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Ron Perelman's $410m insurance trial is testing the limits of art valuation

The Art Newspaper

According to court filings, he had reportedly used the works (and many others since sold) as collateral for loans. In Perelman’s case, timing has had clear commercial sensitivity.

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Amid tariff and economic struggles, the newly rebranded Beijing Art Season persevered

The Art Newspaper

Yan compares them to Venice Biennale collateral events in spanning several months instead of the roughly month-long tenancy of prior visiting sectors. Yan took charge in 2023 after the departure Wang Yanlin, who founded 798 in 2002.

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Hoard of stolen documents—including logbook of the ‘saviour of the Netherlands’—recovered by art detective

The Art Newspaper

The teacher urged them to contact Brand, who has a reputation for recovering high-profile stolen works—including a Van Gogh painting returned to Groninger Museum in 2023. The employee is believed to have borrowed money from the person whose attic the documents were found in and left the box as collateral—never returning to claim it.

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Israeli attacks on Palestinian heritage amount to war crimes, UN report finds

The Art Newspaper

The Art Newspaper previously reported on attacks on all of these sites, which took place between October and December 2023. The latest report also documented two attacks in Israel by Palestinian armed groups in October 2023. Israel disengaged from the Human Rights Council in February, accusing it of bias.

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Scotland and Wales to return to Venice Biennale after years-long break

The Art Newspaper

Both countries will participate as official collateral events, rather than as pavilions. A Scotland + Venice spokesperson says that involvement in the biennale was however paused in 2023 to enable the project partners to determine the future viability of the project and the effectiveness of the approach.