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What exactly does it mean to collect art in uncertain times? The members of the 2024 ARTnews Top 200 list are reacting to the state of today’s uncertain art market. tinyurl.com/4f3u87xh

A visitor to France’s Pompidou-Metz last week took a bite of an iteration of Comedian (2019), Maurizio Cattelan‘s infamous conceptual artwork that involves a banana duct-taped to a wall, the museum announced on Friday. artnews.com/art-news/news/…

The work of Raymond Saunders, whose passing was announced today, weaves complex narratives through elusive means and, in so doing, often prods the very fabric of what it means to be an educated Black American man. artnews.com/art-news/news/…

The 37th edition of the Art Dealers Association of America’s (ADAA) flagship art fair, The Art Show, has been cancelled. marking the first time in decades that the fair will not take place at the Park Avenue Armory. artnews.com/art-news/news/…

This week, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick showed off his newest purchase: a top-shelf tequila bottle. But a different object in the picture caught the eye—and ire—of some in the art world: a painting that appears to be by Rashid Johnson. artnews.com/art-news/news/…

Barbara Guggenheim Associates, Inc., a prestigious art advisory firm based in New York, is in turmoil after its namesake founder and her associate filed lawsuits accusing each other of financial mismanagement and questionable business practices. artnews.com/art-news/news/…

Spending in the 2025 NYC mayoral race is sure to spike as the candidate’s respective campaigns advance towards November 4, and per a recent ARTnews data analysis, prominent art world figures have already gotten involved in the race. Find out who donated to who:…

UNESCO has granted World Heritage status to Murujuga rock art in Western Australia that many have said is vulnerable as a result of a nearby gas project. artnews.com/art-news/news/…

Bill Dilworth, the beloved caretaker of Walter De Maria‘s New York Earth Room, has died at 70. artnews.com/art-news/news/…

The Centre Pompidou’s outpost in Metz, France, canceled a planned survey of Caribbean and Guyanese art in June, leading a range of artists to issue a statement condemning the decision to pull the show. artnews.com/art-news/news/…

Join Art in America’s Emily Watlington at the latest edition of SITE Santa Fe’s biennial, curated by Cecilia Alemani. Read her review: artnews.com/art-in-america…

The original Birkin bag passed through several private hands after Jane Birkin sold it in 1994 to help fund AIDS research. On Thursday, it sold for a record-breaking €8.6 million ($10 million), with fees, to an anonymous Japanese buyer. artnews.com/art-news/news/…

In the new video game “Relooted,” Robin Hood-esque thieves stage heists to take back stolen artifacts from Western museums, and repatriate them to the peoples from whom they were taken. Read about the real-world pieces featured in the design. artnews.com/art-news/news/…

The singer Ed Sheeran has topped the charts with his singles and sold out stadiums across the world, and now he looks to expand his output to include artworks that look suspiciously like Jackson Pollock‘s drip paintings. artnews.com/art-news/news/…

Lumin Wakoa, a rising painter whose art was part of a quest to better learn how to see the world around her, has died at 43. Her death was announced by her gallery, Harper’s, on Monday. artnews.com/art-news/news/…

The Bayeux Tapestry, an iconic embroidered cloth that depicts the Norman invasion of 1066, will come be loaned to British Museum next year, marking the first time the tapestry has visited the UK in more than 900 years. artnews.com/art-news/news/…

Peru’s Ministry of Culture recently revealed the archaeological site of Peñico, which dates back to 1800 BCE, after eight years of research and conservation work. artnews.com/art-news/news/…

All artists have wrestled with the question of why they make art. Read seven artist's answers to that existential question: artnews.com/list/art-in-am…

“Doll House,” at Denmark’s Louisiana Museum, is one of Kaari Upson’s first retrospectives since her untimely death in 2021, at age 51. Read about how Upson’s work drags us into the messy, uncomfortable business of being human. artnews.com/art-in-america…

“Why Look at Animals,” an exhibition on view at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens, is the first of its kind and scale to enlist art to confront animal liberation. Read about how artists are bringing us face-to-face with animals’ sentience. artnews.com/art-in-america…

The American flag has always been a poignant symbol, used both as a way of rousing national pride and to point out the country’s failure to uphold its founding promises. See our list of the 25 greatest works about the American flag. artnews.com/list/art-news/…