March, 2025

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‘I’m the most content I’ve ever been’: Tracey Emin on having her first museum show in Italy, losing her libido and why she had to take a break from painting

The Art Newspaper

The British artist discusses the way her views on painting and life have shifted over the years as an expansive show of her works opens at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence

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The 71st Winter Show

Maine Antique Digest

New York City For 71 years during the last ten days of January the great drill hall at the armory on Park Avenue between 66th and 67th Streets has been filled with the finest objects, paintings, books and manuscripts, textiles, and jewelry that the exhibitors can muster.

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Changes to Archival Outlook Mailing Procedures

Society of American Archivists

CHICAGOSAAs bi-monthly magazine, Archival Outlook , has long been made available to SAA members in both print and digital formats. Both formats have their benefits and drawbacks, and we recognize that different people have different preferences when it comes to reading.

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Women Played a Pivotal Role as Scribes of Medieval Manuscripts, Research Reveals

Artnet News

More than 110,000 manuscripts were made by women, a far greater number than previously thought. The post Women Played a Pivotal Role as Scribes of Medieval Manuscripts, Research Reveals appeared first on Artnet News.

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French pocket watch could fetch thousands

Antique Collecting

A remarkable piece of history is set to capture global attention in Hansons upcoming International Fine Art, Silver, Jewellery, Watches, The post French pocket watch could fetch thousands appeared first on Antique Collecting.

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Office Hours Information from March 2025

International Society of Appraisers

3/14/2025 12:00:00 AM Here's a recap of the Q and A from the March 11, 2025 Office Hours with the Director of Education Q: I recently received my ISA Member Designation. How do I get my 700 hours to become an Accredited Member? As partners of the Appraisal Foundation, we adhere to Personal Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria. Qualifying appraisal experience consists of tasks associated with the accomplishment of personal property assignments which result in a USPAP compliant report.

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The big slowdown: why museums and galleries are putting on fewer shows

The Art Newspaper

Exhibitions are lasting longer, artists are reducing their output and more discerning collectors are all contributing to the change

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SAA Statement on Media Reports Concerning Records Destruction

Society of American Archivists

March 17, 2025 According to multiple news reports , USAID workers have been ordered to destroy or burn records, including classified records.

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‘Blade Runner’ Designer Syd Mead’s Sci-Fi Art Gets Major New York Outing

Artnet News

The industrial designer and concept artist shaped some of cinema's most enduring sci-fi scenes. The post ‘Blade Runner’ Designer Syd Mead’s Sci-Fi Art Gets Major New York Outing appeared first on Artnet News.

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Southwest Native American Baskets: Identifying Characteristics

WorthWise

Southwest Baskets Overview The subject of Native American (or American Indian) basketry could fill volumes and has tickled the imaginations of scholars and collectors alike. And as an appraiser, it is always a special joy to value one. Identifying the origins and tribal affiliations of vintage and antique Native American baskets can be tricky, especially […] The post Southwest Native American Baskets: Identifying Characteristics appeared first on WorthWise Art and Antiques Appraisers.

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Semi-autonomous artists can offer society new means of working with AI

The Art Newspaper

Artists have a history of giving cultural and social relevance to new technology.

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Is the declining value of Old Masters due to a lack of education?

The Art Newspaper

Tefaf Maastricht, which holds its 38th edition this month, is attempting to teach audiences about pre-20th century art.

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As Tate marks Turner’s 250th birthday, his visions of a wild world still elevate, soothe and harrow the soul

The Art Newspaper

A year-long event bonanza will mark the birthday of perhaps the greatest British artist ever

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London contemporary art auctions kick off with £5.4m record for Lisa Brice, despite geopolitical chaos

The Art Newspaper

Last night's sale at Sotheby's, which totalled 62.5m, also included a 4.

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At home with Goya, Titian and Velázquez: Joana Vasconcelos makes a flamboyant impression in Madrid’s Liria Palace

The Art Newspaper

The Portuguese artist mounts the first contemporary exhibition to be installed alongside the Duke of Albas fabled art collection

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Christie's AI art auction outpaces expectations, bringing in more than $728,000

The Art Newspaper

In all, 28 of the Augmented Intelligence sale's 34 lots found buyers, including pieces by Refik Anadol, Charles Csuri and Harold Cohen

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A painting of Venice’s Grand Canal, previously thought to be by Canaletto, has been attributed to his teenage nephew

The Art Newspaper

Specialists at London's Wallace Collection have attributed an 18th-century work to Bernardo Bellotto, who would then have been aged just 15 or 16

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As collector strategies shift, prints are experiencing new levels of popularity

The Art Newspaper

With buyers taking prints more seriously, publishers, collectors and dealers are embracing the unique commercial advantages of editioned works

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The Grand Egyptian Museum is due to finally open on 3 July, here’s a sneak peek

The Art Newspaper

The Art Newspaper took a tour of this treasure-stuffed colossus and was impressed by its gargantuan scale and coherent layout

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Matisse wanted to buy a Van Gogh portrait—instead, his brother bought a bicycle

The Art Newspaper

Years later, inspired by Vincents paintings, the French artist became a wild beast

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Two found guilty in theft of Maurizio Cattelan’s golden toilet

The Art Newspaper

The Crown Prosecution Service says it is confident that the case played a part in disrupting a wider crime and money-laundering network

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Bigger is not better and free admission costs institutions less, museum report finds

The Art Newspaper

Remuseums second report concludes that admission fees are raising few funds and keeping out potential visitorsand expansions are often not worth the money

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Marina Abramović in her element: performance artist announces new NFT drop designed to create a ‘bridge’ to young generation

The Art Newspaper

The artists first NFT collection since 2022 is inspired by different aspects of her life and work

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With the building of a new museum, Poland at last has a fitting space to tell Treblinka’s horrific story

The Art Newspaper

The notorious death camp, in which hundreds of thousands perished, is only now getting a proper museum space to ensure the dark chapter in Europes history is not forgotten

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Comment | 'The government needs to cancel the British Council’s debt'

The Art Newspaper

V&A director Tristram Hunt on the dangers of the cash-strapped cultural organisation disappearing

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US taste for Surrealism boosts marathon £130m Christie’s auction

The Art Newspaper

Double-header sale in London last night was led by Ren Magritte with strong prices for Paul Delvaux and Tamara de Lempicka

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Did AI just authenticate a version of one of Rubens’s most famous works?

The Art Newspaper

A Swiss company claims to have confirmed the authenticity of a version of Rubenss The Bath of Diana, which was long thought to be a copythe leading authority on the artist takes a different view

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Charging tourists to visit UK museums would be ‘ideologically at odds’ with their global collections, says new report

The Art Newspaper

The report also describes the idea of charging international visitors as logistically complex

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Politician detained after attacks on ‘blasphemous’ works at Greek National Gallery

The Art Newspaper

Four works by artist Christoforos Katsadiotis were vandalised earlier this week, The National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum in Athens confirmed

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Jack Vettriano, immensely popular artist whose market success reflected 'an appetite for the glamorous', has died, aged 73

The Art Newspaper

The sale of The Singing Butler at Sothebys in 2004, for a record price for a painting by a Scottish artist, caused a sensation and turned attention on Vettriano's critical and institutional neglect

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Our precious. Dutch culture minister blocks sale of medieval gold ring on grounds it is a national treasure

The Art Newspaper

The ring, which dates from the ninth or tenth century, has been unofficially likened to J.R.R.

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Van Gogh’s postman: the pathbreaking portrait exhibition opens shortly in Boston, then heads to Amsterdam

The Art Newspaper

While painting Joseph Roulin and his wife and children, Vincent wrote in great excitement: Ive done the portraits of an entire family

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Northern Sámi artist Máret Ánne Sara —known for highlighting ecological concerns —will take over Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall this autumn

The Art Newspaper

The move reflects an increased focus on Indigenous art practices in museums around the world

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How much is the art stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 35 years ago worth today?

The Art Newspaper

From $200m to upwards of $1bn, the estimated value of the 13 works stolen in Boston on 18 March 1990 has varied in the decades since

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Sotheby's to sell art belonging to Brazil's Lady of the Resistance

The Art Newspaper

The journalist and collector Niomar Moniz Sodr Bittencourt, who established the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, was exiled after speaking out against Brazil's military dictatorship

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‘When will they ever learn?’: Anselm Kiefer reveals Amsterdam installation with anti-war message at its heart

The Art Newspaper

Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, the centrepiece of a new two-part exhibition, is titled after a 1950s anti-war song by the folk singer Pete Seeger

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How a Portuguese entrepreneur turned an 18th-century palace into a private museum

The Art Newspaper

Museu de Arte Contempornea Armando Martins opens on 22 March, at a time of significant growth in Lisbons art scene

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