August, 2024

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Sainsbury Wing contractors find 1990 letter from donor anticipating their demolition of false columns

The Art Newspaper

Work on foyer reveals John Sainsbury’s note buried in extension to London’s National Gallery

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Gratitude for Our SAA Foundation Board Directors

Society of American Archivists

Society of American Archivists

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The Americana Collection of Frank Gaglio

Maine Antique Digest

New England Auctions, Branford, Connecticut Photos courtesy New England Auctions What do you call an auction of 404 lots where only one lot fails to sell? Fred Giampietro of New England Auctions didn’t know either.

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A Guide to Antique Auctions and How They Work

Antique Appraisers Auctioneers

Antique auctions can be a great way to find unique and valuable items. But if you’ve never been to an auction before, it can be a little intimidating. This blog post will provide you with a guide to antique auctions and how they work. What is an antique auction? An antique auction is a public sale of antiques. The items are sold to the highest bidder.

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Ancient Babylonian Tablets Are Finally Deciphered. They’re Full of Bad News

Artnet News

The tablets date back 4,000 years. The post Ancient Babylonian Tablets Are Finally Deciphered. They’re Full of Bad News appeared first on Artnet News.

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The Art Elevator Episode #43: Tanzy Ward on Preserving Black Material Culture

Artifactual History Appraisal

We were so honored to have Tanzy Ward return for a second appearance on The Art Elevator podcast ! In this new episode, Tanzy discusses: -The inspiration and process of writing her second book "Unsung Portraits: Anonymous Images of Black Victorians and Early 20th Century Ancestors" -Her scholarship and how she actively engages with artifacts of self-representation in portraits, in fashion, and in jewelry to illuminate and give voice back to individuals who haven't always been included in histori

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US artists score victory in landmark AI copyright case

The Art Newspaper

A federal judge in California has blocked an attempt by several AI companies to have portions of a copyright case dismissed

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Former Frieze fair chief Victoria Siddall appointed director of London's National Portrait Gallery

The Art Newspaper

Siddall will take up the role this autumn, becoming the first-ever woman to hold the position

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Sonia Boyce, Maria Balshaw and Grayson Perry join campaign to advance the study of art history

The Art Newspaper

The Art History Now project sees over 90 big names share new reflections on what art history means to them

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Rothko Chapel closes due to hurricane damage

The Art Newspaper

The popular pilgrimage site for fans of Abstract Expressionism was damaged during Hurricane Beryl last month

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The National Gallery: a place of learning in its (public) archive

The Art Newspaper

The London museum has a remarkable archive and library, available to all, and a research strategy that includes the opening of a new research centre in 2028

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‘The greatest theft in history’: a new exhibition in Amsterdam offers an unprecedented account of Nazi looting

The Art Newspaper

The two-part show reveals like never before how theft was used as a means of erasing Jewish identity, writes Ambassador (ret) Stuart E.

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London's prestigious Courtauld Institute to create British art centre with $12m donation

The Art Newspaper

US-based Manton Foundation's gift will establish a research facility and "intellectual hub" at Somerset House

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Heavy rains cause partial collapse of ancient pyramid in Mexico

The Art Newspaper

Authorities said that significant precipitation amid a severe drought had undermined the Purépecha structure at Ihuatzio

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The world’s oldest printed book and rare ancient manuscripts from the Mogao caves in China to go on show in London

The Art Newspaper

We speak to the British Library exhibition curator Melodie Doumy about the Diamond Sutra and other treasures from the Library Cave

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Cultural sector must do more to protect heritage, say campaigners, as Unesco sites most at risk from climate change revealed

The Art Newspaper

A study by the climate risk firm Climate X has shown how drought, extreme heat and flooding has put historic locations across the world at risk

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US National Register of Historic Places adds first home-studio of an African American woman artist

The Art Newspaper

The late artist L.V.

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Where is Salvator Mundi? In storage in Geneva apparently

The Art Newspaper

Will the long lost work end up in a museum run by ex-British Museum chief?

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Italian Renaissance drawings show at Buckingham Palace includes Titian study never seen in Britain

The Art Newspaper

Works by Raphael and Leonardo will also be featured in the London exhibition, which aims to reconsider artists of the period as draughtsmen, in addition to painters or sculptors

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‘Once in a generation chance’: Hampton Court conservation grants visitors closer look at Chapel Royal

The Art Newspaper

Works by Sir Christopher Wren and Sir James Thornhill can be observed from the chapel's Royal Pew until September

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s only skyscraper will go up for auction in October

The Art Newspaper

Is Oklahoma’s historic Price Tower doomed?

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William Blake’s cottage—where he wrote ‘Jerusalem’—a step closer to becoming a museum

The Art Newspaper

Funding has been secured to fix the collapsing roof of the house in Sussex, UK, with future plans to restore it and turn it into an arts centre

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Warhol Foundation to sell the artist’s works on eBay to benefit its grantees

The Art Newspaper

The initiative, called the Philanthropy Factory, hopes to raise an additional $1.

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Three looted objects from ancient Egyptian graves returned by the Netherlands

The Art Newspaper

The restitutions are seen as reflective of the way museums are paying closer attention to the provenance of works in their collections

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Connoisseurship has gone out of fashion—to diversify the canon, it's time for a revival

The Art Newspaper

With the Royal Academy the only UK institution now teaching connoisseurship, too many students of art history are missing out on learning an important skill

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September's must-see exhibitions: Monet, Van Gogh and a once forgotten Dutch Master

The Art Newspaper

The Art Newspaper's pick of the top shows to see around the world this month

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Holocaust-restitution firm Mondex settles legal feud with heir over fees for $24m Chagall painting

The Art Newspaper

"Over Vitebsk" by Marc Chagall hung at the Museum of Modern Art for decades until 2020, when it was restituted to the the heirs of a Jewish-owned art gallery in 1930s Berlin

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Russian dissident artist released as part of historic prisoner swap

The Art Newspaper

Sasha Skochilenko, who was arrested in 2022 for an art intervention opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, was freed along with Wall Street Journal writer Evan Gershkovich and 14 others

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Release of Olena Pekh highlights plight of other Ukrainian cultural workers languishing in Russian prisons

The Art Newspaper

Through Vatican mediation, the museum researcher was freed alongside nine others earlier this summer

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Florida man pleads guilty to bombing satirical statue of Lenin and Mao

The Art Newspaper

A lawyer from Florida drove to San Antonio, Texas, in an apparent attempt to destroy a 21ft-tall sculpture critiquing the Chinese Communist Party

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Revamped Wiener Holocaust Library to reopen with exhibition on celebrated Jewish sculptor

The Art Newspaper

The library, which houses the world’s oldest collection of archival material on the Nazi era, will present works by Fred Kormis in a newly renovated exhibition space

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Banksy unveils gorilla artwork at London Zoo—hours after his rhino was defaced

The Art Newspaper

Depicting an ape breaking animals out of an enclosure, it is the ninth piece in the street artist's animal-themed series across the UK capital

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Colourful new Hauser & Wirth show celebrates bringing art-making to mental health settings

The Art Newspaper

For a new exhibition and auction, the charity Hospital Rooms is bringing art workshops designed for mental health facilities to the London gallery

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Why cultural destruction is such a dangerous military tactic

The Art Newspaper

A landmark report shows how attacks on heritage can cause “psychosocial, economic, and other types of harm”—but laws need to go further

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Flower power: $25m Monet Water Lily to make auction debut in Hong Kong

The Art Newspaper

The work will headline the inaugural sale at Christie's new Zaha Hadid-designed headquarters in the Henderson building

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Our pick of the art books hitting the shelves this autumn

The Art Newspaper

Jacqueline Riding selects some of the tempting titles that are scheduled for publication over the coming months

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Firefighters tackle blaze at London's Somerset House

The Art Newspaper

Courtauld Gallery is reportedly safe though extent of damage is unknown

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