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To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0<\/em>Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter<\/em>.<\/p>\n The Headlines<\/strong><\/p>\n CRIME SHOW.<\/strong> The well-known Greek dealer Giorgos Tsagarakis<\/strong>, who hosted televised art auctions, was arrested in Athens on Friday on felony charges for trafficking forged and stolen artwork and antiquities, according to The Greek Reporter<\/em>. Greece\u2019s Organized Crime Division made the arrest and dismantled the dealer\u2019s alleged counterfeit art network following a \u201csmoking gun\u201d social media post featuring illicit items. Investigators then made a series of raids throughout Athens, which led to the seizure of 321 paintings, a majority of which experts said were forgeries, artifacts, and large amounts of cash. Indeed, local authorities had grown suspicious of Tsagarakis, as collectors began recognizing their own stolen objects being offered for sale on the dealer\u2019s TV show. The dealer claims he is innocent.<\/p>\n MIA<\/strong>. Paul Klee<\/strong>\u2019s iconic watercolor, Angelus Novus<\/em> (1920), is missing from New York\u2019s Jewish Museum<\/strong> exhibition about the artist, because it is stuck in Israel as the country navigates the ongoing regional conflict, reports Hyperallergic<\/em>. For now, the historic artwork is represented by a placeholder until the original (hopefully) makes it to the institution from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem<\/strong>. Its transport is delayed by \u201ccurrent conditions affecting international transport,\u201d according to a museum wall text. Famously, the painting inspired critic Walter Benjamin<\/strong>, who became its owner in 1921, and it is seen as a symbol of Nazi persecution and Benjamin\u2019s suicide. With its own dedicated gallery space, the work also holds a central role in the exhibit, which looks at Klee from a political lens.<\/p>\n The Digest<\/strong><\/p>\n On Monday, preservationist and architect associations collectively filed a lawsuit\u00a0seeking a preliminary injunction to immediately halt any destruction of the\u00a0John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts<\/strong>\u00a0as part of the Trump administration\u2019s plans to renovate the monument, and also demanded that Congress be consulted on\u00a0the project. [The Washington Post]<\/p>\n \n\tAt Monday\u2019s Hong Kong International Cultural Summit<\/strong>, leaders in the arts discussed the reorganization of cultural influence amid destabilizing geopolitical factors, and Hong Kong\u2019s next steps as a self-sufficient cultural engine. [ARTnews]<\/p>\n \n\tArt collector and Galerie<\/em><\/strong> magazine founder Lisa Fayne Cohen<\/strong> appeared to have been in close contact with Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong> in 2015 and 2016, according to released documents by the Justice Department. [ARTnews]<\/p>\n \n\tFrance\u2019s government blocked the planned March 23\u00a0sale of a rare 1517 silverpoint portrait by Hans Baldung Grien<\/strong>, because just 48 hours earlier, it had officially labeled the artwork a National Treasure. [ArtDependence]<\/p>\n Paris Internationale<\/strong> has announced its participating galleries for its inaugural Milan edition, taking place from April 18 to 21. [Artforum]<\/p>\n The Kicker <\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018HONG KONG NOSTALGIA-BAIT.\u2019<\/strong> That is the term used by the Hong Kong indie collective N+ Museum<\/strong> (a satirical wink at Hong Kong\u2019s M+ museum<\/strong>) for its current group exhibition title, reports the South China Morning Post<\/em>. And if you\u2019re in the city for Art Week, you can learn all about it in the show, which playfully skewers the \u201ccringe\u201d pitfalls of \u201cthe exploitation of memories,\u201d as sellable souvenirs for the highest price, per the pseudonymous artist and N+ co-founder Louie Jaubere<\/strong>. \u201cNostalgia is not cringe in itself. But what\u2019s cringe is people trying to use nostalgia to make it consumable,\u201d added curator and fellow N+ Museum co-founder Renee Lui<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/greek-tv-auctioneer-arrested-for-trafficked-artworks-paul-klees-angelus-novus-stuck-in-israel-morning-links-for-march-24-2026-1234778716\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-588183838.jpg?w=1024″] To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter. The Headlines CRIME SHOW. The well-known Greek dealer Giorgos Tsagarakis, who hosted televised art auctions, was arrested in Athens on Friday on felony charges for trafficking forged and stolen artwork and antiquities, according to The Greek Reporter. 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