September, 2024

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Protestors who poured soup over Van Gogh's Sunflowers sentenced to prison

The Art Newspaper

The incident, which took place at the National Gallery in 2022, will see Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland serve two years and 20 months respectively

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A Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Score Big at Auction

Artnet News

It's considered one of Dürer's three ‘Master Engravings.’ The post A Dürer Print Found in a Dump Could Score Big at Auction appeared first on Artnet News.

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Crocker Farm Holds 20th-Anniversary Sale

Maine Antique Digest

Crocker Farm, Inc., Sparks, Maryland Photos courtesy Crocker Farm, Inc. “We were really happy with the sale, the quality throughout, and the diversity. I think it bore out in the total,” remarked Mark Zipp of Crocker Farm, Inc., following the family operation’s summer 2024 sale marking the 20th anniversary of the company.

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Appraiser Neutrality and the Importance of Working with a USPAP-Compliant Appraiser

Artifactual History Appraisal

Public Domain Image from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Open Access Collection: Abraham Bosse (French, Tours 1602/04–1676 Paris), "Justice” etching from The Virtues (Les Vertus) series, published in 1636 by Herman Weyen (Flemish, died Paris, 1672), Sheet (trimmed): 2 15/16 × 1 7/8 in. (7.4 × 4.7 cm), The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951, Accession Number: 51.501.2276 I adapted my recent LinkedIn post about appraiser neutrality into a newly published Worthwhile Mag

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Why Massachusetts schools are having an 'extremely difficult' financial year

Wbur

A combination of factors like the end of federal COVID-19 funds, rising inflation and declining enrollment are straining school district budgets across Massachusetts. A combination of factors like the end of federal COVID-19 funds, rising inflation and declining enrollment are straining school district budgets across Massachusetts.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky visits New York’s Ukrainian Museum, calls for ‘the decolonisation of Ukrainian art’

The Art Newspaper

The Ukrainian president and first lady, who are in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, inaugurated the museum’s major Alexandra Exter exhibition

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A new online museum is sharing the histories of repatriated objects

The Art Newspaper

The digital Museum of Looted Antiquities aspires to be an encyclopaedic repository on returned cultural artefacts—and to expose smuggling networks

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How tech is powering the art market’s expansion into luxury, finance and science

The Art Newspaper

Three years on from the NFT explosion, growth in new markets continues

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Netherlands to return 288 items looted in colonial era to Indonesia

The Art Newspaper

The repatriations show policy continuity despite the new right-wing government, experts say

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Previously Unknown Mozart Composition Turns Up in a German Library

Artnet News

The 12-minute piece was written by a teenage Mozart for a string trio. The post Previously Unknown Mozart Composition Turns Up in a German Library appeared first on Artnet News.

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Long-Lost Artemisia Gentileschi Masterpiece Goes on View After Centuries of Obscurity

Artnet News

The painting resurfaced at auction in 2001 as a work by the artist's studio, and was recently identified as an original. The post Long-Lost Artemisia Gentileschi Masterpiece Goes on View After Centuries of Obscurity appeared first on Artnet News.

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Researchers Claim Chinese Interference in French Museum Exhibitions

Artnet News

Respected Tibetologists have raised the alarm over the erasure of non-Han cultures in wall texts. The post Researchers Claim Chinese Interference in French Museum Exhibitions appeared first on Artnet News.

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Was Venice’s Famed Bronze Lion Statue Made in China?

Artnet News

A new chemical study reveals that the sculpture originates from copper ore deposits in China. The post Was Venice’s Famed Bronze Lion Statue Made in China? appeared first on Artnet News.

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Sudan’s cultural heritage is threatened to an 'unprecedented level', Unesco says

The Art Newspaper

Looting by armed groups has been reported at institutions in Sudan, including the National Museum

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‘Unacceptable’: Ai Weiwei responds to his sculpture being smashed at Italian exhibition opening

The Art Newspaper

The artist was 'shocked and surprised' after 'Porcelain Cube' was destroyed by a man at Palazzo Fava in Bologna

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The Brutalist asks who owns the memory of the Holocaust and who defines an artist’s legacy

The Art Newspaper

Brady Corbet’s new film, feted at the Venice International Film Festival and now playing at the New York Film Festival, follows a Jewish, Bauhaus-trained architect adjusting to life and work in the US after the Second World War

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Repatriation of objects is on the government’s agenda, says UK culture secretary

The Art Newspaper

Lisa Nandy's apparent support for repatriation reform has been welcomed by the head of London's Victoria and Albert Museum

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New repatriation documentary chronicles Indigenous groups’ struggles to recover artefacts from collectors and museums

The Art Newspaper

The Canadian documentary “So Surreal: Behind the Masks” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival

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Inside New York's museum-building boom

The Art Newspaper

A wave of construction projects is updating and expanding the city’s art and cultural institutions, indicating a trend toward modernisation and growth

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Churchill’s Monet—restored after many years of cigar smoke—goes on show in Courtauld blockbuster

The Art Newspaper

Traces of the statesman’s smoke have been removed from the painting of Charing Cross Bridge, which took Monet 24 years to finish

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‘An enormous milestone for museums’: platform designed to host 100 million object records launches in UK

The Art Newspaper

Those behind the Museum Data Service hope it will eventually host the details of objects held by 1,750 “accredited” museums and other collections

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Restoration of Famed ‘Rainbow Portrait’ of Queen Elizabeth I Uncovers New Discoveries

Artnet News

The painting, which depicts an ageless monarch, has returned to the Queen's childhood residence at Hatfield House. The post Restoration of Famed ‘Rainbow Portrait’ of Queen Elizabeth I Uncovers New Discoveries appeared first on Artnet News.

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‘You must walk close to the edge’—the pioneering German artist Rebecca Horn dies, aged 80

The Art Newspaper

Horn maintained a powerful drawing strand that supported her innovative conceptual sculpture practice around the human body in installations, performances and photographs

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Nazi-loot restitutions in France face 'disproportionate delays' due to lack of funds, auditor report says

The Art Newspaper

Despite legislative relaxation, little progress has been made in returning art stolen during the Second World War since the 1950s

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The Painting That Birthed Impressionism Makes Its Stateside Debut

Artnet News

Monet's canvas including the word "Impression" in its title unwittingly christened one of art history's most beloved movements. The post The Painting That Birthed Impressionism Makes Its Stateside Debut appeared first on Artnet News.

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An Archaeologist’s 200-Year-Old Message in a Bottle Resurfaces on French Coast

Artnet News

The message was left by a 19th-century archaeologist excavating the area. The post An Archaeologist’s 200-Year-Old Message in a Bottle Resurfaces on French Coast appeared first on Artnet News.

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Ten surprises at the National Gallery’s five-star Van Gogh exhibition

The Art Newspaper

Visitors will be ‘blown away’ by the masterpieces—but there are intriguing and little-known stories behind many of the loans

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Researchers Grow an Extinct Plant From a 1,000-Year-Old Seed

Artnet News

The seed is called Sheba and is believed to have medicinal qualities. The post Researchers Grow an Extinct Plant From a 1,000-Year-Old Seed appeared first on Artnet News.

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Dürer Destined for Dumpster Demolishes Estimate at Auction

Artnet News

An 11-year-old boy saved the piece from oblivion. Only years later did he learn its value. The post Dürer Destined for Dumpster Demolishes Estimate at Auction appeared first on Artnet News.

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Three arrested after Just Stop Oil protestors throw soup over Van Gogh's Sunflowers—again

The Art Newspaper

Activists who took part in a similar stunt at London's National Gallery in 2022 were jailed earlier today

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Graffiti Artist RAMS Tags the Peak of an Abandoned 44-Story Skyscraper

Artnet News

The artist had to rappel down the upper levels of the building to leave his mark. The post Graffiti Artist RAMS Tags the Peak of an Abandoned 44-Story Skyscraper appeared first on Artnet News.

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Long-Lost Diana Statue That Sank With the Titanic Comes to Light on the Ocean Floor

Artnet News

She had been unseen since she was photographed in 1986. The post Long-Lost Diana Statue That Sank With the Titanic Comes to Light on the Ocean Floor appeared first on Artnet News.

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Global turmoil and rising taxes tilt art trade towards new era

The Art Newspaper

Increasingly unsettled elites are making a struggling market even less predictable

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‘Will it cause reputational damage?’: British Museum director discusses controversial BP donation

The Art Newspaper

In a recent interview with The Sunday Times, Nicholas Cullinan also mulls over the Parthenon Marbles and recent thefts scandal

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Animal rights protestors stage die-in at London’s Courtauld Gallery

The Art Newspaper

Members of the activist group Peta occupied the institution‘s LVMH Great Room

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‘A driving force’: show at London’s Freud Museum to celebrate the women central to psychoanalyst’s world

The Art Newspaper

The exhibition opening in October will bring together works by artists including Paula Rego, Cornelia Parker, Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas

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Vasari’s Ceiling Masterpiece, Broken Up for Centuries, Is Finally Reunited

Artnet News

Vasari's painting depicted the five virtues surrounded by cherubs. The post Vasari’s Ceiling Masterpiece, Broken Up for Centuries, Is Finally Reunited appeared first on Artnet News.

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