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Experts restore rare Dutch Golden Age map found stuffed up a chimney

March 22, 2017

Archeology, Art and Culture, Art History

The Art Newspaper - A rare Dutch Golden Age map of the world that was discovered, scrunched up in a ball, in a house in Aberdeenshire is on show at the National Library of Scotland (until 17 April). Claire Thom...

What Happens to Whitney Biennial Curators after the Show’s Over?

Artery

March 15, 2017

Art and Culture, Museum News

Artsy - Inclusion in the Whitney Biennial—the influential and sometimes controversial snapshot of contemporary American art that takes place every two years—has launched or resuscitated many an artist’s career....

TEFAF Maastricht Sees Brisk Sales Early for Works under €100,000

Artery

March 15, 2017

Art and Culture, Art Market

Artsy - Champagne flowed and oysters were shucked as TEFAF Maastricht celebrated its 30th year as one of the world’s most prestigious art and antiques fairs. The crowd, mostly older and mostly European, seemed ...

Surprising Discovery at Angkor Wat

Artery

March 15, 2017

Art and Culture

BBC - António da Madelena, a Portuguese Capuchin friar, was one of the first Western visitors to Angkor Wat, the monumental and moated 12th Century Hindu-Buddhist temple in what, today, is northern Cambodia. It...

Mondrian Turned His Studios into Giant Abstract Paintings

Artery

March 7, 2017

Art and Culture

Artsy - Piet Mondrian was almost 70 when he had his first solo show, but his bold, geometric paintings have since become iconic. Lesser-known (but no less fascinating), however, are the spaces where the De Stij...

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Controversial trove from imperial Chinese shipwreck lands in New York

Artery

March 7, 2017

Art and Culture

The Art Newspaper - Treasures from an ancient shipwreck, discovered off the coast of an Indonesian island, will be shown in the US for the first time. The Asia Society in New York is presenting 76 extraordinari...

Get Turned On The Old Venetian Way

Artery

February 28, 2017

Art and Culture

The Huffington Post - Move along, nothing to see here ― right? Just an elegant lady enjoying a leisurely gondola ride with her elderly female chaperone, a depiction of a proper young woman going about daily...

Italian McDonald’s Serves Up a Side of Roman Ruins

Artery

February 28, 2017

Archeology, Art and Culture

Hyperallergic - It’s well known that McDonald’s outlets in Europe are more aesthetically pleasing than their American counterparts, but a new one in Italy has an interior that’s guaranteed to upstage any existi...

Asian buyers helped bolster Sotheby’s revenue in 2016

Artery

February 28, 2017

Art and Culture, Art Market

The Art Newspaper - Despite an overall contraction in art sales last year, Sotheby’s CEO Tad Smith expressed confidence in the art market, the Sotheby’s team, and the company’s expanding digital presence during...

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Spring awakening? A shake-up for New York’s fairs

Artery

February 28, 2017

Art and Culture, Art Fairs

The Art Newspaper - The Armory Show is under new direction and Nada has bumped its New York edition from May to March, while the mid-market Pulse fair, which originated in Miami, has closed its Manhattan editio...