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

The Art Newspaper

Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth The US photographer Cindy Sherman has launched a new initiative to preserve the physical and conceptual integrity of her work. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth The US photographer Cindy Sherman has launched a new initiative to preserve the physical and conceptual integrity of her work.

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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.

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Basel's new satellite fair rides the wave of interest in contemporary African art

The Art Newspaper

Africa Basel was founded by the artist Benjamin Füglister and the founding director of Photo Basel, Sven Eisenhut-Hug. Odile Tevie is the director of Nubuke Foundation, a Ghanaian non-profit with a mission to support artists and preserve the nation’s contemporary culture. So we’re hoping we can do some sales and recoup that.”

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A real head Turner: pub offers free drink to walkers exploring artist's London

The Art Newspaper

The real site is now occupied by the Porterhouse pub, which has joined Turner's birthday celebrations with gusto, commissioning a 10 foot square mural map of Turner’s London from Adam Dant, which the artist unveiled as van der Merwe hung a splendid wreath on the wall.

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Expert and restorer in fake Versailles furniture scandal found guilty

The Art Newspaper

The cabinet maker Bruno Desnoues, who was employed as a furniture restorer for Versailles and used his skills to create the forgeries, was sentenced to three years in prison, including a 32-month suspended sentence, and a €100,000 fine. He has also been banned from working as an expert for five years.

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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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The legacy of the Baghdad Modern Art Group is explored in first major US show

The Art Newspaper

All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghdad Modern Art Group, organised by the specialists Nada Shabout and Tiffany Floyd together with the museum’s chief curator, Lauren Cornell, unites 64 works of painting, sculpture and drawings by 30 artists including Dia al-Azzawi and Mohammed Ghani Hikmat.