Just Stop Oil protesters with tomato soup in front of Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the National Gallery in London. Courtesy Just Stop Oil Leaders of national collections and major regional museums in the United Kingdom issued an open letter saying that protests involving notable artworks “have to stop.” “They are hugely damaging to the …
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A view of the Metropolitan Museum of Art building in New York City, United States on July 15, 2024. NurPhoto via Getty Images The Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned another ancient Greek drinking vessel to Italian officials overseeing the countries’ repatriation efforts after finding the artifact was likely looted from its origin site. The …
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The portrait of Queen Elizabeth I by Marcus Gheeraert the Younger moved from a meeting room of No.10 Downing as part of its “long planned” re-hang. Wikimedia Commons Two paintings by the Portuguese painter Paula Rego have replaced portraits of Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter Raleigh at 10 Downing Street, the residence of the …
Hurricane Milton ripped wood boards off and pushed several feet of sand into buildings. Courtesy Hermitage Artist Retreat The Hermitage Artist Retreat in Englewood, Florida, experienced huge storm surges due to Hurricane Milton, with repairs and damage estimated at “upwards of $1 million” as well as the cancelation of residencies and other programs for several …
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Lynn Chadwick at the Hotel de Sully. Courtesy Perrotin, Art Basel Paris 2024. Art Basel Paris, which runs from October 18 to 20 (with VIP days on 16 and 17), has left behind its inaugural name and old location—Paris+, par Art Basel and the Grand Palais Éphémère, respectively—this year for a fresh start. Now based …
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Joan Agajanian Quinn in her Beverly Hills home. Photo Ryan Pfluger For nearly 50 years, Joan Agajanian Quinn has asked the questions that everyone wants to answer. A consummate journalist, she was the West Coast editor at Interview magazine, a society editor at the LA Herald Examiner, and host of the TV interview shows Joan …
Eikoh Hosoe (at right) with Mikhail Baryshnikov. Photo Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images Eikoh Hosoe, a Japanese photographer who blazed a new trail for his medium with his taboo-testing pictures about invisible worlds, has died at 91. The Japanese agency Kyodo News reported his death last week, saying that he died in Tokyo of complications related to …
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Hajra Waheed, Hum II, 2023, installation view at Sharjah Biennial 15. ©Hajra Waheed/Courtesy the artist and mor charpentier The Sharjah Art Foundation has announced the artists participating in the 16th Sharjah Biennial, set to run from February 6, through June 15, 2025. The exhibition, one of the premier international showcases of its kind, will feature …
Elizabeth Street Garden. via Google Images. The Elizabeth Street Garden, a communal outdoor space in downtown Manhattan, has been served a two-week eviction notice by New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development after a lengthly legal dispute. The notice comes three months after a legal ruling in July allowing the city to move …
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The same art gallery which sold the print helped identify it as stolen. Courtesy of US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California A man has pled guilty to a federal charge of trafficking after trying to sell a stolen Andy Warhol print of Vladimir Lenin to an auction house. A press release from …
