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ARTnews is a visual arts publication from the United States, located in New York City. The magazine features a wide range of art, spanning from ancient works to modern pieces. It offers a variety of content, including news updates from its reporters, in-depth investigative articles, reviews of art exhibitions, and profiles of both artists and art collectors.

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Influential French Gallerist Daniel Lelong Dies at 92

1 day ago | artnews.com | Karen Ho

Daniel Lelong, the French gallerist who developed deep relationships with some of the most important and influential modern artists of the 20th century, died this morning at the age of 92. “He lived a long, good life.” Mary Sabbatino, vice-president and partner at Galerie Lelong & Co., told ARTnews. She started working with Lelong in 1990. “It’s always sad, you know, but it’s not a tragedy. It really was a big life. He enjoyed his life. You could feel that all the time. He always had a smile.
Museum Launches Public Appeal to Raise $5. M to Keep Rare Barbara Hepworth Sculpture on British Soil

2 days ago | artnews.com | George Nelson

A public campaign was launched on Thursday to raise £3.8 million ($5 million) to buy a rare Barbara Hepworth sculpture and keep it on British soil. A private collector bought the wooden work, which incorporates multi-colored strings and is titled Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red (1943), at Christie’s London in March last year for £3.8 million (including fees).
Museum Launches Public Appeal to Raise $5 M. to Keep Rare Barbara Hepworth Sculpture on British Soil

2 days ago | artnews.com | George Nelson

A public campaign was launched on Thursday to raise £3.8 million ($5 million) to buy a rare Barbara Hepworth sculpture and keep it on British soil. A private collector bought the wooden work, which incorporates multi-colored strings and is titled Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red (1943), at Christie’s London in March last year for £3.8 million (including fees).
Collectors Igor and Mojca Lah to Open New Contemporary Art Museum in Foothills of Slovenian Mountains

2 days ago | artnews.com | George Nelson

A new contemporary art museum is slated to open next year in Slovenia in the foothills of the Julian Alps. Named after its founders, Slovenian philanthropists Igor and Mojca Lah, Muzej Lah will house the Fundacija Lah art collection.
200-Year-Old Condom Likely Made From Sheep’s Appendix Joins Rijksmuseum’s Collection

3 days ago | artnews.com | George Nelson

Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum has acquired a 200-year-old condom, upon which is etched three men with erections and a half-naked nun. She is pointing at one of the penises, and a caption reads: “Voila, mon choix” (“There, that’s my choice”). The object joins the museum’s collection featuring Rembrandt masterpieces like The Night Watch (1642). The early contraceptive, which dates to 1830, is thought to be made from a sheep’s appendix.
Rijksmuseum Puts 200-Year-Old Condom Featuring Erotic Print on View

3 days ago | artnews.com | Harrison Jacobs

On Tuesday, the Rijksmuseum announced that a rare condom dating from 1830 will go on display at the museum in its print room, where it will form part of a display on 19th-century sex work and sexuality. It will stay on display through November. The condom is nearly 200 years old and is thought to be made from a sheep’s appendix. It features an erotic image depicting a nun and three clergyman and was likely a souvenir from a brothel.
Trial Begins for Ron Perelman’s $410 Million Insurance Claim Over Warhol, Ruscha, Twombly Paintings

3 days ago | artnews.com | Karen Ho

The trial between mega-collector Ron Perelman and a group of insurers began on Monday in New York Supreme Court, nearly seven years after a fire struck Perelman’s home in the Hamptons, costing him, per his argument, five paintings by Andy Warhol, Ed Ruscha, and Cy Twombly insured for a collective $400 million claim.
Two Former Paris Gallery Directors Are Leaving the ‘Cookie-Cutter Model’ Behind

3 days ago | artnews.com | Devorah Lauter

Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, a series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. In 2023, Nicolas Nahab joined blue-chip Brazilian gallery Mendes Wood DM as a director, helping set up its Parisian outpost in the Place des Vosges. In 2020, Samy Ghiyati was hired by David Zwirner in Paris to help the mega-gallery gain its footing in the French capital. Both men had serious French art world credentials.
Hauser & Wirth Now Represents Cristina Iglesia, Rio de Janeiro’s National Museum of Brazil Temporarily Reopens, Tel Aviv Museum of Art Staffers Protest: Morning Links for June 3, 2025

3 days ago | artnews.com | George Nelson

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines HASUER & WIRTH X CRISTINA IGLESIAS. Hauser & Wirth has announced its global representation of Spanish sculptor Cristina Iglesias, Maximilíano Durón reports for ARTnews. The gallery will include a new work, Entwined VI, by the artist in its booth at Art Basel later this month and will mount an exhibition for her at its London gallery in October.
Ancient Rock Art Site in Australia Under Threat After Government Extends Life of Nearby Gas Mega-Plant

4 days ago | artnews.com | Karen Ho

The Australian government recently extended the life of a liquified natural gas project near a 50,000-year-old rock art site in a remote area of the country, prompting an archaeologist to raise alarms about additional environmental damage. On May 28, Australia‘s Environment Minister Murray Watt conditionally approved a request by Woodside Energy to extend the life of its North West Shelf gas plant for four more decades until 2070.