WORLD ART
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$100 M. Botticelli Found in Family Home in Italy, Spurring Investigation into its Rightful Owner
A prized painting by Italian artist Sandro Botticelli forgotten for 50 years has been discovered at a family home outside Naples, Italy....
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Frieze LA Names 95 Exhibitors for 2024 Edition, Along with Reconfigured Layout
Frieze Los Angeles has named the 95 exhibitors that will take participate in its upcoming 2024 edition, scheduled to run March 1–3, with a VIP...
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Greek Prime Minister ‘Annoyed’ Over Cancellation of Meeting with British PM Over Parthenon Marbles
Relations between the prime ministers of Greece and Britain are less than cheery this holiday season, after a scheduled meeting in London was...
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Sotheby’s Relinquishes Half of Longtime Manhattan Headquarters to Medical School
Sotheby’s will cede around half of the space at their Manhattan headquarters to a new neighbor, Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM), Cornell...
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Longtime Champions of Black Art Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz Are Bringing Their Collection to the Brooklyn Museum
The art collection of Grammy-winning singer Alicia Keys and Kasseem Dean, the Grammy-winning rapper and producer known as Swizz Beatz, will be...
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William Anastasi, Conceptualist Who Drew a Cult Following, Dies at 90
William Anastasi, an artist who rose to fame in New York alongside the Minimalists and Conceptualists of the 1960s, has died at 90. His Cologne...
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Hauser & Wirth and Nicola Vassell Unveil New ‘Collective Impact’ Model with Collaborative Representation of Artist Uman
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Prized Scythian Gold Artifacts Returned to Ukraine by Dutch Museum, Defying Russia’s Demands
A Dutch museum has returned some 400 cultural treasures to Ukraine, ending a nearly decade-long ownership battle incited by Russia’s 2014...
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Workers at Buffalo AKG Art Museum Launch Unionization Effort
Workers at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum have recently announced their intention to unionize. The workers submitted a letter to museum...
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Larry Fink, Photographer Who Documented Clashing Social Circles, Dies at 82
Larry Fink, an American photographer who captured class divides by documenting upper echelons of New York’s social circles, died at the age of...