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Location, location, location: behind the Art Basel floor plan beef

The Art Newspaper

When it comes to traditional fair stands, contrary to popular belief, different gallerists often prioritise different qualities. “We cannot make everybody happy; that’s something we have to make peace with,” he says. To each their own? Some care most about being placed among other galleries whose programmes are in conversation with their own.

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How Gretchen Andrew’s AI art is revealing the societal scars of ‘facetuning’

The Art Newspaper

How Elon Musk’s Twitter shake-up has divided creatives With the platform's new owner firing moderators, some artists are hoping for an end to censorship while others fear discrimination Aimee Dawson Insta’ gratification blog 27 November 2024 Is social media one of the worst things to happen to artists?

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Reputed Donatello bust taken into hiding by Slovak government

The Art Newspaper

The Italian art historian, who curated an acclaimed Donatello exhibition at Florence’s Palazzo Strozzi in 2022, says he would welcome the opportunity to view the Levoča bust in person to verify his opinion, which is currently based on viewing detailed images of the bust in print and online.

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Seeking Valuable Carnival Glass? Look For Pieces by These Four Companies

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Persian Garden chop plate , $11,500, 2022. Farmyard purple ruffled bowl , $11,500, 2022. Farmyard purple three-in-one edged bowl , $10,000, 2022. FENTON This Goddess of Harvest marigold bowl is the top-selling Fenton piece since 2020 and fetched $20,000 in 2022. Holly celeste blue plate , $16,000, 2022.

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Announcing the AASLH 2024 Albert B. Corey Award Winner

American Association for State and Local History

Corey Award recognizes primarily volunteer-operated historical organizations and projects that best display the qualities of vigor, scholarship, and imagination in their work. This week we are announcing the 2024 Leadership in History Award recipients. The Albert B. By the end of 2023, the church was available for public events.

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A Barrel of Monkees: Collecting The Monkees’ Albums

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They feature high-quality analog cuts of the original stereo mixes, beautifully presented in gatefold covers. 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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Art market bites back as estimates fail to score

The Art Newspaper

Market ‘sea change’ “Art has become too expensive, and the number of people prepared to pay astronomical prices for C-quality, let alone A-quality, art is getting smaller,” says Clayton Press, a New Jersey-based collector, art adviser and long-time lecturer at New York University. It’s a sea change.

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