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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. The team is especially pleased with the condition of the piece. The other marble sculpture by Giambologna in the US, another nude dated to 1571-73, was bought by the Getty in 1982.

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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. Therefore, unfortunately, there is simply no protection for historical monuments in the conditions of a modern war.”

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A sale as old as time: Natural History Museum to display £450,000 dinosaur fossil after London gallery helps secure buyer

The Art Newspaper

The last dinosaur fossil I sold privately was to a contemporary art collector, who collects starkly contemporary pieces,” Aaron says. Valued at £450,000 when it was shown at Frieze Masters in London in 2023, the specimen was donated to the NHM and was unveiled there last month.

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The magic of Troy Hill—a series of unique whole house art installations in Pittsburgh

The Art Newspaper

New additions were added to the artistic neighbourhood every few years, starting in 2016 with Kunzhaus , the Polish artist Robert Kuśmirowski’s psychologically charged installation, and Darkhouse Lighthouse , by the Pittsburgh-based artists Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis, in 2022.

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Strategic or speculative? Once again, art investment funds are on the rise

The Art Newspaper

The first fund in 2022 raised €20m from Swedish investors, which was spent on 46 primarily post-war and contemporary works by artists such as Carmen Herrera, María Berrío, Sheila Hicks, Omar Ba and Stanley Whitney (one work has already been sold, for a profit).

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A Barrel of Monkees: Collecting The Monkees’ Albums

WorthPoint

If you haven’t started already, now is a great time to dive into collecting The Monkees’ albums, especially the (super) deluxe versions. This version even found mainstream appeal when it was featured in the hit AMC series Better Call Saul in 2022, proving that these deep cuts from deluxe reissues can resonate beyond just hardcore fans.

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Reputed Donatello bust taken into hiding by Slovak government

The Art Newspaper

In a statement released on 3 June, the ministry confirmed it had “taken extraordinary security measures to ensure the protection of an exceptionally rare collection item”. The dismissals also saw the launch of a nationwide Cultural Strike, coordinated by the activist collective Otvorená Kultúra! An authentic Donatello? open culture).