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Found guilty in 1995 of embezzling investors’ money, Roberto Polo resurfaces in role of art benefactor in Spain

August 22, 2018

The Art Newspaper - The art world has a short memory, or is it just forgiving where the prospect of having more art to display is concerned? Havana-born Roberto Polo signed an agreement on 25 July with the loca...

Portrait unveiling of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., Feb. 12, 2018.

Photo by Pete Souza

Dealer Monique Meloche Is Thriving—Even After a Mega-Gallery Wooed Away Her Biggest Stars. Here’s Why

Artery

August 22, 2018

Art and Society

Artnet - In the art world today, the middle may be the most awkward place to be. Chicago dealer Monique Meloche—who operates squarely in the tenuous “middle-tier” of the market and in the Midwest—knows very wel...

5 Essential Tips for Collecting Prints

Artery

August 22, 2018

Art and Society, Art Collecting

Artsy - Artist have long supplemented their larger practice by making prints: original works, usually on paper, created in numbered editions and produced in collaboration with some kind of press. For would-be c...

Italy scraps free Sundays at cultural sites like Pompeii and the Colosseum

Artery

August 22, 2018

Art and Society, Museum News, Museums

The Art Newspaper - The new culture minister of Italy’s populist coalition government, Alberto Bonisoli, has sparked mixed reactions with the announcement that a monthly free-entry initiative at the country’s m...

The Political Art that Shaped Cold War Hungary

Artery

August 21, 2018

Art and Society

Hyperallergic - If you are looking for a chance to explore the material culture, art, and politics that shaped Hungary in post-World War II, look no further than Promote, Tolerate, Ban: Art and Culture in Cold ...

Discovering King Tutankhamun’s tomb: Harry Burton’s photographs

Artery

July 25, 2018

Archeology, Art and Society

BBC - It was one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries of the 20th Century. But what was it like to first point a lens into the 3,000-year-old tomb of King Tutankhamun? That job fell to Harry Burto...

artwork at artist Robert Indiana’s home
CREDIT: Joel Greenberg

Will Robert Indiana’s legacy get stuck in a legal battle

Artery

July 25, 2018

Art and Society, Art and the Law, Artists

The Art Newspaper - What will become of Robert Indiana’s legacy, and who will be in charge of preserving it? The answer might only come out of a closely-watched legal battle over the artist’s estate and his rec...

Some of the World’s Most Striking iPhone Images

Artery

July 25, 2018

Art and Society

Hyperallergic - Finalists from the 11th annual iPhone Photography Awards were released on Friday. Photographers across the world — based in over 140 countries — sent in their most awe-striking creative and docu...

‘Junk’ art stash may yield multi-million dollar masterpieces

Artery

July 24, 2018

Art and Society, Art Market, Artists

DW - New York gallery owner David Killen believes he has uncovered six paintings by Dutch-American abstract master Willem de Kooning, which — if verified — could be worth tens of millions of dollars. The wo...

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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 ...