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1 week ago | 
artnews.com | Francesca Aton
The White House has reshuffed its artwork on display, with the official portrait of former President Barack Obama replaced by a painting of President Donald Trump. “Some new artwork at the White House,” reads the video caption that the White House posted on X documenting the switch on Friday.
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1 week ago | 
artnews.com | Francesca Aton
The ruins of a possible water palace from the Konbaung Dynasty era have emerged following the massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar late last month. The earthquake that killed thousands of people and damaged infrastructure and structures across the country, including heritage sites, also unearthed long-forgotten monuments and ancient ruins.
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2 weeks ago | 
artnews.com | Francesca Aton
The remains of Lyncus, the lost capital city of the ancient Kingdom of Lyncestis, may have been found by archaeologists excavating the Gradishte site in North Macedonia. The Kingdom of Lyncestis (or “land of the lynx”) was an autonomous region in Upper Macedonia until it was conquered in 358 BCE by Philip II, father of Alexander the Great.
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2 weeks ago | 
artnews.com | Francesca Aton
Artist Daniel Arsham is suing the rapper Quavo and his record label Quality Control Music, along with parent company HYBE America, of copyright infringement and a violation of right of publicity. Arsham alleges that Quavo used his sculpture Quartz Eroded 1961 Ferrari GT (2018) without permission in his “Back to the Basics 2025” promotional video and social media posts.
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2 weeks ago | 
artnews.com | Francesca Aton
Noelle M.K.Y. Kahanu is the cocurator of the 2025 edition of the Hawai‘i Triennial, which is on view across the state through May 4. Below, she discusses Indigeneity and artists as healers, along with related interests. Sonya Kelliher-Combs Many of Sonya Kelliher-Combs’s works are about the prevalence of suicide in Alaska Native communities.
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2 weeks ago | 
artnews.com | Francesca Aton
A public art installation by Douglas Coupland in Toronto was destoryed by a fire last week, in what local police are calling arson. Coupland’s piece was an homage to one of Canada’s most well-known painters, Tom Thomson, whose landscapes capture north Ontario and have nationalist overtones. He was not officially a member of the Group of Seven art movement, but he was close with its members.
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2 weeks ago | 
artnews.com | Francesca Aton
The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in Los Angeles is taking a stand against President Trump’s DEI policies as $2 million of the institution’s federal funding hangs in the balance. Over the last week, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has made severe cuts to the funding and staffing of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The JANM was one such institution impacted by these losses.
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2 weeks ago | 
artnews.com | Francesca Aton
Some arts and cultural groups across the United States that were previously awarded federal grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities have received letters informing them that their funding has been canceled by the Trump administration. Rumors swirled earlier this week that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was recommending extreme cuts to NEH staff by as much as 70 to 80 percent.
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3 weeks ago | 
robbreport.com | Francesca Aton
Following the Palisades and Eaton wildfires in California earlier this year, the Getty Trust has decided to sell $500 million in bonds to enhance museum protection against natural disasters such as fires and earthquakes, according to an official filing. The additional funds will be used to support the maintenance and purchase of new boilers, irrigation and surveillance systems, water storage, communications systems, emergency management software, and firefighting equipment.
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3 weeks ago | 
artnews.com | Francesca Aton
Following the Palisades and Eaton wildfires in California earlier this year, the Getty Trust has decided to sell $500 million in bonds to enhance museum protection against natural disasters such as fires and earthquakes, according to an official filing. The additional funds will be used to support the maintenance and purchase of new boilers, irrigation and surveillance systems, water storage, communications systems, emergency management software, and firefighting equipment.
