Kenneth Anger, a monumental figure in American avant-garde cinema and the art of the moving image, died on May 11 in an assisted living facility in Yucca Valley, California. He …
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The Castello di Rivoli Museum announces that director Christov-Bakargiev will leave at the end of 2023
The Castello di Rivoli contemporary art museum in Turin said in a statement that its current director, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, will retire at the age of 66 at the end of …
The arts journal is looking for a journalist and editor with art industry experience to cover the current Market Editor’s maternity leave. This is a full-time, one-year contract, based in …
Unpublished works by Dora Maar discovered at auction are exhibited for the first time
When Dora Maar died in 1997, there was more interest in the Surrealist photographer’s personal Picasso collection than, well, Dora Maars. The proof is in the auction records. When parts …
Artist who falsely claimed Native American heritage sentenced to 18 months probation
Jerry Chris Van Dyke, an artist who sold sculptures in Seattle under the name Jerry Witten and claimed to be Native American, was sentenced to 18 months of federal probation. …
The San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA) and the City’s Museum of Photographic Arts (MOPA) will merge into a single institution, effective July 1. Under the terms of the merger, …
The National Endowment for the Arts awards $103 million in grants to organizations across the United States
THE National Foundation for the Arts (NEA) awarded more than $103 million in grants in its second major funding round in fiscal year 2023. Organizations in all U.S. jurisdictions and …
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office coordinated the return of two antiquities looted from Iraq. Repatriation is part of a broader restitution effort prosecuted by District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s Antiquity Trafficking …
A monumental work honoring Queen Elizabeth II located on the remote moors of Northumberland in northeast England has come closer to a call for donors. The proposed work Ascendant: Elizabeth’s …
How a lawsuit over a jointly owned Anna Weyant painting makes opaque art market structures more transparent
As news broke last month of a lawsuit over a multi-party Anna Weyant painting involving multiple companies, the risks of the market’s preference for complexity and opacity have become increasingly …