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Taizhou Contemporary Art Museum nears completion in China

June 1, 2018

Design Boom - Shanghai-based firm atelier deshaus has completed the structural renovation of a concrete industrial building in china’s zhejiang province. once the interiors are also complete, the ‘taizhou conte...

Howard Hodgkin’s extraordinary final paintings go on show at Gagosian

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June 1, 2018

Artists, Theme Features, Trending

The Art Newspaper -For much of his long artistic career before he died aged 84 in March last year, Howard Hodgkin was renowned as a slow painter. The tale of his rich, colourful pictures’ long journeys to comp...

From Astrophysical Observatories to Abandoned Factories, Art Pop-Ups are Taking Over

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May 12, 2018

Art and Society, Art and the Law, Trending

Smithsonian Magazine - In 1971, at the height of the Cold War, renowned U.S. and Soviet scientists gathered at Armenia’s Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory (BAO) to ponder what contact with alien life would me...

Visitors look at a Marble statue of a Kouros, representing the Greek physical ideal during the Archaic period (700-480 BC), at the Getty Villa Museum in Malibu, California on April 18, 2011. The Getty Villa exhibits classical antiquities collection of Greek, Roman and Etruscan art. The Villa is modeled after a Roman country house buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 AD. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

How Museums Handle Forgeries in Their Collections

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May 12, 2018

Art and Culture, Museum News, Museums, Trending

Artsy - Art forgeries are surprisingly common, to the point that scandals hit the news regularly. No one is safe from deception—forgers can be skilled enough to dupe experts at some of the world’s most prestigi...

How the $646 Million Rockefeller Collection Broke the Record for Most Expensive Estate in History

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May 12, 2018

Art and Society, Art Market, Trending

Artsy - - The collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller became the most expensive estate in history on Tuesday night, after an evening sale of 44 works by European masters at Christie’s New York totalled $646 m...

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France to help build a ‘new Petra’ in Saudi Arabia with estimated $20bn deal

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April 10, 2018

Archeology, Trending

The Art Newspaper - A ten-year agreement between France and Saudi Arabia is due to be signed on Tuesday (10 April), during Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s visit to Paris, to develop the Al-Ula region into a ...

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Special counsel investigates Victor Pinchuk’s $150,000 gift to Trump Foundation

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April 10, 2018

Art and the Law, Trending

The Art Newspaper In September 2015, the Ukrainian billionaire and art philanthropist Victor Pinchuk donated $150,000 to the Donald J. Trump Foundation while the US president was campaigning for the Republican ...

House Bill Proposes National Museum Devoted to Women’s History

Artery

April 10, 2018

Museums, Trending

Hyperallergic - The Smithsonian recently launched the American Women’s History Initiative — but a House bill goes further, proposing the creation of a national museum devoted to women’s history. - read more...

UK art imports slump as Brexit looms

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April 10, 2018

Art and the Law, Trending

The Art Newspaper - Customs figures just released show what may be the first impact of Brexit on the UK’s art market, but they also reveal that global British exports proved fairly robust in 2017. - read more ...

Five Sculptures at Essex Street Gallery

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April 6, 2018

Exclusive, Theme Features, Trending

By Sara Blazey An Artery Exclusive Five Sculptures at Essex Street Gallery is a discreet assembly of five physical works by four artists - Ghislaine Leung, Carolyn Lazard, Park MacArthur, and Niloufar Emamifa...