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The Little Ivory Chess Piece That Sold for Almost $1 Million
Plus, last week's case of who bought the maybe-Caravaggio painting has apparently been solved, and the Fyre Festival island is up for sale.
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San Francisco Art Scene Rallies In Support of Curator Laid Off from 500 Capp Street
The decision to lay off Bob Linder outraged many members of the Bay Area arts community, sparking a petition encouraging 500 Capp Street to rehire the curator and leading two artists to withdraw work from exhibitions.
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Pharma Protests Reach Paris, as Sackler PAIN Demands Louvre "Take Down the Sackler Name"
The activists unfurled large banners and staged a die-in in front of the museum's iconic pyramid demanding it removes the Sackler's name from one of its wings.
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Pharma Protests Reach Paris, as Sackler PAIN Demands Louvre "Take Down the Sackler Name"
The activists unfurled large banners and staged a die-in in front of the museum's iconic pyramid demanding it removes the Sackler's name from one of its wings.
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Guggenheim Workers Successfully Vote to Unionize
More than 90 workers will join Local 30, a union that includes installers and maintenance workers at New York’s MoMA PS1.
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Week in Review: An Artist Paints a Mural Along the US–Mexico Border Fence, New Museum Workers Protest
Also, someone stole a golden egg from a Dalí sculpture in Vancouver, British actor Mark Rylance has resigned from his association with the Royal Shakespeare Company due to their connection to British Petroleum, and more.
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This Disputed Caravaggio Is a Centuries-Long Mystery and Was Sold for an Undisclosed Price
Plus, a painting by Toyin Ojih Odutola achieved the highest-ever price for work by a Nigerian artist.
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New Museum Union Rallies Against Stalled Contract Negotiations During Summer Exhibition Openings
The workers chanted and handed out leaflets on Tuesday night as its summer exhibitions opened to visitors, amassing a crowd of nearly 300 supporters.
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Detroit Street Artist Arrested While Painting Mural Commissioned by City
“They treated me like a felon even though I was commissioned by the city to do this,” said Sheefy McFly, adding that he felt "racially profiled and bullied."
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3,800 Volunteers Have Joined an Artist to Challenge Trump’s Idea of a “Big, Beautiful Wall” on the US–Mexico Border
With the help of thousands of volunteers, Enrique Chiu is creating a large-scale mural on Mexico's side of the border to spread a message of peace.
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A San Francisco Art Nonprofit Is Trying to Save Its Building From Developers
The Lab, a veteran experimental art space, is raising money to buy the historical Redstone Labor Temple in the city's trendy Mission District before it's turned into corporate offices.
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Week in Review: Sotheby's Sells for $3.7 Billion, an Art Philanthropist Couple Helped Fund the Anti-Vax Movement
Also, leading Jewish studies scholars are defending the former director of the Berlin Museum after his resignation, the Association of Art Museum Directors passed a resolution calling on art museums to pay their interns, and more.