Fri.Dec 20, 2024

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Once the most expensive painting ever auctioned, has a long hidden Van Gogh portrait been rediscovered?

The Art Newspaper

Our review of 2024: record sales, exhibitions, fakesand tracking down Dr Gachet

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The mystery and history of narwhals revealed at PEM

Wbur

Narwhals have fascinated and confounded humans for centuries. The Peabody Essex Museum is diving into the mystery, history and science of the tusked unicorns of the sea. Narwhals have fascinated and confounded humans for centuries. The Peabody Essex Museum is diving into the mystery, history and science of the tusked unicorns of the sea.

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New perspectives: Annabelle Selldorf brings a fresh angle to the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing

The Art Newspaper

A tour of the remodelled building, five months before its reopening, shows the New York architect has created a spectacular main entrance closely integrated with the rest of the London institution and with the public space of Trafalgar Square

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

The Art Newspaper

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

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Cuban documentary about government censorship of the arts wins top film festival prize

The Art Newspaper

Miguel Coyulas "Chronicles of the Absurd" provides a rare inside view of artist interactions with an oppressive government

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How Amsterdam’s Drift Museum is working to create more energy than it uses

The Art Newspaper

Sustainability features at heritage-listed former railway factory will include heating system that stores summer warmth for use in the winter months

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The artist dealers call on to get works to and from Miami

The Art Newspaper

Liz Nielsen, who showed a piece of her own at the Untitled Art fair, drove from New York to Miami and back with a van full of other artists work

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SFMoMA fires contemporary art curator Eungie Joo amid misconduct allegations

The Art Newspaper

Joo had joined the museum in 2017 as its first contemporary art curator and most recently organised an ambitious project by Kara Walker

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A bibliophile invites New Yorkers to engage with books that do not exist

The Art Newspaper

A unique and artful exhibition of imaginary books is now on view at the Grolier Club

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Authenticity of Indian works in university exhibition questioned

The Art Newspaper

Paintings attributed to major Modernists in a recent show at the gallery of the University of Londons School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas) are facing scrutiny

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Gordon Matta-Clark’s caged rosebush, hidden in plain sight for 52 years, is marked and restored

The Art Newspaper

Unlike his best-known, monumental and ephemeral works, the artists newly restored Rosebush is firmly embedded in the environment

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Orion Acquires Reed Colley's Summit Wealth Systems

Financial Advisor Private Wealth

All 12 of Summit's employees including its CEO will become Orion employees and the firm will operate as a separate entity under Orion.

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Washington portrait by Peale,$512,500, Cottone Auctions

The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles

Results of Recent Auctions From Near and Far All prices include the buyer’s premium by Ken Hall A circa 1846 portrait painting of George Washington by Rembrandt Peale (1778-1846) sold [.] The post Washington portrait by Peale,$512,500, Cottone Auctions appeared first on The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles.

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Seeing is believing: Gérôme and Pakistan shows mark 20 years of museum building in Qatar

The Art Newspaper

Exhibitions offer fresh looks at a once globally famous French 19th-century Orientalist artist and Pakistans embrace of modernity

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2024 in review: the biggest stories and the best shows - podcast

The Art Newspaper

From the devastating war in Gaza to art attacks in museums, our editors analyse the year's biggest stories

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Democratic House Whip Katherine Clark talks about the looming government shutdown

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Massachusetts Rep. Katherine Clark joins WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about the potential government shutdown and where stop-gap funding measures stand now on Capitol Hill. Massachusetts Rep. Katherine Clark joins WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about the potential government shutdown and where stop-gap funding measures stand now on Capitol Hill.

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Women who are homeless in Boston find safe space and care at 'HER Saturday'

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Organizers with Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program say providing a safe and fun space makes it more likely women will access care and open up about things for which they might not otherwise seek help. Organizers with Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program say providing a safe and fun space makes it more likely women will access care and open up about things for which they might not otherwise seek help.

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Objects Conservation Fellowship, National Gallery of Art

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National Gallery of Art logo With an endowment from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Gallery of Art is offering a fellowship in the objects conservation department. The three-year fellowship will commence in September 2025 and include a yearly stipend of $53,000, plus health benefits and $3,000 each year for travel and research. Fellows will receive transit benefits towards their commuting costs to and from the National Gallery.

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Field Notes: Redefining Americana

The Magazine Antiques

If it were in any other city, the Brooklyn Museum would be a world-class destinationand for the savvy museumgoer it already is. The post Field Notes: Redefining Americana appeared first on The Magazine Antiques. Field Notes: Redefining Americana was first posted on December 20, 2024 at 4:53 pm. ©2021 " The Magazine Antiques " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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Objects Conservator, Naval History and Heritage Command

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Seal of the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC). The Naval History and Heritage Command’s (NHHC) Conservation Branch (COBRA) is seeking an objects conservator. The selected candidate will work in the Conservation Branch’s official Navy laboratory at the Collection Management Facility (CMF) in Richmond, Virginia, which houses a varied collection of material culture from the United States Navy.

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Collectors Over the Moon for These Porcelain Flasks

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Moon flasks required an exceptionally high level of technical skill to make, as they were at risk of collapsing in on themselves in the kiln, especially the bigger they were. As such, taller flasks tend to bring the highest prices. This Chinese piece, with a floral pattern, sunny yellow glaze, and neat dragon handles, is nearly 26 inches high and commanded a price of $16,500 in 2020.

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Music Friday: Carpenter and Twain Want One Little Thing, a Ring, in 'Santa Baby'

Jewelry Judge

Welcome to Music Friday when we bring you festive songs with jewelry, gemstones or precious metals in the title or lyrics. Today, we celebrate the holiday season with a contemporary take on Eartha Kitt’s 1953 classic, "Santa Baby," performed by pop phenomenon Sabrina Carpenter and best-selling country artist Shania Twain. A song that echoes the sentiments of 1949’s “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend,” “Santa Baby” tells the story of girls appea

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Great Discoveries: 1,800-Year-Old Amulet Could Change the History of Christianity

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Silver amulet containing a scroll found in Frankfurt, Germany Image Source: Uwe Dettmar/Monument Office of the City of Frankfurt am Main via Smithsonian Magazine Recently, an archaeologist unearthed a silver amulet in Frankfurt, Germany. The amulet is believed to be approximately 1,800 years old. The amulet contained a 1.37-inch silver scroll that had 18 lines of Latin text written on it.

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Sen. Warren fights back on Elon Musk's call to 'delete' watchdog agency

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Warren says it would be a mistake to weaken an agency that protects thousands of American consumers from financial malfeasance, and argues the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could help Trump make good on a promise to cap credit card rates. Warren says it would be a mistake to weaken an agency that protects thousands of American consumers from financial malfeasance, and argues the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could help Trump make good on a promise to cap credit card rates.

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