US Feds Recovers $1.2 M. Picasso Drawing Allegedly Bought with 1MDB Funds from Christie’s Auction - Arts news - NewsLocker (2024)

The US Justice Department has reached an agreement with Jasmine Loo Ai Swan, the former general counsel of Malaysia’s sovereign investment development fund (1MDB), to recover a $1.27 million drawing by Pablo Picasso that had sold in May 2014 at Christie’s.The original forfeiture complaint filed by federal prosecutors last August alleged that Loo purchased Picasso’s Trois femmes nues et buste d’homme (1969) from Christie’s using misappropriated 1MDB funds from a bond

‘The Fabulous Four’ Review: Beaches (and Lots of Mojitos)

This raunchy comedy features Bette Midler, Susan Sarandon, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Megan Mullally on a bachelorette weekend.

‘Rhinegold’ Review: Rapping With a Rap Sheet

Based on the life of an Iranian German drug dealer and rapper, Fatih Akin’s interminable drama feels uncomfortably partial to its violent subject.

‘Only the River Flows’ Review: A Spiraling Murder Investigation

In this Chinese police procedural, directed by Wei Shujun, solutions are murkier than they first appear.

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‘Cirque du Soleil: Without a Net’ Review: How the Magic Happens

This documentary chronicles the reboot and reopening in Las Vegas of the acrobatic show “O,” which shutdown during the pandemic.

The Harriet Jacobs Project Resurrects the Story of a Young Black Woman Who Escaped Slavery and Became an Icon of NorthCarolina

Resting in the windowsills of the Chowan County Courthouse in Edenton, North Carolina, are the silhouettes of women appearing behind sheer floral curtains; their profiles overlook the large, closed doors of the two-story courthouse. Two Black women, Michelle Lanier and Johnica Rivers, approach the building with their hands clasped together as a larger group of 70 Black women trail behind them. Together, they walk the long, verdant lawn that extends from the shores of Little Creek to the courthou

‘The Decameron’ Review: They Take a Holiday. Death Doesn’t.

A loose Netflix adaptation turns Boccaccio’s story cycle into a gleeful satire of class war in plague times.

Native Modern Art: From a Cardboard Box to the Met

Nearly lost, Mary Sully’s discovered drawings riff on Modernist geometries and Dakota Sioux beadwork and quilting. Our critic calls it “symphonically bicultural.”

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Klaus Florian Vogt’s Strange, Essential Voice in Opera

Klaus Florian Vogt, a Wagner specialist with an ethereal yet mighty sound, is returning to the Bayreuth Festival to sing in the “Ring.”

Helen Marden, Grieving in Bright Colors and on Her Own Terms

The artist’s new paintings at Gagosian show her working through the loss of her husband, the artist Brice Marden, in a hot palette, feathers and shells.

Suicideboys Don’t Care for the Music Biz. They Got Its Attention Anyway.

The rap duo’s raw songs and festival-like touring strategy has paid off: Its latest album opened at No. 5 without traditional industry strategies or support.

‘Didi’ Review: 13 Going on Nerdy

A vibrant coming-of-age story about an awkward teenager in California in 2008 is also a love letter to the director’s mother.

Solving Wanderlust With the Puzzles Beneath Your Feet

Arranger: A Role-Puzzling Adventure is full of solutions that slide and stump. Play follow the leader in Flock, and take on bulbous hordes in Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess.

A Yoko Ono Retrospective at Tate Is the Latest to Argue for HerImportance

The story goes that after leaving a recording session on November 8, 1966, John Lennon of the Beatles strolled into an installation in progress at the Indica Gallery in the Mayfair section of London. He was familiar with the place through his bandmate Paul McCartney and other acquaintances that included musician-producer Peter Asher, who co-owned the gallery with John Dunbar (husband of pop chanteuse Marianne Faithfull) and a third partner. Making his way around the space, Lennon perused such wo

Stephen Colbert Wants a Kamala Harris-Glen Powell Ticket

“I guarantee he will attract suburban women, and I already have his slogan: ‘Yes, We Glen!’” Colbert said.

Toumani Diabaté, Malian Master of the Kora, Is Dead at 58

He believed that music could transcend national borders set by colonialism and restore ancient ties, even as it embraced the changes of a globalizing society.

Parthenon Museum in Nashville Returns 500-Year-Old MexicanArtifacts

The Parthenon Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, is returning over 250 ancient Mexican artifacts this month after holding them for more than five decades.The pre-Columbian tools, instruments, ceramic pots, and clay animal sculptures (including a grinning Mexican hairless dog) are being voluntarily returned to Mexico City by the museum following a special exhibition highlighting the effects of cultural looting in the art and antiquities trade.“For Metro Parks, the repatriation of these artif

Opening-weekend estimates have been a Hollywood fixture since the 1980s. But surveys of moviegoers can fail to capture those who infrequently visit the theater.

Maestro Accused of Striking Singer Won’t Return to His Ensembles

John Eliot Gardiner is stepping down from three renowned period groups he founded, after he was accused of hitting a singer last year.

Lisa Kudrow Brings Her Daffy Charm to ‘Time Bandits’

The actress dialed up the zany comedy in the TV reboot of a Terry Gilliam fantasy classic, created by the team behind “What We Do in the Shadows.”

Barnes Foundation Cuts 12 Positions, Fires Curator in Newly CreatedRole

The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia has cut 12 positions from its full-time staff over the past six months, ARTnews has learned. The museum confirmed the news to ARTnews in a statement.Between January and February, the museum, home to a significant collection of 19th- and 20th-century art, parted ways with three full-time employees, including two senior-level staff members. In April the museum conducted a round of layoffs, eliminating nine positions.The terminations in January and February wer

The Academy Museum has a Pandering Problem that Can beSolved

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has been a commercial hit and a critical misfire.In an era of declining Oscar telecast ratings, the new institution’s robust ticket sales — there have been nearly 2 million visitors since it opened in September 2021 — have turned it into a major Los Angeles draw, bolstered the Academy’s coffers and prompted inaugural museum director Bill Kramer’s ascension to CEO of AMPAS, the parent organization. Yet except for Regeneration, it

Brazil Nears Total Restoration of Art Damaged in 2023Insurrection

Brazil’s government has nearly completed its restoration of hundreds of artworks and objects that were vandalized during the 2023 insurrection, the National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage (Iphan) announced earlier this month.The collection, which includes contemporary and historical artworks, design objects, and artifacts, was targeted on January 8, 2023, when riots erupted in Brasília following the defeat ofthen-president Jair Bolsonaro by Luiz Iná

He Wrote Michael Jackson’s ‘Human Nature’ and Has 2 More in the Vault

Steve Porcaro of Toto, who played on some of the biggest hits of the ’80s, has sold the rights to his music, including a pair of unreleased tracks with the superstar.

This Year’s BroadwayCon Raises the Curtain on Mental Health

The ninth annual fan event will include discussions on topics such as sobriety, self-care and body image. Here are six to look out for.

Lincoln Center’s Audiences Deserve Music Worthy of Them

When listeners were given the power to program an orchestral concert, the results were surprising.

Dancers Drop Threat to Strike During Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

Organizers avoided disruption by agreeing to give performers on temporary contracts a greater cut of broadcast royalties.

A Rarely Seen David Bowie Rom-Com Gets a New Life

“The Linguini Incident,” a low-budget ’90s film directed by Richard Shepard and featuring Bowie and Rosanna Arquette, makes its way to Blu-ray in a director’s cut.

Roman Mosaic Floor Found in Naples Waters, Project to Restore Vandalized Art in Brazil, ‘Mona Lisa’ Called Back to Italy, and More: Morning Links for July 24,2024

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter.THE HEADLINESRESCUE OPERATION. The National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage (Iphan) has announced that an extensive project to restore art vandalized during the 2023 insurrection at the Brazilian government’s headquarters should be completed in December, reports The Art Newspaper. Hundreds of works of art and design, as well as historical objects we

Anne Imhof’s ‘Wish You Were Gay’ Billboards Vandalized in Austria: An ‘Attack onLove’

Six billboards designed by artist Anne Imhof that are on view in Austria were partially torn by vandals on Tuesday, an incident that the artist described as “an act of violent aggression.”Imhof, who won the Golden Lion at the 2017 Venice Biennale for her memorable German Pavilion, was showing the billboards in Bregenz in tandem with a museum show in the city at the Kunsthaus Bregenz. The billboards read “WISH YOU WERE GAY,” a phrase that also acts at the title for Imhof&r