The Art World This Week: Israeli Artist Shuts Biennale Show, Faith Ringgold Dies at 93, Norman Lear's Collection to Sell at Christie's, and More
Everything you need to know about the most important headlines from the world of art in the last seven days
MutualArt
Apr 18, 2024
Israeli Artist Shuts Biennale Show, Urging Cease-Fire and Hostage Release
Ruth Patir, Israel’s representative at the Venice Biennale, says she won’t open her show in the national pavilion until “a cease-fire and hostage release agreement is reached.”
Faith Ringgold, Whose Art Made Quilts a Potent Canvas, Dies at 93
Faith ringgold, the pioneering artist and author best known for her narrative quilts that interwove art with activism, has died at 93.
Norman Lear's Collection to Sell at Christie's
Norman Lear's Collection, and Also His Wife's (Lyn Davis Lear) Will Go on Auction at Christie's, the Auction House Announced.
The Met, Amid an Audit of its Holdings, Returns an Ancient Statue to Iraq
The Metropolitan Museum of Art said on Tuesday it has returned a Sumerian sculpture dating from the third millennium B.C. to Iraq.
Tate's New Indigenous Art Fund Taps Into Theme of Venice Biennale
Project opens with four-year backing from AKO Foundation to acquire Sámi and Inuit art from Northern Europe.
‘Miraculous’: Exquisite Paintings Saved From Notre Dame Fire Back on View
Five years after the inferno at the Paris cathedral, a new exhibition shows the rescued art treasures.
St Mark's Architect Warns That Venice's Historic Houses Are Falling Down
In an interview, Maria Piana, the architect responsible for the famous basilica, says urgent action is needed to save the city's houses.
Hudson Yards Sculpture ‘Vessel’ To Reopen With Nets After Suicides Prompted Closure
Visitors will be able to walk up The Vessel, Thomas Heatherwick‘s gleaming sculpture at Hudson Yards later this year, after several suicides closed public access in 2021.
Antiques Dealer Arrested Over Sale of Looted 3,500-year-old Egyptian Sculpture
Artefact worth $202,000 was sold by a Spanish dealer with connections to trade in antiquities from Middle East war zones, says police.
Dali Museum Launches Campaign Replicating Artist’s Voice Using AI
The Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, has unveiled a new ad campaign: an artificial intelligence-powered incarnation of the artist’s voice.
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