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‘Art gives you something to hold on to’: Dutch museum launches dementia-friendly programme

The Art Newspaper

A series of events will use the museum’s collection to spark memories and emotions

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Who is Takako Yamaguchi, the Under-Sung Painter Causing a Frenzy at Auction?

Artnet News

After decades of quiet work, her evocative paintings breaking auction records and surpassing high estimates mark a sensational turn in the artist’s career. The post Who is Takako Yamaguchi, the Under-Sung Painter Causing a Frenzy at Auction? appeared first on Artnet News.

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A piece of the action: museum partnership in New York invites visitors to take home fragments of digital artworks

The Art Newspaper

The Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) and the Tezos Foundation have teamed up to offer the public a chance to acquire—for no cost—parts of works projected onto a screen in the lobby

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A Major Museum Survey Honors the Four ‘Grandes Dames’ of Impressionism

Artnet News

The National Gallery of Ireland casts a light on Bracquemond, Cassatt, Gonzalès, and Morisot. The post A Major Museum Survey Honors the Four ‘Grandes Dames’ of Impressionism appeared first on Artnet News.

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Laser scanning reveals lost Maya structures in forests of Campeche

The Art Newspaper

Archaeologists have used light-detection and ranging (Lidar) technology to uncover new findings about ancient Maya Lowland settlements

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Gagosian Will Make Seoul Debut With Derrick Adams Show

Artnet News

The gallery will present new paintings by the New York artist in a space at the headquarters of the beauty giant Amorepacific. The post Gagosian Will Make Seoul Debut With Derrick Adams Show appeared first on Artnet News.

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Gagosian will stage the gallery’s first exhibition in Seoul

The Art Newspaper

'Derrick Adams: The Strip' will open just in time for the Frieze Seoul art fair

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Francis Alÿs shows that child’s play is a serious business

The Art Newspaper

The Belgian artist transforms the Barbican Art Gallery into a cinematic playground

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Behind Danny Lyon’s Celebrated Photos That Inspired the New Film ‘The Bikeriders’

Artnet News

Written and directed by Jeff Nichols, the movie is based on Lyon's 1968 photo book. The post Behind Danny Lyon’s Celebrated Photos That Inspired the New Film ‘The Bikeriders’ appeared first on Artnet News.

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Jonathan Yeo paints UK ‘royalty’ again—broadcast king David Attenborough

The Art Newspaper

The artist's scarlet-drenched depiction of King Charles III sparked debate last month

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Get Ready for a Corker! This Is the World’s Oldest Known Wine

Artnet News

It is some three centuries older than the so-called Speyer wine bottle, which previously held the record. The post Get Ready for a Corker! This Is the World’s Oldest Known Wine appeared first on Artnet News.

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Sotheby's shakes up senior level staff in Asia and Europe

The Art Newspaper

Elaine Holt has been appointed as the deputy chair of Sotheby's Asia, while six other specialists across locations have received title changes

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Fanciful teapots from contemporary artists come to Clark’s July 2

Auction Central News

VAN NUYS, CA — Nearly 200 lots of contemporary and fanciful teapots come to market Tuesday, July 2 at Clark’s Fine Art in the single-subject Contemporary Artists’ Teapots sale. The complete catalog is available for review and bidding now at LiveAuctioneers. ACN’s Andrea Valluzzo wrote about this interesting niche in January of 2023 for the […] The post Fanciful teapots from contemporary artists come to Clark’s July 2 appeared first on Auction Central News.

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From Athens to the island of Hydra: Greek odyssey beckons New York artists

The Art Newspaper

US artists including Dana Schutz, Tschabala Self and George Condo have opened shows in the Mediterranean cultural hub—as their home country remains fractured

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Chinese white glazed incised dragon vase tops $168K at Tenmoku Auctions

Auction Central News

FAIRFIELD, NJ – Estimated at $15,000-$20,000 but hammering for $135,000, the highlight of the May 29 Asian works of art sale at Tenmoku Auctions was a Chinese white-glazed and incised dragon vase. Converted into a lamp at some point in the first half of the 20th century (but not drilled to accommodate a wire), it […] The post Chinese white glazed incised dragon vase tops $168K at Tenmoku Auctions appeared first on Auction Central News.

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Greek odyssey beckons a wearied New York art world

The Art Newspaper

US artists including Cindy Sherman, Tschabala Self and George Condo have opened shows in the Mediterranean cultural hub—as their home country remains fractured and hostile to culture

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Disney studio and theme park collectibles return to Van Eaton June 30

Auction Central News

STUDIO CITY, CA — Van Eaton Galleries returns as the premier auction house for authentic Disney studio- and theme park-used items for collectors worldwide. Its Popular Culture and Disney Parks sale, scheduled for Sunday, June 30, features a whopping 775 lots, with the catalog now available for review and bidding at LiveAuctioneers. Fans of park-used […] The post Disney studio and theme park collectibles return to Van Eaton June 30 appeared first on Auction Central News.

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From Athens to the island of Hydra: a Greek odyssey beckons for New York artists

The Art Newspaper

US artists including Dana Schutz, Tschabala Self and George Condo have opened shows in the Mediterranean cultural hub—as their home country remains fractured

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Spotlight: American Artist Cooper Brings His Lush Interiors to London

Artnet News

Maddox Gallery hosted Cooper as its Artist in Residence, and is showcasing the resulting work in "A Closer Look." The post Spotlight: American Artist Cooper Brings His Lush Interiors to London appeared first on Artnet News.

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Fine Art Including Sporting Art and Dogs in Art

Maine Antique Digest

Doyle, New York City Photos courtesy Doyle Doyle held its annual sale of fine art including sporting art and dogs in art live in its East 87th Street salesroom in New York City Tuesday, April 16. A handful of bidders came and went during the two-and-a-half-hour auction.

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Masterpieces on the Mersey

The Magazine Antiques

Thanks to the discernment of a viscount, Lever Art Gallery preserves one of the most comprehensive collections of fine and decorative arts in the UK. The post Masterpieces on the Mersey appeared first on The Magazine Antiques. Masterpieces on the Mersey was first posted on June 26, 2024 at 8:00 am. ©2021 " The Magazine Antiques " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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Mid-Atlantic Festival Continues to Grow

Maine Antique Digest

Mid-Atlantic Antiques Festival, Poolesville, Maryland The fourth installment of the Mid-Atlantic Antiques Festival was held April 27 and 28 at Aix La Chapelle Farm, a working farm located in the outskirts of Poolesville, Maryland. The farm’s owners, Joy and Jon Siegel, are the developers and promoters of the festival.

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Research Indicates Mercury Could Be Flush With Diamonds — Inside and Out

Jewelry Judge

Back in January, researchers at Sun Yat-sen University in Zhuhai, China, theorized that Mercury, the tiniest planet in the solar system and the one that orbits closest to the Sun, could be littered with an untold wealth of diamonds. They argued that the pockmarked surface of Mercury is evidence of the planet being pummeled by asteroids over billions of years.

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Dynasty Program Teaches Advisors How To Act As CEOs

Financial Advisor Private Wealth

Dynasty, she said, has recognized that there is a lack of training and development programs for the RIA space, and has created Dynasty Institute for Executive Leadership to help fill the void.

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This Week in Thrifting: The Search for Valuable Piggy Banks

WorthPoint

Raise your hand if you had a piggy bank when you were little! On a recent thrifting trip to the Family Thrift Center in Albuquerque , I couldn’t help but notice a striking surplus of one particularly cute item: the piggy bank. Quite honestly, I’d mostly forgotten about these little guys. I had a piggy bank when I was a kid, but I somehow assumed that they’d disappeared from the face of the earth.

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As Political Debates Heat Up, Advisors Try To Focus On Portfolios

Financial Advisor Private Wealth

Advisors say letting politics determine a client's financial and investment decisions is a mistake.

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Meet the collectors fueling the human remains market

Wbur

Body parts of donors stolen from the Harvard Medical School morgue were sold across the country, exposing a thriving trade of human-remains buyers and sellers. Body parts of donors stolen from the Harvard Medical School morgue were sold across the country, exposing a thriving trade of human-remains buyers and sellers.

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As Political Debates Heat Up, Advisors Try To Focus On Portfolios

Financial Advisor Private Wealth

Advisors say letting politics determine a client's financial and investment decisions is a mistake.

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Like No Other

Maine Antique Digest

The world of art and antiques got a little smaller when news of the death of Sanford L. Smith was revealed by the New York Times on May 26. Smith, known to most everybody as Sandy, was more than a show promoter. He was champion of the industry.

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Dynasty Program Teaches Advisors How To Act As CEOs

Financial Advisor Private Wealth

Dynasty, she said, has recognized that there is a lack of training and development programs for the RIA space, and has created Dynasty Institute for Executive Leadership to help fill the void.

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Grandpacore: Embracing the Style of Our Elders

WorthPoint

When my friends and I hit the local thrift stores during college, we always made a beeline to the men’s department in search of oversized “old man” cardigans (the fuzzier, the better), tweed blazers, and wool overcoats. We loved the coziness and character of these pieces. Little did we know we were embracing an aesthetic that would become a hot new trend decades later: “grandpacore.

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French Provincial Furniture: Classic Elegance for Modern Interiors

Invaluable

Buying into the French dream of a charming, country house situated in bucolic surroundings seems like an idyllic scenario. However, if upping sticks and jetting off to a countryside corner of Provence isn’t on the cards, the next best thing could be adorning your home with furniture that will recreate a refined country style throughout your spaces. The Charm of French Country Style Cherry wood buffet in 18th century French Provincial style.

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Back Up All You Want

Reagan Upshaw Fine Art

“Sculpture is something you bump into when you back up to look at a painting,” the painter Ad Reinhardt once famously opined, and it’s true that the physical accommodations that sculptures demand have made them problematic for many collectors. They take up so damned much space, and their weight, for anything larger that a table-top piece, means they’re pretty much going to stay wherever they’re plopped.

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Collecting General Custer and the 7th Cavalry

WorthPoint

Custer’s fight at the Little Bighorn River has long been the subject of intense feeling on all sides. Few American military men are as recognizable as George Armstrong Custer. One of the youngest Brigadier Generals in the United States Army, Custer had a string of daring victories during the Civil War. After 1865, he moved out West and encountered Native American tribes rebelling against settler encroachment.