Bob Monk. Courtesy Wendy Monk Bob Monk, a Gagosian director who was with the gallery for more than 20 years, working closely with artists such as Ed Ruscha and Richard Artschwager, died on December 15 at 75. His ex-wife, Wendy Monk, said the cause was complications from a heart condition. Monk was a quiet force …
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The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History in Baltimore, Maryland. Raymond Boyd/Getty Images The leadership of Baltimore’s Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture is working to iron out problems uncovered in an August 15 audit by the Maryland Department of Legislative Services, according to a report in …
The statue of Joan of Arc in Paris without a sword. Photo by Blanca CRUZ/AFP A statue of Joan of Arc in Paris’s 8th arrondissement is missing a sword after a man broke it off and swiped it for reasons not yet known. As reported by Le Parisien, the incident occurred on Monday morning, when …
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Visitors to the Grand Egyptian Museum in December 2025. Photo Ahmed Gomaa/Xinhua via Getty Images After more than a decade of anticipation, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), the largest museum devoted to a single civilization, has fully opened its exhibitions, including the long-awaited King Tutankhamun halls. Originally announced in 2002, the idea for the museum …
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Guy Wildenstein. ©MATTHEW PARRY Guy Wildenstein has stepped down from the office of president at the internationally known gallery Wildenstein & Co. after some 35 years in the post. Wildenstein, 80, will be replaced by his son David, 46, who has been vice president in charge of the investment division and the real estate portfolio. …
Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, L’Âge d’Or (still), 1930. Public Domain With each passing year, new artworks are shorn of their copyright protections and entered into the public domain, allowing them to be used freely, without express permission from the estates that steward these pieces. This year, pieces by Salvador Dalí, José Clemente Orozco, and …
The return of the Piprahwa relics in July. Photo Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images The Indian government has unveiled an array of Buddha-linked relics that were repatriated to the country after initially being set for sale at Sotheby’s last year. It is the first time that these artifacts, known as the Piprahwa relics, are …
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Bella Maria Varela, Shark Bait ooh hahaha, 2021, installation view in “Soy de Tejas,” at the Cheech, Riverside California. Photo Maximilíano Durón/ARTnews 2025 has felt especially unrelenting. January brought devastating wildfires to Los Angeles, my hometown. Dozens of artists lost their homes and their work. Altadena, a creative hub of Black creativity for decades and, …
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An archaeology team from Texas Tech University, in collaboration with Texas Historical Commission archaeologists, found the site in Jackson County, Texas, on a private ranch near the Presidio la Bahía and Fort St. Louis. Photo: Texas Tech University The long-lost mission of Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo, one of the earliest outposts of Europe’s colonial …
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The discovery site in the western Nile Delta. Courtesy Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists working in the western Nile Delta of Egypt discovered remnants of an “extensive industrial complex” from as far back as the 5th century B.C.E. as well as a Roman cemetery that suggests the area was fertile ground for civilization …
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