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BAALBEK, LEBANON – 2024/11/06: Concerns have grown that the ancient Roman temple complex in Baalbek, eastern Lebanon, could get damaged by Israeli attacks. In September Israel launched one of the most intense aerial assaults in contemporary history on Lebanon. (Photo by Sally Hayden/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett UNESCO has placed 34 …

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Frank Auerbach in 1983. Photo Michael Ward/Rex Features/Getty Images Frank Auerbach, a towering figure of British art history who plotted new paths for painting with his thick, smeary portraits, died on Monday in London at 93. His passing was announced on Tuesday by Frankie Rossi Art Projects, which did not state a cause of death. …

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Celestial Dancer was on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art until 2023. Courtesy of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. The Manhattan District Attorney‘s Office has announced the return of 1,440 artifacts, collectively valued at $10 million, to India. The items were recovered as part of ongoing investigations into criminal trafficking networks, including ones linked …

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Stephanie Stebich. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Fortune Stephanie Stebich, the director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) since 2017, was reassigned to a senior advisory role within the Smithsonian Institution in September 2024 after staff complaints about her management style. According to a report by the Washington Post, the move came after a July 2023 letter …

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After years of research, restorers are now removing the varnish from Rembrandt’s most famous painting. courtesy Rijksmuseum The second phase of the Rijksmuseum’s Operation Night Watch, the largest research and restoration project ever undertaken for Rembrandt’s 1642 masterpiece – The Night Watch – is in motion. On Tuesday, a team of eight restorers at Amsterdam’s national museum …

Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’ is Underway in a Glass Chamber at the Rijksmuseum Read More »

Kaia Gerber at the 2024 LACMA Art+Film Gala at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in California. Photo Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images One of two alternative covers of the Vogue December 2024 issue may look strikingly familiar to art world audiences, who may recognize it as the work of Canadian artist Anna Weyant. …

Anna Weyant Graces the Cover of ‘Vogue’ with a Portrait of Kaia Gerber Read More »

The sales floor of Christie’s new Hong Kong operation. Courtesy Lawrence Fung With the US presidential election behind us and the marquee New York evening sales just a few days away, collectors, advisors, and all manner of art world professionals have been combing through the full list of auction house offerings, ARTnews included.  This November, works by …

More Consigners to the New York Sales, Revealed! Read More »

Kenneth Griffin speaks onstage during the Pérez Art Museum Miami’s Art of the Party on November 09, 2024 in Miami, Florida. Getty Images for Pérez Art Museu Collector Kenneth C. Griffin, founder and CEO of Citadel, has donated $10 million donation to the Pérez Art Museum Miami, which will use the funds to maintain its …

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People visit the Frieze Seoul 2022 art fair in Seoul on September 2, 2022.. AFP via Getty Images Endeavor Group Holdings, the Hollywood entertainment company that owns the Frieze art fair and media franchise, reported a loss of $420.36 million for the third quarter, a sharp increase from the $116 million loss recorded in the …

Frieze’s Owner Endeavor Reports Higher Q3 Losses After Disclosing Potential Sale of Art Fair Read More »

Sotheby’s York Avenue headquarters. Getty Images Sotheby’s has agreed to pay the State of New York $6.25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Letitia James, that alleged the auction house helped collectors in avoid sales taxes on high-value art purchases. The New York Attorney General’s office claimed that from 2010 to 2020, …

Sotheby’s Agrees to Pay New York $6.25 M. To Settle Art Sales Tax Fraud Case Read More »