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France and Madagascar Form Committee to Review Repatriation of Colonial-Era Remains

Conservatory at Natural History Museum in Paris. Getty Images On Thursday, the culture ministers of France and Madagascar announced a joint effort to begin the process of repatriating human remains seized while the African nation was under French colonial rule. Officials from both countries revealed the appointment of a joint scientific committee to conduct a …

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Centre Pompidou Revives Plans for Jersey City Museum Nixed by Local Politicians

The new plan for the Centre Pompidou’s Jersey City satellite museum. Via X Paris’s Centre Pompidou is making a fresh attempt to open a satellite museum in Jersey City several months after New Jersey politicians chose to pull funding from the project. Under the Pompidou’s new plan, the museum will be sited in a new …

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LVMH Sells Virgil Abloh’s Off-White Label as Luxury Profits Stall

Models walk the runway for the Off-White fashion show during the September 2024 New York Fashion Week. Getty Images French luxury goods company LVMH has sold its stake in the streetwear label Off-White three years after the death of the brand’s founder, Virgil Abloh. New York–based brand management company Bluestar Alliance now owns LVMH’s stake. …

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Tony Cokes, Wendy Red Star, and More Win McArthur ‘Genius’ Fellowships

A Tony Cokes project on view at the Mixing Plant in Essen, Germany, in 2019. Photo Caroline Seidel/picture alliance via Getty Images Four artists are among the winners of this year’s MacArthur “genius” grants, each of which comes with $800,000—a sum that puts these awards among the biggest prizes given to artists in the US. …

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Collecting During Uncertain Times: An Introduction to the 2024 Edition of the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors List

The cover of the 2024 edition of the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors issue. Illustration: Luana Oliva To say that the art market is on shaky ground may be the understatement of the year. As one dealer told me this past spring, in unequivocal terms: “The market’s shit. Anyone who tells you different is lying.” Dealers …

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Fresh Off US Pavilion in Venice, Jeffrey Gibson Joins Hauser & Wirth

Jeffrey Gibson, 2024. Photo Inez and Vinoodh Hauser & Wirth will now represent Jeffrey Gibson, who this year did the United States Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, marking the first time an Indigenous artist received that honor solo. Related Articles In Radiant Paintings and Beaded Extravaganzas, Jeffrey Gibson Remixes Native American Histories Inside Jeffrey Gibson’s US Pavilion …

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ARTnews Launches New International Edition, ARTnews Asia in Hong Kong

View of the Hong Kong skyline, as seen from Kowloon, this past February. Photo Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images ARTnews has announced that it will launch a new ARTnews Asia edition next year, by way of a partnership with Luxetech Ventures, a global venture builder concentrated on the luxury industry and the art market. Headquartered in Hong Kong, China, …

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The UK’s Newly Appointed Culture Secretary Eyes Repatriation of Cultural Artifacts at British Institutions

LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 9: Lisa Nandy MP, Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development delivers a speech to party delegates on day two of the Labour Party conference on October 9, 2023 in Liverpool, England. Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves is among Labour MPs and Shadow Ministers addressing delegates on day two of party conference. (Photo …

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Simone Leigh, Jeff Koons, and Other Top Artists Offer Work for Kamala Harris Fundraiser

As November’s US presidential election approaches, more artists are putting their talent in service of Democratic candidate and current vice president Kamala Harris. 165 leading contemporary artists—Carrie Mae Weems, George Condo, Jenny Holzer, among others—have contributed pieces to the aptly-titled group, Artists for Kamala, which will host a week-long sale starting October 1. The online …

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London’s ‘Evening Standard’ Newspaper to Revive Art Critic Brian Sewell with AI Amid Staff Cuts

English art critic Brian Sewell, portrait, United Kingdom, 1985. Photo by Tim Roney/Getty Images EXCLUSIVE: He was one of the most feared and revered British art critics of his generation — and now, nearly a decade after his death, Brian Sewell could be about to wield his pen once more. Deadline understands that London’s historic Evening Standard newspaper has …

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