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Historical auction results show centuries-old demand for women artists

The Art Newspaper

Our exclusive analysis of auction records in Paris until 1850 reveals around 500 sales of works by women, and striking parallels to the art trade today

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Anonymous image makers, New York nights and confronting the colonial: three photography shows to see at Les Rencontres d'Arles

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Presented across several sections— Counter-voices , Families Stories , Rereadings , Archive Tales , Variable Geometry , Nomad Chronicles and Emergences —and accompanied by satellite shows at venues big and small, the sprawling event presents thousands of images by hundreds of image makers.

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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. It is the first initiative of its kind in photography and could set a new benchmark for legacy care among artists working in lens-based media.

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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. Birthday or not, we'll drink to that. Diary J.M.W.

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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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Analysis of Ancient Manuscript Yields the Long-Hidden Identity of a Byzantine Painter

Artnet News

Panselinos was one of the great Byzantine artists. The post Analysis of Ancient Manuscript Yields the Long-Hidden Identity of a Byzantine Painter appeared first on Artnet News. His true identity had long been lostuntil now.

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