WORLD ART
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1932 Picasso from Fisher Landau Estate Sells for $139 M.
A 1932 painting by Pablo Picasso titled Femme à la montr e from the collection of the late New York philanthropist Emily Fisher Landau, sold on...
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Egypt’s Billion-Dollar Museum Is Getting Ready to Open as the Country’s Tourism Sector Weathers the Israel-Hamas Conflict
After 20 years and a billion dollars, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) will soon be ready to welcome visitors, according to a report by CNN ....
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Artforum Staff Speaks Out After Firing of Editor Following Gaza Letter: ‘No Desire to Shut Down Conversations’
The editorial staff of Artforum issued a statement Wednesday in response to the firing of editor David Velasco, marking the first time that...
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Brooklyn Museum Union Ratifies First Contract, Averting Strike
The union at the Brooklyn Museum voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to ratify a three-and-a-half year contract, one day before the group was set...
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An Ambitious Art Festival in Iceland Goes Back to the Future to Explore a Planet in Peril
Iceland may not be a country most associate with biennials and big art commissions, but it does have at least one cutting-edge art festival,...
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Best Practices: Artist Uman Courts a Constant State of Evolution in Her Paintings
Toward the end of a 3-hour visit one afternoon this past August, Uman stood in a corner of her multiroom studio in Albany, New York, mixing...
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Christie’s First Big Auction of the Fall Season in New York Disappoints as Blue-Chip Artists Flounder
Christie’s first evening sale of the marquee November auctions in New York fell short of expectations, hammering beneath its low estimate and...
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British Museum Independent Review Shares Details of Antiquities Thefts
The British Museum has released new details around the theft of 2,000 Greek and Roman antiquities that has shaken public confidence in the...
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Four Men Charged in the Theft of Maurizio Cattelan’s Golden Toilet Bowl
Following British law enforcement’s announcement several months ago of a major breakthrough in the 2019 theft of Italian artist Maurizio...
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Artists Nan Goldin, Molly Crabapple Attend Activists’ Sit-In for Gaza Ceasefire at Statue of Liberty
Some 500 protestors affiliated with Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), including artists Nan Goldin and Molly Crabapple, gathered at the pedestal of...