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Artistic Mediums of 2025: Where Touch and Technique Meet

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Touch and technique are inextricably intertwined in textile and the mixed media works, encaustic painting and ceramic forms gaining in popularity. For some, this medium allows them to reconnect with age-old traditions of making in a conversation across time. Sold for $1,800 USD via Skinner (February 2013).

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Revealed: how Van Gogh's nephew exchanged two of the artist's drawings for butter and bacon

The Art Newspaper

© Martin Bailey In early 1945, just before the end of the Second World War, Vincent van Gogh’s nephew gave two of the artist’s drawings to the owner of a cheese business—in exchange for 35 packets of butter and a little meat. This suggests that the pair of Van Goghs would now be worth around £1m. 20,000 Dutch people died from starvation.

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In tough times for dealers, Art Basel debuts a section for new works

The Art Newspaper

Gypsum gallery from Cairo is showing two artists in dialogue at Premiere: paintings by the Swiss Greek artist Dimitra Charamandas depicting volcanic terrain, and photographs by the Egyptian-born, Basel-based artist Basim Magdy, also of volcanic debris. The validation of taking part in Art Basel is also important for a young gallery.

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Have we reached peak painting?

The Art Newspaper

Search Digital Editions Newsletters Subscribe Digital Editions Newsletters Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Art market Museums & heritage Exhibitions Books Podcasts Columns Technology Adventures with Van Gogh Search Painting analysis Have we reached peak painting?

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Raphael’s experiments with innovative painting technique revealed by Vatican Museums restoration

The Art Newspaper

The restoration confirmed previous reports that Raphael wished to paint imagery directly onto the walls of the four rooms. Two female figures, uncovered in the Hall of Constantine during a previous restoration and attributed to Raphael, were found to be painted in this way—supporting the fact they are indeed by the master.

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In Basel, alternative art fairs spring up in new places

The Art Newspaper

Along with paintings from emerging names priced in the low thousands are works with serious institutional heft: Anthea Hamilton’s performance The Squash gets its first outing since its debut at Tate Britain in 2018. Free to enter, BSC continues to draw a wide cross-section of visitors.

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New York City art schools see surge in Gen Z applications

The Art Newspaper

A 25-year-old Pratt painting student named Manar Balh told Gothamist that the surge in applications could be related to a growing corporate pessimism among young people attempting to enter the workforce. So they can come and do that in college”.

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