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Paintings depicting the infamous Maralinga nuclear bomb tests to feature at Melbourne Art Fair

The Art Newspaper

The Indigenous artist Harriette Bryant Created delves into the human cost of the tests conducted by the UK in South Australia in the 1950s

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The Gray Market: Why Sotheby’s $700m art-backed debt security is an acid test for the trade’s intentions

The Art Newspaper

The large-scale investment vehicle raises major questions about who gets to decide where, how and to whom art circulates

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Independent 20th Century was built to counteract the hype cycle. The trade's downturn is its biggest test

The Art Newspaper

The fair's third edition leans into the middle market and museum interest to expand the canon—and commercial fortunes—of Modernism

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New study of skeletons at Chichén Itzá rewrites history of ancient Maya child sacrifice

The Art Newspaper

An international research team performed genetic testing on 64 children's skeletons, debunking some longstanding myths about Maya religious sacrifices

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‘It’s a little bit of a testing period’: inaugural Atlanta Art Fair opens with buzzy VIP turnout

The Art Newspaper

Dealers hope the city’s first art fair will help Atlanta artists build a bigger collector base

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Basquiat to Chagall: Hong Kong's international auction houses turn to household names during art week

The Art Newspaper

As mainland Chinese art buying continues its post-pandemic contraction, Christies and Sothebys are pivoting fromultra-contemporary Western artists towards tried-and-tested 19th- and 20th-century big hitters

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Why This $30 Million Magritte Will Test the Market

Artnet News

The post Why This $30 Million Magritte Will Test the Market appeared first on Artnet News. Collector Len Riggio bought the work in 2023. It will go under the hammer again this spring.

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