December, 2024

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4 Ways A.I. Impacted the Art Industry in 2024

Artnet News

Here is a handy summary of A.I.'s four biggest impacts on the art world in 2024. The post 4 Ways A.I. Impacted the Art Industry in 2024 appeared first on Artnet News.

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Gold star medal taken from an Ethiopian war hero surfaces at auction

The Art Newspaper

The grandchildren of Ras Desta Damtew, an Ethiopian general and noble, are seeking to recover the piece, listed in the online auction catalogue as coming from the estate of an Italian soldier who was present at Desta Damtew’s execution

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A Valuable Resource

Maine Antique Digest

A Book Review Welcome to this hobby! write lightning rod ball collectors Phil Steiner and Randy Parish. You now begin an endless treasure hunt that nearly no other antiquer you talk to possesses any knowledge of.

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The Salvation Army Partnership: Where Mission Meets Value

WorthPoint

The Salvation Army’s Director of E-Commerce, Eric Rader, explains how WorthPoint helps their business. Resellers, thrifters, pickers, and customers who need affordable goods depend on thrift stores. Whether it’s a profit margin issue for resellers or a budget issue for a family, thrift stores can help to keep costs reasonable. One organization that understands this concept from all sides is The Salvation Army.

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SAA Council Ratifies Standards Recommendations, Approves America250 Task Force Creation

Society of American Archivists

December 5, 2024 — At its November hybrid meeting in Chicago, the SAA Council: Approved the minutes of the August 14, 2024 Council meeting.

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Examining the Future of the Chinese Antiques Market

Antique Appraisers Auctioneers

For many years, there was a steady and growing market for Chinese antiques. This was fueled by Chinese antique buyers who came from the newly wealthy class in Asia and the West. It was also fueled by rising worldwide interest in Chinese culture, which prompted art collectors all over to buy Chinese antiques. However, in the past few years, there has been speculation that the boom in Chinese antiques is coming to an end.

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Thousands of Stolen Greek Artifacts Just Turned Up in an Athens Basement

Artnet News

Authorities are still determining the value of the cache, much of it found wrapped in 1940s newspapers. The post Thousands of Stolen Greek Artifacts Just Turned Up in an Athens Basement appeared first on Artnet News.

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Auction Prices Realized, December 2024

Maine Antique Digest

Here are a few notable prices of antiques sold recently at auction, as provided by press releases. All prices include the buyer’s premium when charged. We’re always looking for news of prices realized at auctions, particularly unusual or top lots. Send pictures, complete descriptions, and information to A.P.R.

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A Pristine iPhone is a Throwback Find for Collectors

WorthPoint

This rare factory-sealed first-generation 4GB Apple iPhone recently sold at auction for $18,000. Image Source: Live Auctioneers With new operating systems and better features, it seems there is a shiny new Android or iPhone every few months. Many users want the latest and greatest features and dont mind paying a little extra at upgrade time to get the newest model.

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Join SAA for the Write Away Forum!

Society of American Archivists

Wondering what it takes to write a research article? Draft a book proposal? Prepare a case study on archival practice? Review a professional resource? Define terminology in the archival lexicon?

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Best Places to Sell Antique Textiles: A Guide for Textile Art Enthusiasts

Antique Appraisers Auctioneers

Are you a textile art collector? Do you have a beautiful collection of antique textiles you plan to sell? If you answer yes to this question, then it is vital for you to discover the right market where you can get the best value. Now, in case you are unsure about the best places to sell antique textiles, you have arrived at the right blog post. In this guide, we will inform you about this that will help you connect with vintage fabric buyers.

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Pro Wrestler Lee Moriarty’s Paintings Make a Knockout Debut at NADA Miami

Artnet News

Moriarty went to art school, but only recently transitioned from drawing and graphic design to painting. The post Pro Wrestler Lee Moriarty’s Paintings Make a Knockout Debut at NADA Miami appeared first on Artnet News.

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The art of the algorithm—new magazine launches dedicated to Artificial Intelligence works

The Art Newspaper

Biannual publication spotlights 'visual experiments and conceptually refined pieces'

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“American Atmosphere”: A Private Collection at Christie’s

Maine Antique Digest

Christies, New York City Photos courtesy Christies Holding no American art sales in the fall, Christies filled the void by offering its audience an online-only auction of 62 lots from a single-owner private collection.

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‘One auction house will fold, as will more fairs’: experts give their art market 2025 predictions

The Art Newspaper

We asked the art worlds movers and shakers what's in store for the next 12 months

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AI to Z: an art & tech alphabet for 2024

The Art Newspaper

The art, artists and awards that pushed boundaries this year

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Saudi Arabia to give €50m towards Centre Pompidou refurbishment

The Art Newspaper

France will also help develop a raft of new museums in the kingdom, including a photography institution

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Louise Bourgeois’s mammoth spider will return to Tate Modern for the gallery's 25th anniversary

The Art Newspaper

A new capsule collection trail will also feature works by Mark Rothko and Dorothea Tanning

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Green wood, axes and oaks: how ancient skills helped to raise Notre-Dame's new roof

The Art Newspaper

A small army of carpenters combined traditional craftmanship with digital design tools to rebuild the medieval roof frame known as "the forest"

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Jimmy Carter, the US president and ‘Renaissance man’ who believed in art and rock and roll, has died, aged 100

The Art Newspaper

The Southern Baptist peanut farmer from Plains, Georgia, was a dedicated amateur portraitist and made a deep cultural impact when in office

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In memoriam: remembering art world figures who died in 2024

The Art Newspaper

Faith Ringgold, Frank Auerbach, Richard Serra, Barbara Gladstone and Lorraine OGrady were among those who died this year

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Paris heralds the return of Notre-Dame’s bells

The Art Newspaper

The northern belfry’s mighty bells—the oldest having survived the French Revolution—have been restored in Normandy and reinstalled in the bell chamber, from where they will once again ring out

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‘Send us everything’: how six students brought together more than 100 Van Gogh works just a few years after his death

The Art Newspaper

Their astonishing 1896 exhibition is now being celebrated by the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands

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MFA Boston acquires 38 photographs by Robert Frank capturing life in 1940s Paris

The Art Newspaper

The experimental images feature in a new exhibition centred on a personal family scrapbook

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'The painter in me did not die'—novelist Orhan Pamuk turns his hand to art

The Art Newspaper

Notebooks filled with the author's drawings reflect events spanning 13 years

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Metropolitan Museum reveals design for new $550m wing for modern and contemporary art

The Art Newspaper

Designs for the Oscar L. Tang and H.M.

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Uffizi’s secret Vasari Corridor reopens over Florence’s Ponte Vecchio

The Art Newspaper

The private passageway built by the Medici dynasty cost 11m to restore

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£10m Botticelli leads London's pre-Christmas Old Master sales

The Art Newspaper

Nine bidders competed for the 15th century painting of a Virgin and child at Sotheby's, while Zoffany, Tiepolo and Van Dyck topped auctions at Bonhams and Christie's

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‘A message of love to the world’: Yayoi Kusama unveils new infinity room for sprawling Melbourne show

The Art Newspaper

It will join a record-breaking nine other immersive rooms in the National Gallery of Victoria's retrospective on the Japanese artist, spanning eight decades

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The giant metaphor that Elon Musk forked out for

The Art Newspaper

The founder of SpaceX commissioned the giant piece of cutlery art two years ago

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Restored Notre-Dame to have its own museum in Paris's Hôtel-Dieu

The Art Newspaper

Institution in historic hospital development could exhibit the heads of the kings of Judea from the cathedral's medieval statues

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Out of the ashes: how Notre-Dame has been resurrected in a miraculously short time

The Art Newspaper

Faith, politics and emotion have fused in the rebuilding of the Paris cathedral partially destroyed by a fire in 2019

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As world cheers the restored Notre-Dame, other French churches decay

The Art Newspaper

The country has too many churches in areas with too few peopleand too little money to maintain them

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Michelangelo Pistoletto unveils his own version of stolen Caravaggio masterpiece in Sicily

The Art Newspaper

Theft from a Baroque oratory remains unsolved after 55 years, sparking countless conspiracy theories

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Who was buried in Ornans? Restoration of Gustave Courbet’s intriguing masterwork may offer clues

The Art Newspaper

The Musée d’Orsay hopes the restoration of ‘A Burial at Ornans’—once a Salon scandal, now a pride of the Paris museum—will unlock some of its secrets and reveal the painting to be even bigger and bolder than it appears now

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Museums without vitrines: the Scottish research team transforming the way we view art

The Art Newspaper

An extended reality platform being developed by a Scottish university allows users to teleport around virtual museums

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Berlin government approves €130m culture cuts

The Art Newspaper

Move will kill off the art scene, say museum directors

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