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Gas Pipeline Excavations Turn Up 10th-Century Cemetery in Northern Poland

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View of LOTOS Oil Refinery in Gdansk, Poland, 2022. Photo Omar Marques/Getty Images Archaeologists in Poland have uncovered a 10th-century cemetery containing the remains of 24 people during gas pipeline construction near the village of Borkowo, in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. The discovery, first reported by Science in Poland, was made by researchers from the Alagierscy Archaeological Workshop …

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Pemberton Asset Management Buys Bonhams from Private Equity Firm Epiris for Undisclosed Sum

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Bonhams in London. Courtesy Bonhams Pemberton Asset Management, a European private credit manager, has acquired Bonhams from the private equity firm Epiris for an undisclosed sum. In an email sent by Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard, the chairman of Bonhams’s board, to staff and seen by ARTnews, he wrote: “Today marks the start of a new chapter for …

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Louvre Staff Boo Director Over Security Failures, as Museum Stays Closed Until Wednesday

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The Louvre Museum is closed for the day after a robbery in Paris, France, on October 19, 2025. NurPhoto via Getty Images Following the theft of some of its priceless jewels on Sunday, the Louvre Museum remains closed today, and is not expected to reopen until Wednesday, according to the institution’s website and social media. …

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The ARTnews Accord: Solana Chehtman and Chris Sharp on Why Artists Should Take Estate Planning Seriously

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Chris Sharp (left) and Solana Chehtman. Illustrations by Joe McKendry As director of artist programs at the Joan Mitchell Foundation, Solana Chehtman oversees the foundation’s programs related to artists’ legacies. As Mitchell stipulated before her death in 1992, the foundation has devoted attention to the needs of other artists via grants, fellowships, and convenings focused …

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This Year’s Most Important Museum Donations From Top International Collectors

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Illustration by Daniela Hritcu A look at important gifts from top collectors to global institutions this year, including a trove of 6,500 photographs from German investment banker Arthur Walther to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and over 2,000 French artworks from the 16th to the 19th centuries to the Art Institute of Chicago from Jeffrey …

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British Museum’s Star-Studded Fundraising Gala Interrupted by Protestor

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Black gold: London’s British Museum signed a $63 million deal with BP in 2023. Mike Kemp/Pictures via Getty Images The British Museum’s inaugural fundraising gala on Saturday, October 18 drew the expected big-name artists, art world movers and shakers, politicians, and celebrities alike—plus protestors with the group Energy Embargo for Palestine. During the event, an …

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A 1957 Frank Lloyd Wright-Designed Home Added to the National Register of Historic Places

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Kalil House, Manchester, New Hampshire Currier Museum of Art. Kalil House, a 1957 Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home in New Hampshire, has been named to the National Register of Historic Places, according to the New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources. Located in Manchester, New Hampshire, it is one of only seven of Wright’s “Usonian Automatic” homes …

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Ice Sculpture Spelling ‘Democracy’ Melts on National Mall in Washington, DC

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Members of the National Guard walk by a 3,000-pound ice sculpture by artists Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese on the National Mall in Washington, DC, 2025. Photo Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images As of this morning, the 3,000-pound ice sculpture spelling out “Democracy” placed yesterday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. has …

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