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Double portrait by Renaissance artist Giorgione (1473/74–1510) found in the Bavarian State Painting Collections. Courtesy Bavarian State Painting Collections/dpa A painting by Venetian Renaissance artist Giorgione (1473/74–1510) has been found among the Bavarian State Painting Collections in Munich, Germany. The double portrait of the young Giovanni Borgherini from Florence with his teacher and Venetian polymath …

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Eungie Joo. Photo: Heinz Peter Knes Courtesy SFMOMA. Eungie Joo, head curator of contemporary art at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art since 2017, has been fired amid claims of workplace conduct. The news was first reported by the San Francisco Standard. “In accordance with institutional policy on workplace conduct, Eungie Joo was separated …

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Daniela Hritcu/ARTnews In 2024, the chickens came home to roost, so to speak, for the art world. After a series of ruptures and scandals last year, 2024 was a year of restructuring, “correction,” and redress. The art market suffered its worst performance in years amid geopolitical strife, uncertainty over the US presidential election, and high …

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The exterior of the Rothko Chapel is pictured behind the Broken Obelisk sculpture by Barnett Newman. Courtesy the Rothko Chapel. After closing due to hurricane-related damage earlier this year in July, the landmark Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas reopened to the public on Tuesday. The chapel boasts a suite of 14 massive paintings by the …

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Roberto Chavez, El Tamalito del Hoyo, 1959. ©1959 Roberto Chavez/Smithsonian American Art Museum Roberto Chavez, a major figure within US Latinx art history whose work has influenced generations of artists that followed, died on December 17 of natural causes in Arivaca, Arizona. He was 92. The news was confirmed by the artist’s daughter, Sonna Chavez, …

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Lorraine O’Grady. Photo Marc Dimov/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Lorraine O’Grady, an artist who bravely used her conceptual pieces and performance art to critique systems of power, incisively underlining the ways that class, race, and gender influence one another, died at her home in New York on Friday. Her death was announced by a trust …

Lorraine O’Grady, Conceptual Artist Who Advocated for Black Women’s Perspectives, Dies at 90 Read More »

Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, 1970, on the shore of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, the renowned 54-year-old Land art installation on Utah’s Great Salt Lake, has officially been added to the National Register of Historic Places. Overseen by the National Park Service, a subdivision of the U.S. …

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A rape is being investigated at the Groucho Club on Dean Street in Soho. In Pictures via Getty Images London’s Groucho Club will reopen in January following an allegation of rape on its premises. The members-only had its license temporarily suspended last month amid a police investigation into the claim. Artfarm, a hospitality company set …

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St. Mark’s Square in Venice. AFP via Getty Images Venice will double its tourist entry fee to €10 in 2025, despite data that suggest the measure failed to reduce visitor numbers during its trial period in 2024. The initial €5 fee was implemented to curb overtourism in a city that has become known for it. …

Venice Doubles Tourist Tax for 2025 Despite Uncertain Impact on Limiting Crowds Read More »

OpenAI officially launched the AI video generation model Sora in Suqian, Jiangsu, China, on December 10. Photo Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images The UK government is considering an upgrade of its “right to personality” law that could gain artists new safeguards against generative artificial intelligence models capable of mimicking their styles. Per the Financial Times, the …

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