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The superyacht ‘Kismet’ is seen infront of the ‘Tower Bridge Moorings’ houseboat community on the River Thames, on 17th October 2024, in London, England. In Pictures via Getty Images Superyachts have always been risky homes for art collections, and not just because of the damp salt air and constant motion. “Crew ignorance is the biggest danger at …

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Dmitry Rybolovlev in 2018. NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP via Getty Images) Swiss prosecutors this week dismissed a criminal case against Dmitry Rybolovlev, clearing him of allegations related to the arrest of Swiss art dealer Yves Bouvier in Monaco. The case, initiated by the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) in 2017, accused the Russian billionaire …

Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev Cleared in Swiss Investigation, Swiss Dealer Yves Bouvier Faces $830 M. Tax Bill Read More »

The hoard of pennies is now the “highest value treasure on record”. Courtesy of the British Museum A massive hoard of 1,000-year-old silver pennies found by a group of people learning how to use metal detectors in 2019 were recently valued at $5.6 million (£4.3 million), making it the highest valued treasure in England. In …

Massive Hoard of Silver Pennies From Norman Conquest Valued at $5.6M Read More »

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Interim Archives/Getty Images Students at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago organized a walkout on Thursday to protest Israel’s war in Gaza. The walkout, which happened during class hours, began outside SAIC’s MacLean Center, the building that houses the school’s art history, critical studies, and …

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The Treasury at the archaeological site of Petra in Jordan where the archaeologists found the tomb. AFP via Getty Images British archaeologists recently made a discovery that sounds like something straight out of an Indiana Jones movie: a secret tomb under the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, according to a press release from the …

Archeologists Discover Hidden Tomb in Ancient City of Petra and a Skeleton Holding Vessel Resembling Indiana Jones’s ‘Holy Grail’ Read More »

‘Bully’ will be Ye’s third album release in 2024. Photo Scott Dudelson/Getty Images The cover art for Bully, the next solo album by Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, features an image taken by the Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama. On Wednesday, Ye posted a black-and-white image of a person’s grinning face to his …

Ye Reveals ‘Bully’ Album Cover Art by Photographer Daido Moriyama Read More »

View of Clearing’s booth showing work by Marguerite Humeau. Linda Nylind/Courtesy Frieze At the top of the art market dwell collectors. Without them, there’s no one to warrant the countless gallery exhibitions, seasonal day and evening sales, and almost monthly art fairs that batter the art world calendar. According to the Art Basel and UBS …

Two Sides to the Art Market: Spending Down 32 Percent in 2023, Report Says, While Total Volume on the Rise Read More »

Facade of UrbanGlass in Brooklyn. via Google Maps UrbanGlass, an arts space and glass-making studio in Brooklyn, has issued a public apology for excluding the work of a Palestinian-American employee from a staff exhibition in March. Sixteen members of the space’s staff subsequently took their pieces out of the exhibition in solidarity with Phil Garip, …

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Mimi Smith, Armor Against Any Eventuality, 2020. Promised gift to the Weatherspoon Art Museum from the Carol Cole Levin Collection The Weatherspoon Art Museum at the University of North Carolina Greensboro will receive a gift of 270 contemporary artworks worth $5 million from Carole Cole Levin, a North Carolina-based artist and philanthropist. The gifted works …

UNC Greensboro, Reeling from Dissent Over Program Cuts, Gets $5 M. Contemporary Art Gift Read More »

Installation view of “Carrie Mae Weems. The Evidence of Things Not Seen,” 2022, at Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, showing The Hampton Project (2000). Photo: Hans D. Christ; Art: ©Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, and Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin. Carrie Mae Weems, Alex Katz, and Mark Bradford have been awarded the …

Alex Katz, Carrie Mae Weems, and Mark Bradford Receive National Medal of the Arts Read More »