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Cleveland Museum of Art acquires rare Giambologna marble sculpture

The Art Newspaper

Photo courtesy of Gary Kirchenbauer In 1989, an unpromising-sounding but alluring marble sculpture of a female nude came up for sale at a Christie’s auction held at an English country house in Hertfordshire. “It The other marble sculpture by Giambologna in the US, another nude dated to 1571-73, was bought by the Getty in 1982.

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Artists including Theaster Gates, Miranda July and Martine Gutierrez receive Guggenheim Fellowships

The Art Newspaper

Around 50 artists working across disciplines including photography, video, sculpture, painting and installation received the coveted fellowships

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'Venus, morning star, sweet potato': Gagosian pairs Basquiat painting with ancient Roman sculpture for new Paris show

The Art Newspaper

Exploring the theme of classical art in the American artist's work, the gallery is bringing together a 1982 canvas with a marble figure of Venus from the rarely seen Torlonia Collection

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Oklahoma slam dunk: Indigenous artist invites visitors to shoot hoops as part of his latest show

The Art Newspaper

Alongside his paintings and sculptures, Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds has created two public art installations in the form of basketball courts, where visitors are encouraged to play a friendly game

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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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London urban oasis hosts an artist’s multimedia investigation of plants’ resilience in the face of climate crisis

The Art Newspaper

Vivienne Schadinsky, artist-in-residence at OmVed Gardens, in north London has used the two-acre plot as a “living laboratory” to make ink paintings, films, sculptures and prints devoted to beans and their ecology

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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.