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Pace Embroiled in $1 M. Lawsuit Over Contested Louise Nevelson Sculpture

An image of the contested sculpture, Nevelson Estate Inventory #30006, from the 1993 O’Toole-Ewald Appraisal. Court documents/Beloff Complaint Days before a Louise Nevelson sculpture was scheduled to hit the auction block at Sotheby’s in May 2022, one of the most powerful figures in the late artist’s market, Arne Glimcher, declared it inauthentic. Now the consigner …

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Art Experts Demand Russia Be Ejected from ICOM for Violating Code of Ethics

Cranes and workers board up the windows of the Transfiguration Cathedral damaged as a result of a missile strike in Odesa. AFP via Getty Images A group of arts professionals has called on the International Council of Museums (ICOM), a non-governmental organization that sets industry standards for participating museums, to eject Russia for violating the …

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Three Humanities Organizations Sue NEH Over Its ‘Dismantling’

The NEH building in Washington, D.C. Photo Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images Three humanities-focused organizations have filed a lawsuit against both the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) over the “dismantling” of the former organization. Filed on May 1 in United States District Court for the Southern District of New …

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US Participation in 2026 Venice Biennale Appears in Jeopardy Amidst Trump Arts Overhaul

The 2024 Venice Biennale. Simone Padovani/Getty Images As President Donald Trump systematically guts the United States’ art programs and funding to roll out an aesthetic program of his own making, questions around the country’s participation in the forthcoming 2026 Venice Biennale loom large. In a new piece for Vanity Fair, culture correspondent Nate Freeman tried …

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Major Art Patrons Donated to Trump Inauguration: Report

Artists and galleries are bracing themselves for Trump’s presidency. Photo Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Major art collectors Warren Stephens, Ken Griffin, and Paul Singer, as well as Charles and Helen Schwab were among the top individual donors to President Donald Trump’s inauguration fundraising committee. The top individual donor to President Trump’s 2025 inauguration was Stephens, who …

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Dara Birnbaum, Video Artist Whose Pivotal Works Talked Back to the Media, Dies at 78

Dara Birnbaum. Photo Francesca D’Amico Dara Birnbaum, a video artist who forever changed her medium with works that rebelled against the mainstream media, has died on Friday at 78. A spokesperson for Marian Goodman Gallery, her longtime representative, confirmed her death but did not specify a cause. Hosts of video artists working today owe a …

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‘Physically Suffering’ Life Models in Florence Are Threatening Legal Action Over Working Conditions

Accademia di belle arti. Florence. (Photo by: Giovanni Mereghetti/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Education Images/Universal Image Life models in Florence are threatening court action against the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze in a bid to improve working conditions. They have also said they might protest naked in public. Nude models at the …

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Los Angeles Lakers Player Luka Dončić Quietly Funds Restoration of Vandalized Kobe and Gigi Bryant Mural

A mural depicting Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna by artist Mr Brainwash, 2025, Los Angeles, California. Photo Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Luka Dončić may be new to Los Angeles, but he’s already acting like a local. The Lakers’ newest star stepped in to cover the full cost of restoring a mural of Kobe and Gigi …

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London’s National Gallery Acquires Curious Altarpiece by Unknown Artist for $20 M.

Emma Capron, curator of early Netherlandish and German paintings at the National Gallery said the artwork is “full of iconographical oddities.” © The National Gallery, London To celebrate its bicentenary, London’s National Gallery has purchased a curious altarpiece for $20 million that it was eyeing for decades. Titled The Virgin and Child with Saints Louis …

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