April, 2025

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Holy ground: why Persian carpets play an important symbolic role in the funeral of Pope Francis

The Art Newspaper

For over 600 years carpets from Anatolia, Turkey and Persia have been used in Catholic ceremony and religious paintings by artists including Andrea del Verrochio to indicate a carefully defined, sacred space

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Canadiana in Demand

Maine Antique Digest

Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd., New Hamburg, Ontario Photos courtesy Miller & Miller Auctions Ltd. All prices in U.S.

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Smithsonian Museum Director Placed on ‘Indefinite’ Leave Amid Pressure Campaign

Artnet News

Kevin Young took the reins of the institution in 2021. The post Smithsonian Museum Director Placed on ‘Indefinite’ Leave Amid Pressure Campaign appeared first on Artnet News.

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Hannah Gibson ‘Glass Renewed’ exhibition at Museum of Brands

Antique Collecting

A new exhibition, Glass Renewed: The Art of Hannah Gibson & the History of Glass at The Museum of Brands The post Hannah Gibson ‘Glass Renewed’ exhibition at Museum of Brands appeared first on Antique Collecting.

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What Does a Jewelry Appraiser Actually Do?

La Jolla Gem Appraisal

What Does a Jewelry Appraiser Actually Do? When most people hear the word appraisal , they think of a dollar value. But a professional jewelry appraiser does much more than name a price. In fact, our job is to protect your interests by providing an expert, well-documented opinion of value based on careful examination and market research. Heres what really goes on behind the scenes of a professional appraisal: 1.

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YouTube sensation MrBeast was given ‘unrestricted access’ to the pyramids—Egyptologists say it’s a good thing

The Art Newspaper

Jimmy Donaldson, who has nearly 400 million followers on the video-streaming platform, shot a viral video in Giza, which may be helping to educate a new audience

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Laughlin’s 39th Spring Auction

Maine Antique Digest

Laughlin Auctions, Edinburg, Virginia Photos courtesy Laughlin Auctions Laughlin Auctions hosted its 39th annual spring antiques and sporting auction March 5-19. The two-week online-only sale provided ample time for potential buyers to sort through the nearly 1100 lots offered by the Edinburg, Virginia, firm. Laughlin uses the HiBid bidding platform.

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A Turner Masterpiece Resurfaces in Vienna with a $41 Million Price Tag

Artnet News

Recent x-ray analysis dates the charming view of Venice to around 1840. The post A Turner Masterpiece Resurfaces in Vienna with a $41 Million Price Tag appeared first on Artnet News.

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Carrying the Banner

American Association for State and Local History

Carrying the Banner As Americans prepare to commemorate the 250th anniversary of independence, The Star-Spangled Banner has questions. Conservation of an American flag at History Colorado. By Jason L. Hanson, History Colorado O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight O’er the ramparts we watch’d were so gallantly streaming?

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Billionaire collector Thomas Kaplan to sell Rembrandt lion drawing to raise funds for wildlife conservation

The Art Newspaper

Young Lion Resting, which went on show in Amsterdam this week, could approach a record price for a work on paper at auction next year

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Conservation on mysterious Vermeer painting reveals it may have been his final work

The Art Newspaper

Pollution particles found in Young Woman seated at a Virginal, owned by the Rembrandt collector Thomas Kaplan, are helping to date the work, which only publicly surfaced at auction in 2004

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Van Gogh’s love of Hiroshige, the Japanese master of the landscape, will be reflected in a British Museum exhibition

The Art Newspaper

Vincents own copy of print which inspired one of his paintings is to be shown in London

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‘We are crying’: heritage authorities express sorrow after Sudan National Museum looted and ransacked

The Art Newspaper

The museum, which houses artefacts dating back millennia, has been caught in the crossfire of the civil war raging in the North African country

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Head to head: medieval experts clash over exact number of penises in Bayeux Tapestry

The Art Newspaper

In a new blog post, a scholar in Anglo-Saxon nudity doubles down on his belief that the mystery appendage is a phallus, not a scabbard

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For Madrid's Prado museum, the good times just keep rolling

The Art Newspaper

A Veronese show in May is set to be latest in long line of Renaissance Venice crowd-pleasers for the Spanish institution

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Exclusive | The world's most visited museums 2024: normality returns—for some

The Art Newspaper

A new museum in Shanghai leaps into our top ten and European museums continue their strong performance, but our exclusive annual survey finds that some Britishinstitutions are still lagging behind

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Nelson-Atkins Museum picks architect for $160m expansion

The Art Newspaper

The museum in Kansas City has tapped the firm Weiss Manfredi to overhaul its campus

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Ten essential Caravaggio paintings to see in Rome

The Art Newspaper

Whether or not you can make it to the blockbuster exhibition on the artist now open at the Palazzo Barberini, here are a selection of his most captivating works to see in the city all year round

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‘We tried to train it like it was a kid in art school’: artist David Salle on using an AI model to enhance his painting practice

The Art Newspaper

The New York-based painters work with machine learning generates backgrounds based on his previous work, which he then transforms into new paintingswith some of the results now on show in London

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MFA Boston to return Benin Bronzes to wealthy donor, close gallery

The Art Newspaper

The unusual move follows years of negotiations between the museum, the collector and the Kingdom of Benin

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Warhol electric chair canvas could bring $30m during New York auction season

The Art Newspaper

Christie's will offer the rose-hued Big Electric Chair from the collection of influential Belgian art patrons Roger Matthys and Hilda Colle

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Yayoi Kusama survey at National Gallery of Victoria becomes most visited art exhibition in Australian history

The Art Newspaper

The museum reported that 570,537 tickets were sold for the show, which closed in April

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Regional strength helps insulate Art Dubai from tariff-related turbulence

The Art Newspaper

Lower price points and Dubai's enduring status as a tax haven buoyed sales

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Older women artists go it alone as new report reveals how the traditional art world is failing them

The Art Newspaper

Meanwhile their younger counterparts more acutely struggle with living costs

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San Francisco Art Fair brings attention to Bay Area scene and sales for exhibitors from near and far

The Art Newspaper

The fairs programming included events with local institutions and stands devoted to non-profits and collectives

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Two new art centres set to open in Venice

The Art Newspaper

The new San Marco Art Centre will be based in St Marks Square from next month, while theNicoletta Fiorucci Foundationwill take over the Dorsoduro building

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Nova Contemporary gallery taps into Thailand’s burgeoning market

The Art Newspaper

The Bangkok space opens new premises this month, ahead of major new private museum Dib Bangkok

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Changing the narrative: National Public Housing Museum opens in Chicago

The Art Newspaper

Housed in one of the historic Jane Addams Homes, the new museum aims to challenge perceptions about the sector

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Qatari sheikh wins case against Phoenix Ancient Art over allegedly forged antiquity

The Art Newspaper

The New York- and Geneva-based gallery says it will appeal the case, brought by Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah al-Thani

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Ahead of Romania’s re-run presidential election, its art scene remains vigilant

The Art Newspaper

With the far-right candidate George Simion leading in the polls, concerns have been raised about what his victory may mean for contemporary, critical, or progressive forms of art and culture

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Marharyta Polovinko, 31-year-old Ukrainian artist, killed on frontline

The Art Newspaper

Her battalion described her as "smart, hardworking, motivated" and a "true warrior"

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How AI models are helping to reveal South America's archaeological sites

The Art Newspaper

Analysis of aerial and satellite images has rapidly identified ancient sites, but human expertise is still essential in refining the outcomes

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In a rare interview, Khaled Sabsabi speaks of his ‘devastation’ after being dropped as Australia’s representative at the 2026 Venice Biennale

The Art Newspaper

The artist criticises Australias arts funding body for failing to allow him to defend misinformation about his art, and says he hopes to take his planned work to Venice independently

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This art historian is on a quest to ensure the story of Arab art is not lost

The Art Newspaper

Salwa Mikdadis Abu Dhabi-based institution is digitising and cataloguing tens of thousands of documents and artefacts

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Turkish artists face pressure amid government crackdown on opposition

The Art Newspaper

Mahir Polat, the head of Istanbuls cultural heritage department, was recently released after being arrested along with other key cultural figures

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Nine astonishing places to see Van Gogh's paintings

The Art Newspaper

Around the world, they are in unusual venues ranging from a Japanese museum in a mountain forest to a Warsaw church dome

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