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Art of the Ice Age has a lot to teach us—it’s time the British Museum dedicated a gallery to it

The Art Newspaper

JUNE 27, 2024

The museum is only one of two institutions in the world to see Ice Age art as part of human cultural endeavour, but it needs a proper space to explain and explore this

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Bonhams executive Alex Fortescue has died aged 55

The Art Newspaper

MAY 21, 2024

His death was confirmed by Epiris, the private equity firm that owns the auction house

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Audrey Flack, a pioneer of Photorealism, has died, aged 93

The Art Newspaper

JULY 3, 2024

A survey of the artist's work from the last four years of her life, will be on view at the Parrish Art Museum this autumn

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Leading New York gallerist Barbara Gladstone has died, aged 89

The Art Newspaper

JUNE 17, 2024

The dealer, who died in Paris “after a brief illness”, represented many of the most ambitious contemporary artists of the past half-century

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Bronze Age Corsican statue sold at auction in London is a ‘fake’, French cultural authorities claim

The Art Newspaper

MARCH 24, 2025

Officials and archaeologists have said the small object, which was auctioned by Lyon and Turnbull for 22,500 earlier this month, is a copy

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Artur Snitkus, Ukrainian artist and musician, killed in combat near Donetsk, aged 36

The Art Newspaper

JUNE 14, 2024

In tributes, friends and colleagues described him as “icon of the Ukrainian queer underground” and “a holy man”

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Paul Lowe, conflict photographer and teacher lauded for Sarajevo siege photographs, dies, aged 61

The Art Newspaper

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Acclaimed photojournalist's teenage son charged with his murder on a popular hiking trail near Los Angeles

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Remembering Frank Auerbach, one of the leading artists of his generation, who has died aged 93

The Art Newspaper

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The German-born British painter, a leading figure in the School of London, produced some of the most enduring and perceptive observations of what it meant to be alive during his time

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Kasper König, pioneering curator and co-founder of Skulptur Projekte Münster, dies aged 80

The Art Newspaper

AUGUST 12, 2024

The former director of Cologne’s Museum Ludwig “shaped the art discourse of the last five decades like no other", the museum says

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‘You must walk close to the edge’—the pioneering German artist Rebecca Horn dies, aged 80

The Art Newspaper

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Horn maintained a powerful drawing strand that supported her innovative conceptual sculpture practice around the human body in installations, performances and photographs

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Oliviero Toscani, Italian photographer known for his provocative fashion campaigns, dies aged 82

The Art Newspaper

JANUARY 14, 2025

His work for brands such as Benetton sparked conversations about issues including the Aids crisis and anorexia

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Remembering Alain Delon, screen idol and dedicated art collector, who has died aged 88

The Art Newspaper

AUGUST 22, 2024

A personal memoir recalling the French actor’s “serious case of collectoritis” that saw him acquiring works by Albrecht Dürer, Théodore Géricault and Georges Braque

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Anton van Dalen, who imaginatively chronicled life in Lower Manhattan, has died, aged 86

The Art Newspaper

JUNE 28, 2024

An East Village fixture for a half-century, Van Dalen created stylised drawings, paintings, sculptures and performances documenting his surroundings

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Paul Lowe, conflict photographer and teacher lauded for Sarajevo siege photographs, dies, aged 60

The Art Newspaper

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Acclaimed photojournalist's teenage son charged with his murder on a popular hiking trail near Los Angeles

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Walter Robinson, sharp-eyed painter and critic, has died, aged 74

The Art Newspaper

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Robinson, one of the Pictures Generation artists, made brightly irreverent paintings; as a writer, he chronicled the New York scene for decades and coined the term Zombie Formalism

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Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, pathbreaking Native American artist, has died, aged 85

The Art Newspaper

JANUARY 28, 2025

A champion of contemporary Indigenous artists, prolific creator across a range of media and relentless critic of dominant US ideology, Smith received institutional support and success late in life

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Miami’s Vizcaya Museum will save century-old pool-grotto mural with National Park Service grant

The Art Newspaper

AUGUST 29, 2024

The rare work by the Gilded Age artist Robert Winthrop Chanler is endangered by the surrounding water and Miami's humid conditions

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Sidney Felsen, co-founder of influential Los Angeles printmaking studio Gemini GEL, has died, aged 99

The Art Newspaper

JUNE 12, 2024

Felsen was also a trained artist and prolific photographer, who documented his close contact with the artists who worked at Gemini

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Theft of Bronze Age gold artefacts from UK museum sparks fresh concerns about lack of government investment in sector

The Art Newspaper

MAY 14, 2024

A bracelet and torc dating back thousands of years were taken from Cambridgeshire’s Ely Museum last week, shining a light on underfunding and its potential impact on security

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Zilia Sánchez, Cuban artist renowned for shaped, abstract canvases, has died, aged 98

The Art Newspaper

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Snchez, who fled Cuba and ultimately settled in Puerto Rico, only achieved widespread critical acclaim late in her career

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Lorraine O’Grady, giant of conceptual art, has died, aged 90

The Art Newspaper

DECEMBER 13, 2024

OGrady, who devoted herself to art in her early forties, spent the ensuing decades making incisive works that spanned photography, collage, performance and more

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Jack Vettriano, immensely popular artist whose market success reflected 'an appetite for the glamorous', has died, aged 73

The Art Newspaper

MARCH 3, 2025

The sale of The Singing Butler at Sothebys in 2004, for a record price for a painting by a Scottish artist, caused a sensation and turned attention on Vettriano's critical and institutional neglect

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Frank Auerbach, Master of Psychological Realism, Dies at Age 93

Artnet News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Considered one of the greatest painters of his age, he was a leading figure among the School of London artists. The post Frank Auerbach, Master of Psychological Realism, Dies at Age 93 appeared first on Artnet News.

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Jimmy Carter, the US president and ‘Renaissance man’ who believed in art and rock and roll, has died, aged 100

The Art Newspaper

DECEMBER 29, 2024

The Southern Baptist peanut farmer from Plains, Georgia, was a dedicated amateur portraitist and made a deep cultural impact when in office

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3 Thrilling Finds From a Giant Hoard of Iron Age Treasures Discovered in the U.K.

Artnet News

MARCH 24, 2025

The trove of 800 objects sheds new light on power, travel, and technology in Iron Age Britain. The post 3 Thrilling Finds From a Giant Hoard of Iron Age Treasures Discovered in the U.K. appeared first on Artnet News.

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Benjamin Vautier, a French Fluxus artist known for his playful painted phrases, has died, aged 88

The Art Newspaper

JUNE 7, 2024

His irreverent texts, signed simply “Ben”, spanned art and merchandise that was ubiquitous in France

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Derek Boshier, British Pop artist widely known for his collaborations with David Bowie, has died, aged 87

The Art Newspaper

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Boshier’s work was often critical of US politics and consumerism

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A painting of Venice’s Grand Canal, previously thought to be by Canaletto, has been attributed to his teenage nephew

The Art Newspaper

MARCH 10, 2025

Specialists at London's Wallace Collection have attributed an 18th-century work to Bernardo Bellotto, who would then have been aged just 15 or 16

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David Lynch, artist and film-maker who portrayed America’s dark side with surreal humour and violence, has died, aged 78

The Art Newspaper

JANUARY 16, 2025

Lynch trained as a painter before becoming a successful film-maker and ultimately returning to visual art in recent decades

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Jo Baer, painter who pivoted from abstraction to ‘radical figuration’, has died, aged 95

The Art Newspaper

JANUARY 22, 2025

Baer was equally renowned for her work in Minimalist abstraction and figurative painting

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Remembering Jean-Claude Saintilus, Haitian artist and member of the Atis Rezistans collective, who has died, aged 64

The Art Newspaper

MARCH 7, 2025

Artist of memorials to family memory and sprits exhibited at the 2011 Venice Biennale, the Fowler Museum in Los Angeles, Documenta Fifteen (2022) and the Ghetto Biennale, in Port au Prince

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A smashing day out: boy accidentally breaks 3,500-year-old pitcher at Israeli museum

The Art Newspaper

AUGUST 28, 2024

The Middle/late Bronze Age object was “pulled” by the “curious” four-year-old while visiting the Hecht Museum in northern Israel

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Mel Bochner, conceptual artist known for text paintings and wry humour, has died, aged 84

The Art Newspaper

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Bochner was a pioneer of conceptual art, creating works rooted in information systems and decontextualised language

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Aaron De Groft, Orlando Museum of Art director fired in Basquiat forgery scandal, has died, aged 59

The Art Newspaper

JANUARY 21, 2025

Following successful stints at museums in Virginia and on Floridas Gulf Coast, De Grofts career became mired in the Basquiat fakes fiasco

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Archaeologists Find a Bronze Age Workshop That Produced the Ancient World’s Prized Dye

Artnet News

JUNE 20, 2024

The post Archaeologists Find a Bronze Age Workshop That Produced the Ancient World’s Prized Dye appeared first on Artnet News. An excavation on the island of Aegina in Greece turned up pottery shards stained with Tyrian purple.

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The V&A’s Mughal exhibition traces the emergence of a ‘new art’

The Art Newspaper

MARCH 4, 2025

The show, which closes in May, highlights a golden age of pluralism under three monarchs from the house of Tamerlane

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Turkish Archaeologists Discover a Bronze-Age Shopping List

Artnet News

JULY 26, 2024

The post Turkish Archaeologists Discover a Bronze-Age Shopping List appeared first on Artnet News. The tablet bears "records regarding a large amount of furniture shopping," said the researchers.

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Vast Iron-Age Burial Ground Discovered in German Gravel Quarry

Artnet News

AUGUST 6, 2024

The post Vast Iron-Age Burial Ground Discovered in German Gravel Quarry appeared first on Artnet News. Archaeologists plan to undertake further tests and excavations.

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The Permanent Collection: Johann Liss Painted an Unusually Aged Adam and Eve

Artnet News

JULY 6, 2024

The post The Permanent Collection: Johann Liss Painted an Unusually Aged Adam and Eve appeared first on Artnet News. Gallerie dell’Accademia curator Michele Nicolaci discusses this biblical vision.

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Iron Age Swords Seized in the U.K. Deemed ‘Frankenstein’ Forgeries

Artnet News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

The post Iron Age Swords Seized in the U.K. Analysis of the artifacts showed they were modified by forgers to increase their value. Deemed ‘Frankenstein’ Forgeries appeared first on Artnet News.

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January acquisitions round-up: Lavinia Fontana’s Portrait of Antonietta Gonzales goes to Tokyo museum

The Art Newspaper

JANUARY 21, 2025

Other acquisitions this month include a Bronze Age Peebles stone hoard, and Yatreda Art Collectives Abyssinian Queen NFT

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Ice Age Artists Captured the Earliest Known Fishing Scene 15,800 Years Ago, New Research Shows

Artnet News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The post Ice Age Artists Captured the Earliest Known Fishing Scene 15,800 Years Ago, New Research Shows appeared first on Artnet News. The surprisingly "abstract" and "minimalist" representation may hold specific symbolic significance.

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In Boca Raton, the Splendor of Spain’s Golden Age is Brought to Life

Artnet News

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The post In Boca Raton, the Splendor of Spains Golden Age is Brought to Life appeared first on Artnet News. At the Boca Raton Museum of Art, visitors can explore the opulent world of Baroque Spain and its empire.

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On Parade: Berwick-upon-Tweed communities go up in lights, ten times life size, on historic Hawksmoor building

The Art Newspaper

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Matthew Rosier's film "Parade" projects the historic border town's diverse array of societies, teams, companies and bands back to itself in a project involving all ages

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Art of the Ice Age has a lot to teach us—it’s time the British Museum dedicated a gallery to it

Bonhams executive Alex Fortescue has died aged 55

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Audrey Flack, a pioneer of Photorealism, has died, aged 93

Leading New York gallerist Barbara Gladstone has died, aged 89

Bronze Age Corsican statue sold at auction in London is a ‘fake’, French cultural authorities claim

Artur Snitkus, Ukrainian artist and musician, killed in combat near Donetsk, aged 36

Paul Lowe, conflict photographer and teacher lauded for Sarajevo siege photographs, dies, aged 61

Remembering Frank Auerbach, one of the leading artists of his generation, who has died aged 93

Kasper König, pioneering curator and co-founder of Skulptur Projekte Münster, dies aged 80

‘You must walk close to the edge’—the pioneering German artist Rebecca Horn dies, aged 80

Oliviero Toscani, Italian photographer known for his provocative fashion campaigns, dies aged 82

Remembering Alain Delon, screen idol and dedicated art collector, who has died aged 88

Anton van Dalen, who imaginatively chronicled life in Lower Manhattan, has died, aged 86

Paul Lowe, conflict photographer and teacher lauded for Sarajevo siege photographs, dies, aged 60

Walter Robinson, sharp-eyed painter and critic, has died, aged 74

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, pathbreaking Native American artist, has died, aged 85

Miami’s Vizcaya Museum will save century-old pool-grotto mural with National Park Service grant

Sidney Felsen, co-founder of influential Los Angeles printmaking studio Gemini GEL, has died, aged 99

Theft of Bronze Age gold artefacts from UK museum sparks fresh concerns about lack of government investment in sector

Zilia Sánchez, Cuban artist renowned for shaped, abstract canvases, has died, aged 98

Lorraine O’Grady, giant of conceptual art, has died, aged 90

Jack Vettriano, immensely popular artist whose market success reflected 'an appetite for the glamorous', has died, aged 73

Frank Auerbach, Master of Psychological Realism, Dies at Age 93

Jimmy Carter, the US president and ‘Renaissance man’ who believed in art and rock and roll, has died, aged 100

3 Thrilling Finds From a Giant Hoard of Iron Age Treasures Discovered in the U.K.

Benjamin Vautier, a French Fluxus artist known for his playful painted phrases, has died, aged 88

Derek Boshier, British Pop artist widely known for his collaborations with David Bowie, has died, aged 87

A painting of Venice’s Grand Canal, previously thought to be by Canaletto, has been attributed to his teenage nephew

David Lynch, artist and film-maker who portrayed America’s dark side with surreal humour and violence, has died, aged 78

Jo Baer, painter who pivoted from abstraction to ‘radical figuration’, has died, aged 95

Remembering Jean-Claude Saintilus, Haitian artist and member of the Atis Rezistans collective, who has died, aged 64

A smashing day out: boy accidentally breaks 3,500-year-old pitcher at Israeli museum

Mel Bochner, conceptual artist known for text paintings and wry humour, has died, aged 84

Aaron De Groft, Orlando Museum of Art director fired in Basquiat forgery scandal, has died, aged 59

Archaeologists Find a Bronze Age Workshop That Produced the Ancient World’s Prized Dye

The V&A’s Mughal exhibition traces the emergence of a ‘new art’

Turkish Archaeologists Discover a Bronze-Age Shopping List

Vast Iron-Age Burial Ground Discovered in German Gravel Quarry

The Permanent Collection: Johann Liss Painted an Unusually Aged Adam and Eve

Iron Age Swords Seized in the U.K. Deemed ‘Frankenstein’ Forgeries

January acquisitions round-up: Lavinia Fontana’s Portrait of Antonietta Gonzales goes to Tokyo museum

Ice Age Artists Captured the Earliest Known Fishing Scene 15,800 Years Ago, New Research Shows

In Boca Raton, the Splendor of Spain’s Golden Age is Brought to Life

On Parade: Berwick-upon-Tweed communities go up in lights, ten times life size, on historic Hawksmoor building

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