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Tim Blum will phase out traditional gallery model, close Los Angeles and Tokyo locations

The Art Newspaper

Blum, along with his former partner Jeff Poe, co-founded the gallery formerly known as Blum & Poe in 1994 and are credited with introducing American audiences to Japanese artists like Yoshitomo Nara and Takashi Murakami, and giving early solo shows to art market darlings including Mark Grotjahn and Anna Weyant. It’s part of my DNA.”

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‘Momentous’: Italy to slash art VAT to 5%, the lowest rate in the EU

The Art Newspaper

In April, a letter signed by 500 art world figures, including the artists Maurizio Cattelan and Michelangelo Pistoletto, expressed "serious concern" about the 22% rate, which they said was threatening to turn Italy into a “cultural desert”.

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Art Gallery of Ontario acquires more than 200 Peter Hujar photographs

The Art Newspaper

Purchase, with funds from Martha LA McCain and George Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg, 2024. © 2025 The Peter Hujar Archive / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. 2024/6 The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) has acquired 210 photographs by the Ukrainian American photographer Peter Hujar (1934-87). Art Gallery of Ontario.

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

The Art Newspaper

Published on Fridays, stories range from newsy items about this most intriguing artist, to scholarly pieces based on meticulous investigations and discoveries. It was spotted by one of readers, Yuri Pikul, a Ukrainian artist based in Kyiv. Explore all of Martin’s adventures with Van Gogh here.

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Chardin’s strawberries masterpiece forms fruity backdrop to Dior catwalk

The Art Newspaper

Eagle-eyed arty fashionistas spotted two delectable paintings by the underrated 18th-century French artist Jean Siméon Chardin hanging alongside the catwalk. LVMH also owns Dior. The Art Newspaper

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Saudi Arabia helps cultural businesses reach global audiences

The Art Newspaper

The Maker's Lab project by the Almashtal creative incubator in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Photo: Courtesy CDF This year has been named the Year of Handicrafts in Saudi Arabia, in order to highlight their importance to the kingdom’s history, identity and economic growth.

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

The Art Newspaper

Once a Silicon Valley software engineer and now an artist with a focus on the digital, Gretchen Andrew creates works that make the invisible impacts of technology visible. The artist is not only criticising contemporary beauty standards, but also AI at large. “AI We’re often told to be different—by society, family or even algorithms.