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British Museum reveals that 2022 bequest from tycoon and former trustee was worth £123m

The Art Newspaper

Joseph Hutong’s collection of hundreds of jades, as well as metalwork and early Chinese porcelain is one of the most valuable gifts the museum has ever received

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Dallas Museum of Art will undergo $6m repairs to fix damage from 2022 rainstorm

The Art Newspaper

The museum's Impressionist collection galleries and interactive education facility have been closed since for more than two years

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Marina Abramović in her element: performance artist announces new NFT drop designed to create a ‘bridge’ to young generation

The Art Newspaper

The artists first NFT collection since 2022 is inspired by different aspects of her life and work

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Americana at Bonhams Skinner

Maine Antique Digest

Glass was offered from the collection of scholar and collector Dorothy-Lee Jones Ward (1927-2022), founder of the Jones Gallery of Glass and Ceramics at Douglas Hill in

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Cleveland Museum of Art acquires rare Giambologna marble sculpture

The Art Newspaper

The only other Giambologna marble in a collection outside Italy is his Samson Slaying the Philistine (1560-62) at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Set in a major sightline, it will “beckon you” into the galleries displaying Quattrocento and Cinquecento art, and will be near a staircase that leads up to the Baroque collections, he says.

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Unesco raises ‘grave concerns’ for Kyiv's Saint Sophia Cathedral after Russian drone strike

The Art Newspaper

The culture ministry reported earlier this month that 1,482 cultural heritage sites and 2,302 cultural infrastructure facilities have suffered damage since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. In 2023, Saint Sophia Cathedral and adjacent monastic buildings and Lavra of Kyiv-Pechersk were added to Unesco’s List of World Heritage in Danger.

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Final sale of the Flower majolica collection heads to Strawser August 20

Auction Central News

WOLCOTTVILLE, IN — Property lawyer Edward Flower (1929-2022) and his wife Marilyn (1930-2017) were inveterate collectors: first it was American impressionism, then artist-signed prints and British art pottery, and lastly, majolica.

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