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Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, 1970, on the shore of the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, the renowned 54-year-old Land art installation on Utah’s Great Salt Lake, has officially been added to the National Register of Historic Places. Overseen by the National Park Service, a subdivision of the U.S. …

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A rape is being investigated at the Groucho Club on Dean Street in Soho. In Pictures via Getty Images London’s Groucho Club will reopen in January following an allegation of rape on its premises. The members-only had its license temporarily suspended last month amid a police investigation into the claim. Artfarm, a hospitality company set …

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St. Mark’s Square in Venice. AFP via Getty Images Venice will double its tourist entry fee to €10 in 2025, despite data that suggest the measure failed to reduce visitor numbers during its trial period in 2024. The initial €5 fee was implemented to curb overtourism in a city that has become known for it. …

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OpenAI officially launched the AI video generation model Sora in Suqian, Jiangsu, China, on December 10. Photo Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images The UK government is considering an upgrade of its “right to personality” law that could gain artists new safeguards against generative artificial intelligence models capable of mimicking their styles. Per the Financial Times, the …

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Phillips CEO Martin Wilson. Courtesy Phillips. Phillips has named Martin Wilson as the house’s new chief executive officer amid another leadership shuffle, succeeding Ed Dolman, who held the dual position of CEO and executive chairman over the last year, and is now departing from the house after ten years. Wilson previously served as Phillips’ chief …

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Tal and Oren Alexander. Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Oren and Tal Alexander, major luxury real estate brokers in New York and Miami, were arrested Wednesday in Miami on federal sex trafficking charges. Their brother, Alon, who was not a broker, was also arrested. A federal indictment unsealed Wednesday accuses the brothers of conspiring to “repeatedly …

Alexander Brothers, Real Estate Agents to the Super-Rich and Occasional Art World Partiers, Arrested Read More »

Hauser & Wirth’s Los Angeles gallery. Photo Joshua Targownik/targophoto.com As part of its programming for the upcoming Frieze Los Angeles fair, Hauser & Wirth will restage David Hammons’s iconic work Concerto in Black and Blue (2002) for the first time since its debut more than 20 years ago. The only time Concerto in Black and …

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Naomi Beckwith. Photo Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Guggenheim Museum Naomi Beckwith, the Guggenheim Museum’s deputy director and chief curator, will curate the 2027 edition of Documenta, a closely watched art exhibition that takes place once every five years in Kassel, Germany. She is the first Black woman ever to curate the show in its 69-year …

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Interior view of Pace African & Oceanic Art, 2024. Courtesy Pace African & Oceanic Art Pace African & Oceanic Art announced via social media that it will officially close its doors on Friday, December 13. The news of the closure was confirmed by ARTnews with director Carlo Bella. Pace African & Oceanic Art is owned …

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The painting at the center of the legal battle – ‘Cut Melon.’ COURTESY CHRISTIE’S Christie’s has filed a lawsuit in Paris against Italian real estate investor Nanni Bassani Antivari, who the house asserts is refusing to pay for a work purchased at Christie’s France in June. In legal filings obtained by the Art Newspaper, Christie’s …

Christie’s is Suing an Italian Real Estate Investor for Allegedly Refusing to Pay $28 M. for Chardin Painting Read More »