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An ancient Persian artwork that was seized at a Manhattan art fair last year will be returned to Iran

July 24, 2018

Artsy - Last October, three police officers and two prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney’s office stormed into the classy confines of the European Fine Art Fair at the Park Avenue Armory on the Uppe...

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Elon Musk and artist settled their copyright dispute over an image of a farting unicorn.

Artery

July 24, 2018

Art and Society, Trending

Artsy - The feud started in February 2017, when Musk tweeted out, “maybe my favorite mug ever,” with a link to Edward’s mug, on which he’d painted a unicorn farting energy into a car. For Edwards, whose father ...

Syrian museums seek Russian expertise to restore destroyed Palmyra sculptures

Artery

July 24, 2018

Archeology, Art and Society, Trending

The Art Newspaper - Syrian museum workers are consulting with Russian specialists on the restoration of statues from Palmyra, the ancient city that has been liberated twice from Islamic State (IS) since 2015, a...

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Christie’s reports record half year sales of £2.97bn

Artery

July 24, 2018

Art and Culture, Art Market, Trending

The Art Newspaper - Christie’s reports it has netted its highest ever half year sales total (in pounds not dollars), racking up £2.97bn — a 26% increase on last year. The previous high of £2.9bn was in 2015. Th...

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Tate blockbuster to prove Pierre Bonnard was a great Modern painter

Artery

July 24, 2018

Art History, Museum News, Trending

The Art Newspaper - Bonnard’s place in Modern art has long been debated. Picasso delivered a particularly damning verdict on him. “That’s not painting, what he does,” he said, accusing him of producing “a potp...

Christo’s Latest Work Weighs 650 Tons and It Floats

Artery

June 19, 2018

Art and Culture, Art and Society, Trending

The New York Times - Wearing a hard hat and a cargo jacket, the artist Christo stood on a platform looking over the Serpentine lake one April morning and watched his latest creation come to life. As ducks glide...

A group of museum-goers examine a painting entitled "Open Casket" by artist Dana Schutz at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, Thursday, March 23, 3017. The painting, made with the aid of historical photographs of Emmett Till as he lay in his casket, has left some gravely displeased and triggered outcry. Till was a 14-year-old black teenager when he was killed by white men in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman. (AP Photo/Alina Heineke)

How Art Museums Can Remain Relevant in the 21st Century

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June 19, 2018

Art and Society, Art and the Law, Trending

Artsy - Last Spring Dana Schutz's painting of Emmett Till, Open Casket (2016), spawned calls for the painting’s destruction, an on-air discussion on the daytime chat show The View, and a protest within the Wh...

British Museum show focuses on Assyrian antiquities

Artery

June 19, 2018

Art and Culture, Museums, Trending

The Art Newspaper - A forthcoming British Museum exhibition on Assyria will draw attention to the recent destruction of antiquities in Iraq. The show, which opens in November, is to focus on King Ashurbanipal,...

Manifesta 12 makes the most of Palermo’s botanical backdrop

Artery

June 19, 2018

Art and Society, Trending

The Art Newspaper - On Saturday 16 June, the 12th edition of the nomadic art biennial Manifesta opened in the politically charged air of Palermo, Italy’s capital of culture for 2018. - Read More ...

Amid Protests, Berkshire Museum’s Deaccession Sales at Sotheby’s Fall Short of Expectation

Artery

June 1, 2018

Art Market, Trending

Artnet - Despite another—albeit low-key—protest outside Sotheby’s this morning, the sale of selected works from the Berkshire Museum of Art collection continued apace on Wednesday. Critics gathered with signs i...