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2,000-Year-Old ‘Extensive Industrial Complex’ and Roman Cemetery Found in Egypt

The discovery site in the western Nile Delta. Courtesy Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists working in the western Nile Delta of Egypt discovered remnants of an “extensive industrial complex” from as far back as the 5th century B.C.E. as well as a Roman cemetery that suggests the area was fertile ground for civilization …

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India Unveils Repatriated Buddha-Linked Artifacts in New Show: ‘A Very Special Day’

The return of the Piprahwa relics in July. Photo Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images The Indian government has unveiled an array of Buddha-linked relics that were repatriated to the country after initially being set for sale at Sotheby’s last year. It is the first time that these artifacts, known as the Piprahwa relics, are …

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Defaults on Non-Bank Art Loans Rise Dramatically Amid Market’s Struggles, Report Finds

In 2020, the first year of Covid, two-thirds of non-bank art lenders faced defaults. Getty Images Half of non-bank art lenders experienced loan defaults in 2024, up from 17 percent two years earlier, according to the Art and Finance Report 2025, published by Deloitte Private and ArtTactic. That figure, however, is still better than 2020, …

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Trump Reappoints Mary Anne Carter, a Familiar Figure From First Term, as NEA Chair

Mary Anne Carter. © MOSHE ZUSMAN PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO The National Endowment for the Arts has a new chair: Mary Anne Carter, the same political operative who served in the post during Trump’s first term. The Senate voted this morning to confirm her along party lines, by a 53–43 margin. In keeping with his tendency to …

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Photography Scholar Sarah Lewis to Organize Exhibition Asking ‘What If Emmett Till Lived?’

Stephen Marc, 87th and Constance, from “Changing Chicago Project,” n.d. Museum of Contemporary Photography, Gift of Jack A. Jaffe, Focus/Infinity Fund The Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) at Columbia College Chicago will host an exhibition next year titled “If Emmett Till Lived: Freedom on American Ground” and guest curated by leading photography scholar and Harvard …

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Uruguay’s Only Art Fair Wagers That It Can Create a New Regional Market Force

The entrance to Este Arte. Courtesy Este Arte “There’s a before and after Este Arte,” Uruguay’s first and only art fair, according to its founder, Laura Bardier.  The professionalization of Uruguay’s art market could read as Bardier’s biography—the curator who, through sheer insistence, converted a quixotic dream into a promising market machine—but that would misinterpret …

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Just in Time for Christmas, Identical New Banksy Murals Look to the Stars But Point to Problems on the Ground

Graffiti artwork by street artist Banksy, painted beneath the Centre Point building near Tottenham Court Road in central London. Stefan Rousseau/PA Images via Getty Images For the third time this year, Banksy has created a new work of street art. The new piece has been confirmed in the anonymous British artist’s customary fashion, with an …

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China Launches Probe Into Alleged Art-Theft Scheme at Nanjing Museum Involving a Former Director

View of the Nanjing Museum on International Museum Day 2024. Courtesy Nanjing Museum Chinese officials have opened multiple investigations into allegations that staff at the state-run Nanjing Museum secretly removed cultural treasures from the collection and sold them on the open market—claims that have gone viral on social media and drawn comparisons to the recent …

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