The 15-foot-tall pink granite false door at the tomb of Waserif Re in Saqqara, Egypt. Courtesy Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities The tomb of Prince Waserif Re, son of King Userkaf who founded ancient Egypt’s Fifth Dynasty and reigned from 2465 BCE to 2458 BCE, was excavated by archaeologists at the Saqqara necropolis, just southwest …
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RICHMOND, VA – FEBRUARY 09: The Virginia State flag and the American flag fly near the Virginia State Capitol, February 9, 2019 in Richmond, Virginia. Virginia state politics are in a state of upheaval, with Governor Ralph Northam, State Attorney General Mark Herring, both Democrats, and Republican Senate Majority Leader Tommy Norment involved with past …
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Pope Francis waves to thousands of followers as he arrives at the Manila Cathedral on January 16, 2015 in Manila, Philippines. Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines A SOMBER DAY. Pope Francis died Easter Monday at his home in Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican announced in a statement on social …
Archaeological excavations at the Al Ain necropolis in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Photo DCT Abu Dhabi The first major Iron Age cemetery in the United Arab Emirates has been unearthed in the Al Ain region of Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT Abu Dhabi) recently revealed. The 3,000-year-old necropolis is believed to …
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Matthew Barney, SECONDARY, 2023. © Matthew Barney. Production still: Julieta Cervantes. Courtesy of the artist, Gladstone Gallery, Sadie Coles HQ, Regen Projects, and Galerie Max Hetzler Since 2022, there has been near-constant talk of a soft art market, with the latest UBS Art Basel Report finding that global art sales contracted for the second consecutive …
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General view of the New Kingdom settlement found at Kom el-Nugus. Courtesy of Sylvain Dhennin/Antiquity Archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of an ancient Egyptian town dating back 3,400 years near the city of Alexandria, according to a recent study published in Antiquity. The researchers from the French National Centre for Scientific Research have theorized that …
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A person walks past Alberto Giacometti’s “Le Nez”, part of the Macklowe Collection, at Sotheby’s on November 5, 2021, in New York City. (Photo ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Billionaire collector and music mogul David Geffen has unequivocally refused calls from Justin Sun for the return of an Alberto Giacometti sculpture …
The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Photo Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images On Thursday, four members of the United States’ House of Representatives sent a letter to Vice President J.D. Vance urging him to reject an overhaul of the Smithsonian Institution. The letter was sent in response to President Donald Trump‘s “Restoring Truth and Sanity to …
KHERSON, UKRAINE – FEBRUARY 19: Ihor works as he shows the robbed treasury in the Art Museum, Kherson, Ukraine where was robbed of most of its exhibits and appear in various Russian museums now, within the 2nd anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war on February 19, 2024. (Photo by Wojciech Grzedzinski/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu via …
Directions (Merging), a new digital artwork by Mohammed Kazem, commissioned by Julius Baer. at Art Dubai. Getty Images for Art Dubai 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. Art Dubai opened to VIPs on Wednesday with all the familiar trappings of a …
