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Photofairs' New York fair is cancelled until ‘market conditions improve’

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The fair debuted in 2023 on the same dates and in the same building as The Armory Show

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

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

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To help preserve her works, Cindy Sherman is offering to destroy and reprint old photographs

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The Cindy Sherman Legacy Project (CSLP), launching today (16 June), introduces a formal process for condition assessments and the controlled replacement of damaged prints, and will also host an online catalogue raisonné documenting her career. Through the CSLP, collectors can submit Sherman works for assessment at a facility in New York.

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Expert and restorer in fake Versailles furniture scandal found guilty

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

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In 2023, Art Basel redesigned the layout of its Miami Beach expo around five interior plazas, partly to re-engineer foot-traffic patterns. Optimising visitor flow is both vital and “a difficult science”, in De Bellis’s words. Art Basel and Frieze have both overhauled some of their floor plans in pursuit of better results.

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With the help of conservators, one of Van Gogh’s finest Arles landscapes will be heading to Japan

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Martin Bailey Conservator Margje Leeuwestein examining Bridge at Arles at the Kröller-Müller Museum Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Van Gogh’s Bridge at Arles (Pont de Langlois) has just been examined in the Kröller-Müller Museum’s conservation studio, to confirm that it is in good enough condition to travel to an exhibition in Japan.

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Sotheby’s offers peek at Breuer building’s makeover

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Isamu Noguchi: © 2025 Estate of Isamu Noguchi / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York In June 2023 Sotheby’s announced it would purchase Marcel Breuer’s former Whitney Museum of American Art building, a feat of Brutalist architecture, for $100m. Frank Stella: © Frank Stella / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York.