canadian artist Zadie Xa.The nominees were revealed by Alex Farquharson, Tate Britain’s director and chair of the Turner Prize jury, on a drab Wednesda
  
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• Neurodiverse Scottish Sculptor and Iraq War Refugee Named Among 2025’s Turner Prize Nominees

  23-04-2025 18:33 via artnews.com
  
  The four nominees for this year’s Turner Prize have been announced. They include Scottish sculptor Nnena Kalu, who is nonverbal autistic, and Mohammed Sami, an Iraqi British painter born and raised under the dictatorship of Saddam Hussain. The other two artists shortlisted were Rene Matić from Peterborough and London-based Korean Canadian artist Zadie Xa.The nominees were revealed by Alex Farquharson, Tate Britain’s director and chair of the Turner Prize jury, on a drab Wednesda
  
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