European climate activists have struck again. Eight members of Italy-based advocacy group Ultima Generazione dyed Rome’s 18th-century Trevi Fountain black on Sunday May 21 to protest the country’s fossil fuel …
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The Rijksmuseum unveils the Richard Long exhibition thanks to the largest donation ever
The latest sculptural exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam – eight works by contemporary English artist Richard Long – makes the playful art of the lawns and rocks of the …
A Stradivari violin from the golden period that belonged to Catherine the Great will be auctioned next month at Tarisio
A 1708 violin made by Antonio Stradivari, one of history’s greatest luthiers, will go on sale in New York on June 8 at Tarisio Fine Instruments and Bows. Formerly the …
Hauser & Wirth founders to open New York’s first restaurant alongside the city’s third gallery
A pub, a fishmonger, a hotel (or two) and a private members club are all part of Swiss retailers Iwan and Manuela Wirth’s growing hotel empire, which will expand further …
Spain puts the finishing touches on its swanky $186m royal museum + more stories
Art Industry News is a daily summary of the most important developments in the art world and the art market. Here’s what you need to know on Tuesday, May 23. …
UK government to extend ivory ban to include hippos, sperm whales, narwhals, killer whales and walruses
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is to extend its ban on the import and trade of elephant ivory to five more animals. The teeth and …
Is art better when you can touch it? We tried an offbeat museum tour that lets you get up close to the exhibits
Museum regulars are pretty By the way with accepted rules: keep your distance from exhibits, don’t touch anything and try to be quiet. So what happens when an eccentric museum …
Everything changes in Pimlico. For the first time in a decade, Tate Britain has rehung its collection. The revaluation of the more than 800 works in the Millbank Gallery, the …
For his first European institutional exhibition in a decade, art star Yoshitomo Nara presents all his “little worlds” in a major museum in Vienna
For three consecutive years, Albertina Modern, the young museum of modern and contemporary art in Vienna, Austria, has presented important solo exhibitions of leading Asian artists in continental Europe. japanese …
Master of the Universes Dustin Yellin oversees a primordial soup of creativity at his Red Hook, Brooklyn, Hub
Dustin Yellin is about as synonymous with his studio neighborhood as an artist can be. Nearly 20 years ago, the California-born, Colorado-raised artist set up a studio in Red Hook, …