The Defining Art Events of 2023
about 5 months ago (12/15/2023)
The Defining Art Events of 2023 – ARTnews.com Skip to main content By The Editors of ARTnews Plus Icon The Editors of ARTnews View All December 15, 2023 2:20pm Photo Illustration: Kat Brown/ARTnews If the art world in 2023 could be defined by one word, it would probably be scandal . From the multiple crises that embroiled the British Museum to investigations on human remains implicating the Smithsonian and the American Museum of Natural History, to say nothing of the near constant seizures and repatriations across the institutional sphere, this was the year museums took a beating. Architect David Adjaye, advisor Lisa Schiff, and Yayoi Kusama all found themselves in hot water, while the fallout over the October 7 attack in Israel by the militant group Hamas and the resulting war on Gaza continues to upend the art world.