June, 2024

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Are the Basel Fairs Eating Each Other? Kenny Schachter Has a Theory—and News of a Big Bezos Art Deal

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Fresh from Switzerland, our columnist also reports on the Digital Art Mile, which ran alongside the main event. The post Are the Basel Fairs Eating Each Other? Kenny Schachter Has a Theory—and News of a Big Bezos Art Deal appeared first on Artnet News.

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‘We are not seeing the picture Rubens intended’: conservation reveals drastic changes made to acclaimed Judgement of Paris

The Art Newspaper

More than a year of meticulous research and work has led to the painting being glowingly restored—while revealing amendments by an unknown artist that “changed the narrative completely”

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How Boston's Eliot School desegregated — and resegregated

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Since the end of mandatory busing in 1988, white students in the Boston public schools have tended to 'cluster' once again in a small handful of select schools, due to parent choice, persistent neighborhood segregation — and district policy. Since the end of mandatory busing in 1988, white students in the Boston public schools have tended to 'cluster' once again in a small handful of select schools, due to parent choice, persistent neighborhood segregation — and district policy.

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Announcing the AASLH 2024 History in Progress Award Winners

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For nearly eighty years, the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) has presented Leadership in History Awards to establish and encourage standards of excellence in the collection, preservation, and interpretation of state and local history in order to make the past more meaningful to all people. Today, AASLH announces the winners of the History in Progress awards.

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New Era for American Ceramics

Maine Antique Digest

Crocker Farm, Sparks, Maryland Photos courtesy Crocker Farm “This was our third-highest-grossing sale to date,” stated Mark Zipp of Crocker Farm following the family operation’s spring sale, which made $1,753,470 (including buyers’ premiums). There were 525 registered bidders for the spring auction.

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

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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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See Frida Kahlo in Her Element in a New York Show of Rare Photographs

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Fifty photographs of the Mexican artist are now on view in "Frida Kahlo: Forever Yours" at Throckmorton Fine Arts. The post See Frida Kahlo in Her Element in a New York Show of Rare Photographs appeared first on Artnet News.

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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

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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Four Overlooked Women Abstract Expressionists Are Spotlighted in London

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The exhibition shows how the principles of Abstract Expressionism were applied to the medium of collage. The post Four Overlooked Women Abstract Expressionists Are Spotlighted in London appeared first on Artnet News.

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Barbara Gladstone, Influential New York Art Dealer, Dies at 89

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In an era of ever-expanding mega galleries, she took a different approach. The post Barbara Gladstone, Influential New York Art Dealer, Dies at 89 appeared first on Artnet News.

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

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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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Art Bites: Inside Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Recipe Collection

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A posthumously published cookbook includes directions for making stewed eels, rum punch, and a dessert known as 'The Convent Serpent.' The post Art Bites: Inside Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s Recipe Collection appeared first on Artnet News.

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Two (or more) into one: Urs Fischer invites owners of his digital sculptures to have them remade into a new work

The Art Newspaper

The maverick artist is working with 1OF1, collectors of high-level digital art, to offer owners of his "CHAOS" video sculpture series the chance to have them "fused" into new animations

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Staff at the American Folk Art Museum vote unanimously to form a union

The Art Newspaper

The institution’s new union, formed under UAW Local 2110, will represent workers across departments including curatorial, information technology, retail and more

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The Hunt: A Vincent van Gogh Masterpiece That Was Lost to Conflict

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Investigators have put forth several theories about what might have become of the rare canvas. The post The Hunt: A Vincent van Gogh Masterpiece That Was Lost to Conflict appeared first on Artnet News.

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Medieval Game Pieces Emerge From the Ruins of a Mysterious German Castle

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Among them are a six-sided die and a chess piece whose surface is worn from use. The post Medieval Game Pieces Emerge From the Ruins of a Mysterious German Castle appeared first on Artnet News.

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Spain Publishes Extensive List of Artworks Seized During Civil War

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More than 5,000 items were deposited with state museums and have remained there for nearly a century. The post Spain Publishes Extensive List of Artworks Seized During Civil War 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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Is This Pissarro Print Worth $28,000—or $530? At 1stdibs, Dealers and an Algorithm Clash

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Start-ups are using AI to value art, with mixed results. One project has some sellers in revolt. The post Is This Pissarro Print Worth $28,000—or $530? At 1stdibs, Dealers and an Algorithm Clash appeared first on Artnet News.

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Brauer Museum Shutters Amid Deaccessioning Controversy

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The university still plans to go ahead with the sale of three artworks, citing a budget shortfall and possible soup activism. The post Brauer Museum Shutters Amid Deaccessioning Controversy appeared first on Artnet News.

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Victory without damage: ‘Just Stop Oil’s climate activism is one of the most successful disobedience campaigns ever’

The Art Newspaper

The climate catastrophe has been brought to the forefront of the public mind without causing serious harm to the targeted works, says John Paul Stonard

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Ansel Adams’s Estate Rebukes Adobe for Selling A.I. Images in the Style of the Late Photographer

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"You are officially on our last nerve with this behavior," the estate wrote to the company on Threads. The post Ansel Adams’s Estate Rebukes Adobe for Selling A.I. Images in the Style of the Late Photographer appeared first on Artnet News.

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How John Singer Sargent Turned His Sitters Into Stars

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The 1896 portrait of Adèle Meyer and her two children was an immediate sensation when it debuted at the Royal Academy. The post How John Singer Sargent Turned His Sitters Into Stars appeared first on Artnet News.

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Art Basel Opens Amid Market Fears: What Sold on VIP Day

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Business was slower than usual, but a $20 million Joan Mitchell and a $16 million Arshile Gorky found buyers. The post Art Basel Opens Amid Market Fears: What Sold on VIP Day appeared first on Artnet News.

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Myrtle the Turtle celebrates 54 years in Boston

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We're talking about Myrtle the Turtle, the oldest and most famous inhabitant of the New England Aquarium’s ocean tank. Over the decades, Myrtle has contributed to scientific research, been an ambassador for green sea turtles in the wild and become a cultural touchstone. We're talking about Myrtle the Turtle, the oldest and most famous inhabitant of the New England Aquarium’s ocean tank.

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As winner of renamed ABS Digital Art Prize is announced, have we reached a turning point for conversations around NFTs and culture?

The Art Newspaper

Geneva-based RVig, who was awarded the prize for a piece inspired by Baudelaire, is hoping for a more nuanced understanding of what NFTs bring to the art world

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Christie’s Hit With a Class Action Lawsuit Weeks After Its Data Was Hacked

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The lawsuit is alleging the auction house failed to “properly secure and safeguard sensitive information of its customers.” The post Christie’s Hit With a Class Action Lawsuit Weeks After Its Data Was Hacked appeared first on Artnet News.

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Qatar Museums and Venice's new protocol of co-operation includes aim of restoring 'symbolic parts of the city’

The Art Newspaper

Renewable five-year agreement, announced during Art for Tomorrow conference, covers collaboration on regeneration of cultural heritage, art publications and connections between Venetian and Islamic architecture

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Italian Curators Claim Vatican’s Venice Biennale Pavilion Exploits Prisoners

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Organizers of the Holy See's exhibition say it has potential benefits for 'resocializing purposes.' The post Italian Curators Claim Vatican’s Venice Biennale Pavilion Exploits Prisoners appeared first on Artnet News.

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Unnerved by bankruptcy, doctors and patients are leaving Steward hospitals

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Since the private, for-profit hospital chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month, doctors are departing, and patients are seeking care elsewhere, according to employees and Massachusetts health care leaders. Since the private, for-profit hospital chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last month, doctors are departing, and patients are seeking care elsewhere, according to employees and Massachusetts health care leaders.

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'A little masterpiece': Titian's youthful canvas of 'The Rest on the Flight into Egypt', goes for auction at Christie's

The Art Newspaper

The Venetian master's exquisite early depiction of the Holy Family, once recovered in a bag at a bus-stop seven years after being stolen from Longleat House, is estimated to fetch £15m-£25m in London sale

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

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

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‘I Paint What I Witness’: For Half a Century, Artist Neil Jenney Has Blazed a Trail of His Own

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Working from SoHo and Connecticut, the artist paints the world with a gimlet eye. The post ‘I Paint What I Witness’: For Half a Century, Artist Neil Jenney Has Blazed a Trail of His Own appeared first on Artnet News.

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‘I’m just reflecting the times. I’m not an activist’: artist Monira Al Qadiri on her complicated relationship with fossil fuel, a recurring theme of her work

The Art Newspaper

The Kuwaiti-born artist, now living in Germany, has an exhibition at Kunsthaus Baselland during Art Basel that includes large-scale works referencing oil production and consumption

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Centre Pompidou must not close for five years, say French critics and curators

The Art Newspaper

An open letter has called for the public to have access to the complex during its major forthcoming renovation—and for the role of Paris’s state institutions to be protected as a result

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Big Tech Is Using Art as a Dystopian Honeypot

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Scarlett Johansson, Lynn Hershmann Leeson, and the rush to turn 'Her' into a real-life money machine. The post Big Tech Is Using Art as a Dystopian Honeypot appeared first on Artnet News.

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The Hunt: The World’s Most Valuable Stolen Painting

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Vermeer’s domestic scene has an estimated value of $250 million. The post The Hunt: The World’s Most Valuable Stolen Painting appeared first on Artnet News.

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