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Frieze London’s Best Booths, From Statement Sculptures to Symbolic Gardens

A visitor to Frieze London walks past sculptures by Carol Bove at Gagosian’s booth. Photo Linda Nylind/Courtesy Frieze I often find it hard not to think of Halloween once October begins, when plastic pumpkins, spooky decorations, and cheap bags of candy start cropping up across the US. While Halloween doesn’t have quite the grip on …

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13 Highlights from ‘Artists for Kamala’ Benefit Sale, Including Works by Jeff Koons, George Condo, and More

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – SEPTEMBER 29: Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, walks onstage during a campaign rally at the Expo at World Market Center on September 29, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Harris and her opponent Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump have both been holding events in Nevada, a battleground state in …

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With Frieze London, the Fair Organizing Giant Introduces a Regional Approach to VIP Care

Frieze London in 2022. Getty Images for illycaffè Last summer, Frieze surprised the art world by announcing that it was adding two of the biggest art fairs in the US, The Armory Show and Expo Chicago, to its roster of major market events in London, Los Angeles, New York, and Seoul.  As Kristell Chade, executive director of …

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Activists Cover Picasso’s ‘Motherhood’ Painting with Image of Gazan Mother and Child

Jai Halai and Monday-Malachi Rosenfeld on camera covering Pablo Picasso’s 1901 painting Motherhood (La Maternité) with an image of a mother and child from Gaza.. Courtesy Youth Demand This morning, two activists pasted a photograph of a Palestinian mother and child over the protective glass of Pablo Picasso’s 1901 painting Motherhood (La Maternité) at the National Gallery …

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A New Modern and Contemporary Art Museum Called PoMO Will Open in Norwegian City of Trondheim in 2025

PoMo will open in Trondheim’s old, art nouveau post office building in central Norway. COURTESY UGO RONDINONE, OUR MAGIC HOUR, 2003. PoMo collection. © UGO RONDINONE. PHOTO: TERJE TROBE A new, privately funded modern and contemporary art museum called PoMo is slated to open in Norway’s third-largest city, Trondheim, next year. PoMo will span five …

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Maqdala Shield Will Be Repatriated to Ethiopia After Exhibition in Ohio

The Maqdala Shield will be on display at the Toledo Museum of Art. Photo Nick Caito/Courtesy of the Royal Ethiopian Trust A 19th-century shield withdrawn from public auction in the UK earlier this year will be repatriated to Ethiopia. The Royal Ethiopian Trust (RET) recently announced it had negotiated the repatriation of the engraved shield …

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Sharjah Biennial Announces Artists for 2025 Edition, Will Feature Works by Arthur Jafa, Lorna Simpson and More

Hajra Waheed, Hum II, 2023, installation view at Sharjah Biennial 15. ©Hajra Waheed/Courtesy the artist and mor charpentier The Sharjah Art Foundation has announced the artists participating in the 16th Sharjah Biennial, set to run from February 6, through June 15, 2025. The exhibition, one of the premier international showcases of its kind, will feature …

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Man Agrees to Guilty Plea for Trafficking Stolen Andy Warhol Print of Vladimir Lenin Worth $175,000

The same art gallery which sold the print helped identify it as stolen. Courtesy of US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California A man has pled guilty to a federal charge of trafficking after trying to sell a stolen Andy Warhol print of Vladimir Lenin to an auction house. A press release from …

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France and Madagascar Form Committee to Review Repatriation of Colonial-Era Remains

Conservatory at Natural History Museum in Paris. Getty Images On Thursday, the culture ministers of France and Madagascar announced a joint effort to begin the process of repatriating human remains seized while the African nation was under French colonial rule. Officials from both countries revealed the appointment of a joint scientific committee to conduct a …

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