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Comment | Artnet sale underscores its impact on the industry—and its limitations in today's landscape

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But the deal, which values the company at around €65m, is a reminder of the impact that Artnet, and notably its database of all auction lot prices since 1985, has had on the art market—as well as a sign of its limitations in today’s more fragmented world. Monetising art now needs more imagination. It was a disruptive moment.

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

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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.

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Why artificial intelligence artists can be seen as ‘builders’, ‘breakers’—or both at once

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With AI art in 2025, the picture is complex Peter Bauman 11 July 2025 Share “I view technology not just as a tool but as a collaborator”: Sougwen Chung’s Spectral (left) was created with a robot Courtesy of the artist How do artists build in broken times? ._4, Artists take a tool and make it do something it’s not supposed to do.

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As Iraq's economy shows signs of recovery, a thirst for new art is emerging

The Art Newspaper

Visitors to Tarkib, a contemporary art platform that was launched ten years ago © Image courtesy of Tarkib Artists are also chafing at the conservativism of the art scene, which remains dominated by painting. They were so happy and full of ideas.” It’s like a rug being taken from under their feet.”

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Taxidermists—prized by Damien Hirst—open museum in Amsterdam

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Openings Museums Taxidermy Damien Hirst Amsterdam Share Subscribe to The Art Newspaper’s digital newsletter for your daily digest of essential news, views and analysis from the international art world delivered directly to your inbox. With the knowledge of what actually happens, though, you can also recreate beauty.”

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Chardin’s strawberries masterpiece forms fruity backdrop to Dior catwalk

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

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Christie’s celebrates the late Syrian artist Marwan with non-selling London show

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Influenced stylistically by German Expressionism and the Neue Wilde artists like Georg Baselitz and Anselm Kiefer but inspired thematically by Arab political and social struggles, Marwan is best known for his “face landscapes”: layered, painted portraits that evoke both a depth of emotion and undulating expanses.