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Musée d’Orsay Puts Manet on (Mock) Trial for Obscenity

The Musée d’Orsay held a mock trial to determine whether Manet was guilty of obscenity for painting Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe (1863), as seen on the screen. Courtesy Musée d’Orsay At the 1863 Salon des Refusés—a special exhibition for works rejected by Paris’s official Salon—Édouard Manet’s Déjeuner sur l’herbe provoked intense controversy. Many critics labeled its female nude …

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Wade Guyton Artwork Forfeited by Inigo Philbrick’s Business Partner Flops at Sotheby’s

Robert Newland. Courtesy Superblue An artwork caught up in the saga of fraudster art dealer Inigo Philbrick came up for auction late last month in New York—and failed to sell. In 2023 Philbrick’s business partner, Robert Newland, was sentenced to 20 months in prison. In addition to his prison term, Newland was ordered to forfeit …

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See Inside ‘Divine Egypt,’ the Met’s Newest Ancient Egypt Blockbuster

Installation view of “Divine Egypt,” 2025, at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art With about 210 works included, “Divine Egypt” is the largest exhibition devoted to ancient Egyptian art in over a decade at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the venerable New York institution that is famous for its shows …

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TEFAF Announces 2025 Museum Acquisitions: Félix Vallotton, Léon Spilliaert, and a ‘Superstar’ Rhino Named Clara

Visitors at the TEFAF Maastricht fair at conference center MECC in Maastricht on March 15, 2025. ANP/AFP via Getty Images Though the TEFAF art fair has begun dipping its toes into contemporary fare, the European Fine Arts Foundation’s spring art fairs—in Maastricht and New York—remain best known for its Old Master paintings and antiquities. For …

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Cannupa Hanska Luger Creates Unnerving Football Mascot for New Jordan Peele-Produced Horror Film ‘Him’

“Tinsel Larry” in the new film Him, created by Cannupa Hanska Luger. Courtesy HIM Cannupa Hanska Luger revealed on Instagram on Tuesday that he collaborated with the filmmakers behind the movie Him to create “Tinsel Larry,” a sports mascot featured in the film. Him is a new horror film directed by Justin Tipping and produced …

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Lebanese Palestinian Artist Gabrielle Bejani Confronts the Grief, Anger, and Guilt of Watching Israel’s Bombings from Afar

Artist Gabrielle Bejani in her studio. Courtesy Gabrielle Bejani On November 27, 2024, when Israel and Lebanon reached a ceasefire after months of armed violence across southern Lebanon, Gabrielle Bejani may have been hopeful, if briefly. But within hours of the announcement, the ceasefire was broken: Israeli soldiers opened fire in the town of Khiam, …

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Sotheby’s Sells York Avenue Headquarters to Weill Cornell, Will Lease Back Four Floors

Sotheby’s York Avenue headquarters. Getty Images Sotheby’s has sold its longtime New York headquarters at 1334 York Avenue to Weill Cornell Medicine, the auction house confirmed in a note to staff this week. The move marks the latest step in a real estate overhaul that includes its 2023 acquisition of the Breuer Building, the Whitney …

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Elizabeth Denny, Outsider Art Fair’s New Director, Discusses Her Role Amid An Uncertain Art Market

Elizabeth Denny was previously a director at Eric Firestone Gallery and of her own gallery in New York and Hong Kong. Photo by Olya Vysotskaya Elizabeth Denny was named the new director of the Outsider Art Fair last week. Founded in 1993, the fair is known for its focus on art brut, folk art, outsider …

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Statue of Trump and Epstein Holding Hands Returns to Washington, D.C.

A statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, now known as Why Can’t We Be Friends?, has returned to the National Mall. Photo Andrew Harnik/Getty Images A much-debated statue of President Donald Trump and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has officially returned to Washington, D.C. after it was hauled away by the National Parks …

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