“Tekening” by Belgian artist Jan Van Oost is one of the confiscated artworks on show. AFP via Getty Images When mafiosas aren’t drug trafficking or money laundering, it turns out some of them are busy collecting (stealing) valuable artwork. Eighty works, confiscated by the Italian authorities, went on show at Milan‘s Palazzo Reale this week. …
LONDON, ENGLAND – SEPTEMBER 27: Candida Gertler attends the unveiling of new art work as leading British artist Lubaina Himid is awarded the Robson Orr Ten Ten Award 2021 at 11 Downing Street on September 27, 2021 in London, England. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Outset Contemporary Art Fund) Getty Images for Outset Contemporary …
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A mixed media work by Mimmo Paladino titled ‘Lo Spirito della Foresta’ (1981) was one of the works to be authenticated by Art Recognition for the auction. COURTESY GERMANN AUCTION HOUSE. Last week, in an unprecedented move, a Swiss auction house sold an artwork solely authenticated by artificial intelligence (AI). Germann Auction House in Zürich …
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Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos of Protat, 1290–1310. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons The identity of a notable Byzantine painter has been discovered using a handwriting analysis studying a Medieval illuminated manuscript, the Associated Press reported this week. Manuel Panselinos, as the artist is known, was a contemporary of Giotto and equally influential among Byzantine art …
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Parthenon sculptures of Ancient Greece, fragments which are collectively known as the Parthenon Marbles aka Elgin Marbles at the British Museum on 4th December 2023 in London, United Kingdom. The Elgin Marbles are considered stolen goods by Greece, and has regularly demanded their return, while the Acropolis Museum, which houses the remaining sculptures, keeps an …
Chinese-born crypto founder Justin Sun seems to be enjoying the publicity that comes with buying a $6.2 million banana. AFP via Getty Images The story about cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun and Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian keeps on giving. Sun kept the promise he made immediately after buying the artwork, comprising a banana duct-taped to the wall, …
John Phelan (left) and Amy Phelan attend the amfAR Palm Beach Gala in March. Photo by Ryan Emberley/amfAR/Getty Images for amfAR President-elect Donald Trump recently announced that businessman and Top 200 collector John Phelan will lead the US Navy, despite no prior military experience. Phelan is the founder and chairman of the private investment firm …
View of Brooklyn-based gallery Welancora’s booth at the 2024 edition of Art Basel Miami Beach. Photo Silvia Ros Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. On Monday night, collector Craig Robins began Miami Art Week by opening the doors to the headquarters …
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Portrait of María Berrío in front of her work The Crossing (2023), 2023. Photo Kyle Dorosz/©María Berrío/Courtesy the artist, Hauser & Wirth and Victoria Miro María Berrío, whose collaged paintings mesh folklore with her own personal lore, will join the roster at Hauser & Wirth. The gallery, which will mount a solo show of her …
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The nave of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, 2024. Photo STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Five years after Paris watched Notre Dame Cathedral burn, the 861-year-old structure has been restored. It is slated to reopen its doors to the public on Sunday, December 8, with two Catholic masses will commemorating the event. Following the April …
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