Mon.Jun 02, 2025

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The $74 million dollar question

International Society of Appraisers

6/2/2025 12:00:00 AM The Wall Street Journal article regarding a $74 million dollar charitable donation showcases the need for highly trained experts when it comes to personal property. Not only do appraisers in this area need to know their subject matter backwards and forwards, the IRS also has st ringent requirements for determining who is an acceptable appraiser.

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British Museum faces internal criticism over private Israel independence day event

The Art Newspaper

Current and former employees have expressed shock that the museum hosted the eventwhich marks a day associated with the mass displacement of Palestiniansduring one of the most violent weeks of the Israel-Hamas conflict

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Still Life Painter Clara Peeters’s Only Known Self-Portrait Comes to Auction

Artnet News

The painting last sold in 1994. The post Still Life Painter Clara Peeters’s Only Known Self-Portrait Comes to Auction appeared first on Artnet News.

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China's terracotta army reportedly ‘damaged’ by museum visitor

The Art Newspaper

A 30-year-old man reportedly climbed over the guardrail that protects the 2,000-year-old statues

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Louvre to Return 258 Erroneously Gifted Artworks—and More Art Industry News

Artnet News

Plus, Centre Pompidou plans a $240 million Brazil outpost and Tony Karman exits Expo Chicago. The post Louvre to Return 258 Erroneously Gifted Artworksand More Art Industry News appeared first on Artnet News.

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‘The pain has become unbearable’: Tel Aviv Museum of Art workers stage daily protest outside the institution

The Art Newspaper

A group of employees, representing a range of stances on the ongoing war, has protested outside the museum every workday for nearly two months

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China’s Famed Terracotta Warriors Damaged by Museum Visitor

Artnet News

The man broke into an enclosure and damaged two archaeological treasures before security was able to intervene. The post China’s Famed Terracotta Warriors Damaged by Museum Visitor appeared first on Artnet News.

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Italian Museum to Restore Ancient Etruscan Treasure in Public View

Artnet News

The National Etruscan Museum is restoring its star attraction more than a century after it was reconstituted. The post Italian Museum to Restore Ancient Etruscan Treasure in Public View appeared first on Artnet News.

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Korean artists are taking the world by storm—but why does their work resonate so widely?

The Art Newspaper

From London to New York, the Middle East to Singapore, Koreas contemporary artists have become a mainstay of global museum programmes

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Step Into the Met’s Radically Reimagined Rockefeller Wing

Artnet News

The museums $70 million renovation brings light, space, and cultural reverence to 1,800 works from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. The post Step Into the Met’s Radically Reimagined Rockefeller Wing appeared first on Artnet News.

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Berlin museums’ first woman leader plans to tackle reforms and construction

The Art Newspaper

The Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, now led by Marion Ackermann, is currently undergoing major structural changes

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Amid Censorship Outcry, Whitney Museum ‘Pauses’ Its Storied Independent Study Program

Artnet News

The museum also eliminated the associate director position, newly created in 2023 and occupied by Sara Nadal-Melsi. The post Amid Censorship Outcry, Whitney Museum ‘Pauses’ Its Storied Independent Study Program appeared first on Artnet News.

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London Gallery Weekend 2025: the best shows for photography lovers

The Art Newspaper

This year's city-wide event is emphasising London as a location in which to experience non-traditional image-making

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Antique apothecary collection is perfect prescription

Antique Collecting

The UKs largest private collection of antique apothecary objects is set to go under the hammer in the Cotswolds in The post Antique apothecary collection is perfect prescription appeared first on Antique Collecting.

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The Wallace Collection appoints Selldorf Architects to lead masterplan to transform its historic London home

The Art Newspaper

The New York firm led by Annabelle Selldorf will collaborate with the UK practices Purcell and Lawson Ward Studio to improve access, sustainability and visitor experience at Hertford House

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Postdoctoral Fellow in Paleontology

SPNHC

Milwaukee Public Museum [link] The Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM) seeks a postdoctoral fellow (postdoc) to assist with a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project titled “Collaborative Research: BoCP Implementation: Using the Past to Predict the Future: How Physiology and other Functional Traits Determine Survival/Extinction in W. Atlantic Mollusks.

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Must-see exhibitions and must-read books on Korean art

The Art Newspaper

A round up of recent publications and upcoming events to deepen your knowledge

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Magic: The Gathering Tie-In Sets: Top MTG Investments & Hot Collectibles

WorthPoint

MTG is about to attract legions of new fans. Magic: The Gathering (MTG) is a billion-dollar industry. It really is amazing how much people are willing to pay for a pack of cards. A deck that costs Wizards of the Coast pennies to produce often sells for north of a hundred dollars in stores. While the game’s range of original settings has enchanted players for over three decades, recent ventures into crossover content have opened entirely new collecting opportunities.

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A rare dining set by Claude Lalanne and a childhood portrait of the Dalai Lama: our pick of the June auctions

The Art Newspaper

Plus, an early Western view of India and an illuminating Giacometti lightpost

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Vivienne Westwood collection offers stylish selection

Antique Collecting

The sale of a single-owner collection of items from innovative fashion designer and icon, the late Dame Vivienne Westwood, will The post Vivienne Westwood collection offers stylish selection appeared first on Antique Collecting.

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New videos of African cultural sites add contemporary context to Rockefeller Wing’s historical artefacts at the Met

The Art Newspaper

The Ethiopian American film-maker Sosena Solomon spent two years making short documentaries about specific heritage sites for the newly reopened wing

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Spate of wins for racehorses named after superstar painters

The Art Newspaper

Colts christened Henri Matisse and Camille Pissarro have recently taken home top honours

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The Journal of Wealth Management

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Byungjun Kwon: ‘I want to break away from the passive, one-sided way of experiencing performances’

The Art Newspaper

Meet the artist who has been selected for this year's Korean Artists Today

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The Journal of Wealth Management

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Minae Kim on creating a ‘ludicrous sculptural sitcom’

The Art Newspaper

Meet the artist who has been selected for this year's Korean Artists Today

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The Journal of Wealth Management

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Min ha Park: ‘I think about creating situations where things don’t immediately explain themselves’

The Art Newspaper

Meet the artist who has been selected for this year's Korean Artists Today

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Marie Antoinette's $36.8 Million Pearl: A Natural Treasure With a Royal Past

Jewelry Judge

As we celebrate June’s birthstone — the timeless and elegant pearl — we spotlight one of history’s most extraordinary jewels: Marie Antoinette’s natural pearl and diamond pendant, which shattered records when it sold for $36.8 million at Sotheby’s Geneva in 2018. This spectacular piece, featuring a slightly baroque-shaped natural saltwater pearl, was once part of the doomed French queen’s private collection.

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ikkibawiKrrr: ‘We spend a lot of time visiting sites and being with people’

The Art Newspaper

Meet the artists who have been selected for this year's Korean Artists Today

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The Journal of Wealth Management

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Choi Goen: ‘My work always begins with discovering a material’

The Art Newspaper

Meet the artist who has been selected for this year's Korean Artists Today

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The Journal of Wealth Management

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Sun Woo: ‘I’m interested in how the body navigates unfamiliar territory’

The Art Newspaper

Meet the artist who has been selected for this year's Korean Artists Today

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The Journal of Wealth Management

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Che Onejoon: ‘The AfroAsia collective is now more important to me than my personal art’

The Art Newspaper

Meet the artist who has been selected for this year's Korean Artists Today