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Auctioneer Helena Newman in action during Sotheby’s Modern Evening Sale. Julian Cassady Sotheby’s reported record first-half consolidated sales of $4.4 billion on Tuesday, up 58 percent from the same period last year, fueled by gains across auctions, private sales, and its growing luxury businesses. Auction sales rose 59 percent to $3.4 billion, while private sales …

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The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University. Photo Robert McKay The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University in New Jersey is now richer by more than 70 artworks after a donation from the collectors Anne and Arthur Goldstein that includes pieces by established figures such as Tauba Auerbach, Darren Bader, Mark Bradford, Nicole …

Rutgers’s Zimmerli Art Museum Receives 70-Work Gift, Including Pieces by Mark Bradford, Nicole Eisenman, and Lee Friedlander Read More »

The members of the Round Table Historical Responsibility. Axel Koenig/StMWK The German state of Bavaria has overhauled the way that claims for restitution of Nazi-looted artworks will be evaluated. The state will establish a Center for Provenance Research and Restitution Issues of Nazi-Looted Art at the Institute for Contemporary History (IfZ). This takes the provenance …

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Zendaya attends The Odyssey photo call July 05, 2026 in London. Shane Anthony Sinclair/Getty Images Actress Zendaya has been on the receiving end of some, ahem, piercing criticism after wearing ancient Iranian earrings to a London event promoting the new Christopher Nolan epic The Odyssey, in which she plays the Greek goddess Athena. The film …

Zendaya Gets an Earful of ‘Orientalist’ Complaints for Wearing Ancient Iranian Earrings to ‘Odyssey’ Promo Amid US-Iran War Read More »

Installation view, “An Exquisite Eye: Introducing the Aso O. Tavitian Collection,” at the Clark Art Institute. Thomas Clark, courtesy Clark Art Institute. The Clark Art Institute, a treasure trove of Western art, opened in the scenic Berkshire Mountains in Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1955. The site was chosen partly because of the museum’s ties to Williams …

Clark Art Institute Unveils its Massive Aso Tavitian Gift, To Be Housed in a Brand-New Wing: ‘Any Curator or Director’s Dream’ Read More »

Oxford Cotswold Archaeology field archaeologists excavating the long enclosure using tools such as shovels, wheelbarrows and hoes Oxford Cotswold Archaeology. British archeologists have uncovered a type of Neolithic earthwork called a long enclosure on England’s Suffolk coast. The news was first reported by Heritage Daily, following an announcement by Oxford Cotswold Archeology (OCA). A charity …

British Archeologists Find 5,800-Year-Old Neolithic Monument in Suffolk Read More »

Matt Johnson’s Meditating Figure (2026), a 60-foot sculpture assembled from 12 retired shipping containers, is on view at Max Levai’s The Ranch in Montauk and has become the subject of a legal dispute with East Hampton officials. Courtesy The Ranch Standing 60 feet tall in a former horse pasture at Max Levai’s Montauk exhibition space, …

Giant Shipping Container Sculpture at Montauk Art Space The Ranch Draws Municipal Fire Read More »

Ryan Gander, The Find Okayama Art Summit 13. Yasushi Ichikawa Art fairs may have started out as trade shows for dealers to sell each other their inventory, but they have long since become major events in the art world’s attention economy, zhuzhed up with public art commissions and intellectual dressings, including elaborate programs of public …

Frieze Seoul’s Public Programs Include a Hunt for Hidden Coins and a Place to Talk About Climate Change Read More »

Paris. Photo Loïc Venance/AFP via Getty Images For the first time in over 20 years, the International Council of Museums has revised its code of ethics to address new and pressing issues facing institutions, including “the rise of digital technologies, the climate crisis, and the ongoing need to address the legacies of colonialism through responsible …

ICOM Adopts New Museum Code of Ethics Taking Aim at AI, Colonialism, and Climate Change Read More »

The entrance to the Venice Biennale’s Central Pavilion, with a facade installation by Otobong Nkanga. Photo Maximilíano Durón/ARTnews Over the weekend, a European Union commission followed up on its earlier threats to cancel a €2 million grant to the Venice Biennale, citing Russia’s participation in the event this year as its reasoning. The European Commission …

EU Commission Recommends Cancelation of Venice Biennale Grant over Russian Pavilion Read More »