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Frieze Masters appoints Emanuela Tarizzo as director

The Art Newspaper

The art adviser and former director at Tomasso gallery takes the reins from Nathan Clements-Gillespie at a pivotal time for Frieze, which is presently being considered for sale

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Silver and Modern Pottery Draw Bidders

Maine Antique Digest

Andrews & Andrews, Northport, Maine On a frosty February 8 the Blue Goose Center in Northport, Maine, was full of browsers, bidders, and buyers. The occasion was an approximately 300-lot auction conducted by Daniel and Elsie Andrews, longtime Maine auctioneers who call their business Andrews & Andrews.

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Anastasia Bukhman, the Russian-born collector behind a £1m donation to London’s National Portrait Gallery

The Art Newspaper

Art was not a part of the philanthropists life growing up in a remote town in Russia, but moving to Europe some years ago opened her eyes, and she is now an avid collector and generous donor

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“Unpretentious Personality and Inherent Dignity”: A Collection of Chinese Furniture

Maine Antique Digest

A Book Review This self-published volume illustrating a portion of the authors collection of Chinese furniture is more than a photographic album, more than a catalog, more than a lesson on the genre.

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Political paintings and addressing misogyny: extensive Picasso exhibition opens in Hong Kong

The Art Newspaper

The Art Newspaper's top takeaways from the M+ Museum's newest show

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Lavinia Fontana Masterpiece Rediscovered After 150 Years in Museum Storage

Artnet News

The tender family portrait had been wrongly attributed to a male painter of the Northern Renaissance. The post Lavinia Fontana Masterpiece Rediscovered After 150 Years in Museum Storage appeared first on Artnet News.

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Yale Center for British Art reopens after two years

The Art Newspaper

The museum will mark the occasion with solo exhibitions of J.M.W.

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São Paulo's Museu de Arte to unveil sprawling expansion featuring 14-storey tower

The Art Newspaper

This months opening will more than double the museum's space, and help to overcome its infrastructure limitations

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6 Hong Kong-Based Artists to Watch During Art Basel Week

Artnet News

Dip out of the convention center to catch work by key local figures at a scrappy alternative space, a decades-old gallery, and elsewhere. The post 6 Hong Kong-Based Artists to Watch During Art Basel Week appeared first on Artnet News.

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SAA's New Book Models an Empathy-Driven Approach to Accessing Protected Records

Society of American Archivists

Society of American Archivists

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Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos on What Fuels His Uncanny Photos: ‘Things You Never See’

Artnet News

The award-winning director of 'Poor Things' is opening his first photography exhibition in L.A. The post Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos on What Fuels His Uncanny Photos: ‘Things You Never See’ appeared first on Artnet News.

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Bylaws Committee

SPNHC

About The Bylaws Committee is responsible for the continued development of the Society Bylaws and Leadership Manual as needed, as well as monitoring Society activities to ensure agreement with the Bylaws. Committee Members Up-to-date membership for committee.

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From Zero to Hero: 7 Artists With Explosive Jumps in the Artnet Price Database

Artnet News

Meet the artists on the market's radar. The post From Zero to Hero: 7 Artists With Explosive Jumps in the Artnet Price Database appeared first on Artnet News.

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Biodiversity Crisis Response and Conservation Resources

SPNHC

Contents 1Statement of Purpose 2Introduction 3Contributors 4Links 5References Statement of Purpose This page is produced by theBiodiversity Crisis Response Committeeas a page of resources of use to collections to showcase how they can be used to address conservation and biodiversity crisis themes as a tool to increase advocacy for collections in general.

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What’s Fueling Demand for Indian Modern Masters?

Artnet News

Jagdish Swaminathan's 1954 'Homage to Solzhenitsyn' sold for $4.69 million, topping Sotheby's South Asian Modern and contemporary art sale. The post Whats Fueling Demand for Indian Modern Masters? appeared first on Artnet News.

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Raymond James Recruits UBS Advisor With $394M AUM

Financial Advisor Private Wealth

Raymond James Recruits Former UBS Advisor Managing About $394M

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A 3,000-Year-Old Settlement Turns Up in a Business Park in France

Artnet News

Glass and amber beads were also unearthed at the site. The post A 3,000-Year-Old Settlement Turns Up in a Business Park in France appeared first on Artnet News.

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Hamilton Lane Predicts Growth In Evergreen Funds

Financial Advisor Private Wealth

Hamilton Lane Expeces Evergreen Funds to Explode in Next Decade

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A Champion of Bay Area Abstraction Turns 40

Artnet News

What started as a European antiques shop in 1984 is now a powerhouse of Bay Area Abstract Expressionism. Foster Gwin reflects on four decades of reinvention. The post A Champion of Bay Area Abstraction Turns 40 appeared first on Artnet News.

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Raymond James Recruits Schwab Advisor With $200M AUM

Financial Advisor Private Wealth

Raymond James recently added a former Charles Schwab advisor who managed $200 million in client assets to Raymond James & Associates, its employee advisor channel, in Winter Park, Fla., according to aa news release.

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‘Exceptional’ Iron Age hoard could help to better understand Britain's history

The Art Newspaper

One of the largest and most significant from the period, the hoard was discovered at site in Yorkshire

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Call for Pop-Up Session Proposals for 2025 Annual Meeting

Society of American Archivists

The ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2025 Program Committee invites submission of proposals for Pop-Up sessions for the Annual Meeting taking place August 2427 in Anaheim, California. Pop-Up sessions enrich the conference program by addressing topics and concerns that may have popped up since November 2024 (when initial proposals were due).

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S.O.S. (Surplus Old Stuff) with Amy Moyer: VHS & Cassette Tapes

WorthPoint

Old cassettes are finally back in vogue. This lot sold for $158.12 in February 2025. Collectors of anachronistic media rejoice: whats old is new again, and VHS tapes and cassettes are now worth checking for value on the secondary market. Read on to learn about the hottest sellers in S.O.S. (Surplus Old Stuff): VHS and cassette tapes. VHS & Cassettes: 1980s Big-Haired Fun VHS and cassette tapes hail from the same neon-colored, big-haired era of the 1980s.

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Conference Committee

SPNHC

About The Conference Committee coordinates the logistics and scheduling of the Societys Annual Meetings, recommends sites for future meetings, and submits those recommendations to the SPNHC President to put to a full Council vote.

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Skenes Hits the Million Mark

WorthPoint

The famed Paul Skenes Topps MLB Debut card sold for more than $1.1 million in March 2025 with Fanatics. Image source: Fanatics When an 11-year-old collector unearthed the Paul Skenes MLB Rookie Debut one-of-a-kind bas eball card , speculation about the cards future quickly ran rampant. That answer came quickly when the card went up for auction with Fanatics.

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Conservation Committee

SPNHC

Contents 1About 2Committee Members 3Committee Documents 4Links About The Conservation Committee is responsible for acquiring, developing, and distributing information to the Society to promote the long-term preservation of natural history objects and associated materials.

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BOSS Reseller Remix 2025 Recap

WorthPoint

CEO Will Seipell, CTO Antoine Lyseight, and Senior Revenue Manager Nathan Teasdale recently attended the BOSS Reseller Remix in Las Vegas. In the vintage and collectibles space, resellers play an essential role. They have to know both sides of an equation: an accurate idea of an item’s worth and its selling price in current market conditions. Sellers also have to understand shipping costs, storage, and inventory management.

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Continuity of Operations

SPNHC

Contents 1About 2Contributors 3Introduction 4Continuity of Operations Policy 5Notification and Essential Personnel 6Packages and Mail 7Checking on Collections 8Communication with Stakeholders during Closures 9Preparing to Work Remotely 9.1Computers and Software 9.

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Announcing The Stewardship Archive: Safeguarding Essential Information to Protect America’s Public Lands, Waters, and Places of Cultural Heritage

American Association for State and Local History

David Harmon, Executive Director, George Wright Society There are growing concerns about the removal of public information related to climate change and other topics from the websites of federal agencies charged with protecting the countrys public lands, waters, and places of cultural heritage. Among many examples, the Bureau of Land Managements climate change adaptive management science and policy directive was rescinded recently, and references to transgender and queer Americans were removed f

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Core Compentencies

SPNHC

Contents 1Statement of Purpose 2Introduction 2.1Paleontology 2.1.

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Restoration, Renewal, Revival: The Story of the Sullivan House

The Mid-West Museum Association

This post is contributed by Lexi Traylor and Jessica Spiess from AMM member museum Historic Madison, Inc. In historic Madison, Indiana, we know the importance of embracing the future while preserving the past. The Sullivan House has witnessed over 200 years of American history in the heart of Madisons National Historic Landmark District, now serving as a staple of Madisons historic community.

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Collecting Techniques

SPNHC

Contents 1Statement of Purpose 2Introduction 3Contributors 4Collection Techniques 4.1Herps 4.2Fishes 5Equipment Disinfection Statement of Purpose These links and documents contain information about best practices for collecting specimens.

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Exhibitions: Tales from the Other Side

The Magazine Antiques

For the unbeliever, the skeptic, the misanthrope, few movements could elicit greater disdain than the spiritualism that arose in the late 1840s and swept through American society into the 1920s. The post Exhibitions: Tales from the Other Side appeared first on The Magazine Antiques. Exhibitions: Tales from the Other Side was first posted on March 25, 2025 at 1:28 pm. ©2021 " The Magazine Antiques " Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only.

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Collection Theft and Security Monitoring

SPNHC

Contents 1About 2Contributors 3Introduction 4Activities and Meetings 5Preventative Actions 6Staff Considerations: Hiring, Training, and Offboarding 7Insurance and Value Assignment 8Risk Levels 9Response to Potential Theft 10Communication Channels 11Monitoring for Stolen Specimens 12Education and Engagement 13References About The aim of the SPNHC Collection Theft and Security Monitoring Toolkit is to provide information about measures that would… Source

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Wait! Do You Really Want to Scrap That Old Gold Jewelry?

WorthPoint

Think twice before scrapping your grandmothers charm bracelet. Once a family heirloom is gone, theres no going back. Back in the late aughts, gold hit $1,000 an ounce for the first time. People all over the country attended gold parties where they could sell anything made of gold and walk away with cash in hand. Now that prices are topping $3,000 per ounce and climbing, a new wave of gold sellers will likely start pulling out all the gold theyve had stashed away and look to sell some of it for s

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Botany Specimen Preparation

SPNHC

Contents 1Statement of Purpose 2Contributors 3Introduction 4Mounted specimens 4.1Pressing and drying botanical specimens 4.2Mounting botanical specimens 5Packets 6Dried tissue (silica or cryo) 7References Statement of Purpose These links and documents contain information about botany specimen preparation. Contributors This material was added byKatie Pearsonon behalf of the Society of Herbarium Curators Early Career Section.

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Tallulah Willis Says Engagement Ring Has the Lines of Ancient Greek Amphora

Jewelry Judge

Sometimes the best things in life are worth waiting for. That's certainly the sentiment of Tallulah Willis, who turned to Instagram on Saturday to gush over her "warm, depthful, ancient" engagement ring, which finally arrived three months after she accepted a marriage proposal and stand-in ring from musician Justin Acee. The official ring features an antique 4.03-carat "honey champagne" diamond in a chunky gold setting reminiscent of an Ancient Greek vase.

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