October, 2024

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Antique Auctions: Know How the Auction Process Works

Antique Appraisers Auctioneers

Antique auctions are the stuff of theater and carry with them an air of luxury and wealth. We all have the image in mind of fine antiques and collectibles up on the auction block with fast-talking and smooth antique auctioneer crisply starting the bidding. We picture a room full of wealthy people with paddles bidding and driving the price up, creating drama.

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The Guggenheim presents a new view of Orphism—the movement that time forgot

The Art Newspaper

Featuring 82 works by 26 artists, this show tells the story of the short-lived style and its main protagonists

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In His Latest Role, Johnny Depp Tries His Hand at Art, With a Big Show of Stuff in New York

Artnet News

The immersive exhibition brings together artworks the actor has created over the decades. The post In His Latest Role, Johnny Depp Tries His Hand at Art, With a Big Show of Stuff in New York appeared first on Artnet News.

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Furious with new Mass. gun laws, opponents take fight to court and the public

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The new measures may survive challenges in state court, legal specialists say, but lawsuits could open the door to rollbacks of assault weapons bans nationally before the U.S. Supreme Court. The new measures may survive challenges in state court, legal specialists say, but lawsuits could open the door to rollbacks of assault weapons bans nationally before the U.S.

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Florida arts organisations devastated by Ron DeSantis's funding cuts

The Art Newspaper

Right-wing governor's decision to slash entire $32m budget leaves smaller organisations fighting for survival

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Long-Overlooked Painting Reveals the Genius of a Forgotten Black Polymath

Artnet News

Scientific analysis is correcting centuries of misconception surrounding a Francis Williams portrait. The post Long-Overlooked Painting Reveals the Genius of a Forgotten Black Polymath appeared first on Artnet News.

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Maurizio Cattelan’s famous duct-taped banana could bring more than $1m at auction

The Art Newspaper

"Comedian" (2019) is one of the most viral (and controversial) works of art of the past decade; Sotheby's hopes it has not lost its a-peel

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‘Art is being squeezed out’: Royal Academy poster campaign calls for increased arts education in UK schools

The Art Newspaper

The campaign highlights the dramatic drop in number of students studying art, design and technology at GCSE

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Polish bank works with blockchain company and an Arctic vault to safeguard country's artistic heritage

The Art Newspaper

Bank Pekao and the Aleph Zero platform collaborate to keep secure data by tokenising the digitised records of important works of art

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US Supreme Court declines to hear case challenging Smithsonian's restitution of Benin Bronzes

The Art Newspaper

A New York-based organisation had sought to block the artefacts’ return to Nigeria

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An open letter from the National Museum Directors' Council: 'These attacks have to stop'

The Art Newspaper

The leaders of the UK's national collections and major regional museums highlight the "enormous stress for colleagues at every level of an organisation" and "visitors who now no longer feel safe" following series of protester attacks on museum works

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The ‘pearly triangle’: neurological investigation reveals secret of Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring

The Art Newspaper

The study also found that when volunteers looked at five works of art in the Hague’s Mauritshuis museum, their brains responded ten times more positively than when they viewed reproductions

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Paul Lowe, conflict photographer and teacher lauded for Sarajevo siege photographs, dies, aged 61

The Art Newspaper

Acclaimed photojournalist's teenage son charged with his murder on a popular hiking trail near Los Angeles

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How to decode art: UK schools embark on ‘visual literacy’ week

The Art Newspaper

As government aims to put the arts at the heart of the curriculum, an Art UK project is teaching children how to 'cope with today’s image-saturated world'

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Ancient Babylonian Tablet May Reveal the Location of Noah’s Ark

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The tablet's link to the Biblical vessel was explored in a recent YouTube video by Dr Irving Finkel. The post Ancient Babylonian Tablet May Reveal the Location of Noah’s Ark appeared first on Artnet News.

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Nazi-looted Monet returned to heirs after the FBI traces it to New Orleans

The Art Newspaper

Missing for more than 80 years, the 1865 pastel will be handed over in a ceremony today after the couple who bought it relinquished it voluntarily

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Victoria and Albert Museum reveals opening date and programme for ambitious new east London storehouse

The Art Newspaper

The museum has also announced details of the much anticipated David Bowie Centre, due to be housed on the same site

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For the First Time Ever, a Humanoid Robot Is Selling Art at Sotheby’s

Artnet News

The artwork, which features portraits of Alan Turing, could fetch up to $195,000. The post For the First Time Ever, a Humanoid Robot Is Selling Art at Sotheby’s appeared first on Artnet News.

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Archaeologists Unearth a 2,000-Year-Old Inscription Honoring an Ancient Wrestler

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The inscription is entirely intact, making it the first of its kind discovered in the region. The post Archaeologists Unearth a 2,000-Year-Old Inscription Honoring an Ancient Wrestler appeared first on Artnet News.

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This 18th-Century Painting Could Rewrite Black History in Britain

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New research brings to light the life of James Cumberlidge, a servant who became a trumpeter for King George III. The post This 18th-Century Painting Could Rewrite Black History in Britain appeared first on Artnet News.

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A new study seeks to establish ethical collecting practices for US museums

The Art Newspaper

The Penn Cultural Heritage Center’s three-year national study amplifies ongoing calls for transparency and will provide a collecting framework

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'A real leap of faith': Swiss auction house to offer works authenticated by AI

The Art Newspaper

The move fuels the debate about whether artificial intelligence can replace the human eye and expertise in assessing a picture’s authorship

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Just Stop Oil protestors place high-vis jacket on ancient Greek statue at The British Museum

The Art Newspaper

The campaign group dressed up a sculpture of the goddess Demeter and added a speech bubble beside it reading “just stop famine”

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Painting by AI robot Ai-Da could bring more than $120,000 at Sotheby's

The Art Newspaper

The robotic brainchild of British gallerist Aidan Meller will make her auction debut on Halloween

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New Niki de Saint Phalle documentary chronicles her personal struggles and aesthetic triumphs

The Art Newspaper

Michiko Matsumoto’s film “Viva Nicki”, which recently premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival, also attests to the artist’s enduring popularity in Japan

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In a gallery far, far away: new Star Wars-themed museum to bring together 1.5 million objects, including 15ft-long painting

The Art Newspaper

The museum, whose owners are still searching for a building, seeks to merge the four largest current collections of Star Wars props, toys and works of art

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Why Another Artist Just Renamed Himself Anish Kapoor

Artnet News

Stuart Semple's eight-year feud over art supplies and exclusivity turns, shall we say, personal. The post Why Another Artist Just Renamed Himself Anish Kapoor appeared first on Artnet News.

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Maurizio Cattelan’s Infamous Banana Will Be Sold at Sotheby’s. The Estimate: $1 Million

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The work sold for $120,000 at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2019. The post Maurizio Cattelan’s Infamous Banana Will Be Sold at Sotheby’s. The Estimate: $1 Million appeared first on Artnet News.

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Revealed: the surreal dispute over Leonora Carrington’s late bronze sculptures

The Art Newspaper

Scholars and heirs are divided over bronze editions attributed to the British-Mexican Surrealist’s final years

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Can London establish itself as digital art capital of the world?

The Art Newspaper

In the game-changing era of NFTs and AI, the city’s diversified art ecosystem has helped it play catch-up as the medium’s global hub

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David Shrigley unveils giant mantis sculpture at his former school, calling attention to perilous state of UK art education

The Art Newspaper

The number of arts students has plunged in the past decade

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Legendary Mummy Portrait Hits the Market With a Seven-Figure Price Tag

Artnet News

The portrait is going up for sale at Frieze London. The post Legendary Mummy Portrait Hits the Market With a Seven-Figure Price Tag appeared first on Artnet News.

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New UK arts minister: 'I am passionate about people being able to make a career out of art'

The Art Newspaper

In front of a crowd at Frieze Masters, Chris Bryant MP discussed funding, culture wars and the importance of education

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Indonesia's national museum reopens after devastating fire

The Art Newspaper

Exhibition of 2,500 repatriated objects, including the "Lombok treasure", inaugurates the newly refurbished space

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British photographer Rankin’s advertising agency files for bankruptcy amid tough 'shift in the creative landscape'

The Art Newspaper

Rankin, who has photographed David Bowie and Queen Elizabeth II among others, says the last two years have been "massively challenging" due to reduced budgets and losing work to programmatic and AI-based solutions

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Tove Jansson’s Beloved Moomins Turn 80 With a Major Exhibition in Helsinki

Artnet News

The show also features murals and public artworks Jansson created in her hometown of Helsinki. The post Tove Jansson’s Beloved Moomins Turn 80 With a Major Exhibition in Helsinki appeared first on Artnet News.

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Whitney Museum to waive admission fees for 25s and under thanks to gift from Julie Mehretu

The Art Newspaper

The artist, a member of the museum’s board of trustees, gave more than $2m to expand its free admission policy