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Tate Modern announces 2026 programme, including Frida Kahlo and Tracey Emin exhibitions

The Art Newspaper

Meanwhile Tate Britain will explore the legacy of Bloomsbury Group members Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, and tell the story of the 90s in a show curated by Edward Enninful

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The 71st Winter Show

Maine Antique Digest

New York City For 71 years during the last ten days of January the great drill hall at the armory on Park Avenue between 66th and 67th Streets has been filled with the finest objects, paintings, books and manuscripts, textiles, and jewelry that the exhibitors can muster.

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Brooklyn Museum workers protest mass layoffs and alleged union-contract breaches

The Art Newspaper

At least 100 people, including local politicians, gathered on Tuesday night to put pressure on museum leadership

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How to help artists and art workers devastated by Los Angeles wildfires

The Art Newspaper

A range of art-world relief funds are trying to provide immediate aid

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Bronze Age Corsican statue sold at auction in London is a ‘fake’, French cultural authorities claim

The Art Newspaper

Officials and archaeologists have said the small object, which was auctioned by Lyon and Turnbull for 22,500 earlier this month, is a copy

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Medieval wall paintings hidden in a French cathedral revealed in digital imagery

The Art Newspaper

UK conservators knit together thousands of pictures taken at Angers cathedral of Saint Maurille paintngs

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Turkish farmer discovers rare mosaic of ancient hunt

The Art Newspaper

Dating to the late Roman period, a stunning, figurative mosaic, found buried under just 50cm of soil and featuring the rare Anatolian leopard, may be the first of its kind in Turkey

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Investigation shines fresh light on British Museum’s looted, Dürer-inspired diptych

The Art Newspaper

The piece, one side of which is an enamel copy of a 16th-century woodcut, the other side crafted in Ethiopia, reveals how European icons became incorporated into the African countrys traditions

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The devil’s in the detail of Vatican's Jubilee 2025 mascot

The Art Newspaper

'Luce' will welcome visitors to special events in the Holy See and Rome this year

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Egypt announces discovery of first royal tomb since King Tutankhamun's was found over a century ago

The Art Newspaper

The unearthing of King Thutmose II's tomb has been described as one of the most important archaeological discoveries in recent years

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Guggenheim Museum lays off 20 employees

The Art Newspaper

Cuts at the New York institution will affect 7% of its staff

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Los Angeles wildfire reaches Getty Villa grounds, but ‘staff and the collection remain safe’

The Art Newspaper

Cultural organisations around the Los Angeles have been forced to close and some "expect the worst"

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Egyptologists raise ‘mismanagement’ concerns after worker seen hammering at Great Pyramid of Giza

The Art Newspaper

Viral footage of a worker apparently using a hammer and chisel to chip at the stones of the pyramid has prompted debate across Egypt's heritage sector

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Was Cimabue the true father of the Italian Renaissance? New restoration reveals pivotal innovations

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The Louvres conservation of La Maest sheds new light on the painters techniques and influences

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Frida Kahlo works enter the public domain (look out for the fridge magnets)

The Art Newspaper

Works by authors and creators who died in 1954 are publicly accessibledepending on your jurisdiction

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The big slowdown: why museums and galleries are putting on fewer shows

The Art Newspaper

Exhibitions are lasting longer, artists are reducing their output and more discerning collectors are all contributing to the change

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Major campaign to revamp UK arts education launches at Tate Modern

The Art Newspaper

The Arts and Minds campaign, which is supported by artists including Bob and Roberta Smith and Helen Cammock, seeks to put creativity front and centre within British school curriculums

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Deadly wildfires destroy Los Angeles art spaces as museums and galleries close

The Art Newspaper

Even art spaces far from the raging wildfires have closed and cancelled events amid a citywide state of emergency, dangerous smoke and high winds

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Harvard Art Museums receive trove of 64 Edvard Munch works

The Art Newspaper

The works are a bequest from the museums late, longtime supporters Philip and Lynn Straus

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‘I’m the most content I’ve ever been’: Tracey Emin on having her first museum show in Italy, losing her libido and why she had to take a break from painting

The Art Newspaper

The British artist discusses the way her views on painting and life have shifted over the years as an expansive show of her works opens at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence

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Lingering market slump prompts the question: is art is no longer a 'must have' for the wealthy?

The Art Newspaper

At last November's evening auctions in New York, eyes were on a $6.

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Ancient Roman statue of Athena goes on public view for first time in more than 200 years

The Art Newspaper

The Halsted A&A Foundation is displaying its recent acquisition at Wrightwood 659 in Chicago starting 25 January

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Christie’s staging auction made up entirely of AI art

The Art Newspaper

The Augmented Intelligence sale is the first of its kind to be held at a major auction house

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Two Van Goghs, never before seen in London, will go on show at the Courtauld this February

The Art Newspaper

Both pictures of the hospital in Arles where the artist was recovering after cutting his ear were acquired by the same private collectorand have not left Switzerland for a century

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Matisse wanted to buy a Van Gogh portrait—instead, his brother bought a bicycle

The Art Newspaper

Years later, inspired by Vincents paintings, the French artist became a wild beast

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Ayoung Kim, builder of vivid digital worlds, wins $100,000 LG Guggenheim Award

The Art Newspaper

The artist is known for creating futuristic, interactive environments that reflect on contemporary geopolitical and socioeconomic issues

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Nick Cave: My manager was like, ‘What the f**k are you doing?’ I’m like, ‘I’m going into the ceramics business’

The Art Newspaper

The rock stars Staffordshire-style figurines, on show at the Museum Voorlinden, tell the story of the devil and have helped Cave make sense of his own lifeand personal tragedyin a way that his songs cannot

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As part of a new campaign, David Hockney is encouraging the nation to get drawing

The Art Newspaper

The artist's Draw!

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Watercolour submitted online to Christie's found to be by Turner

The Art Newspaper

The Venetian lagoon paintingsubmitted by a member of the public to Christie's digital appraisal servicecomes to auction in New York with an estimate of $300,000 to $500,000

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MoMA picks chief curator of prints and drawings as next director

The Art Newspaper

Christophe Cherix will replace Glenn Lowry, who has been the museums director since 1995 and guided it through two important expansions

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‘The market is still the domain of famous male artists’: The Guerrilla Girls open their first commercial gallery show in New York

The Art Newspaper

The feminist art collectives commercial debut in their hometown, at Hannah Traore Gallery, is intended to introduce their activist work to a new generation

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Framing Van Gogh: why the artist preferred not to surround his works with gold

The Art Newspaper

The National Gallerys blockbuster exhibition, Van Gogh: Poets & Lovers, provides an unusual opportunity to see how the artists works have been framed by their owners

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London contemporary art auctions kick off with £5.4m record for Lisa Brice, despite geopolitical chaos

The Art Newspaper

Last night's sale at Sotheby's, which totalled 62.5m, also included a 4.

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Ancient petroglyph irreparably damaged in Mexico

The Art Newspaper

Someone attempted to dislodge a drawing of a hand from a rock with more than 150 motifs dating back thousands of years

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Archaeologist behind discovery of pharaoh's tomb says he may have found another

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Piers Litherland, who led the team which discovered Thutmose II's tomb, believes this latest chamber could contain the ancient king's mummy

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How a Portuguese entrepreneur turned an 18th-century palace into a private museum

The Art Newspaper

Museu de Arte Contempornea Armando Martins opens on 22 March, at a time of significant growth in Lisbons art scene

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Is the declining value of Old Masters due to a lack of education?

The Art Newspaper

Tefaf Maastricht, which holds its 38th edition this month, is attempting to teach audiences about pre-20th century art.