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Abbas Akhavan. Photo Alex de Brabant Abbas Akhavan will represent Canada at the 2026 edition of the Venice Biennale, the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, the pavilion’s commissioner, announced on Thursday. Related Articles For the Canadian Pavilion, Kapwani Kiwanga Considers the Hefty Historical Importance of the Tiny Venetian Seed Bead There She Blows: Geoffrey Farmer …

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A digita work by Alba G. Corral called ‘Emergence’ (2021) displayed through Feral File’s app on a smart TV. COURTESY FERAL FILE Feral File, an online platform for digital art founded in 2020, is striving to beam curated digital art through smart TVs and mobile devices in people’s homes via a new membership program. “We’re …

Feral File Wants to Trigger a ‘Cultural Shift’ by Beaming Digital Art Into People’s Homes Every Day Through Phones and Smart TVs Read More »

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 …

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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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