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Alma Allen Luis Garvan/Courtesy Perrotin Alma Allen, the sculptor chosen to represent the United States at this year’s edition of the Venice Biennale, has joined Galerie Perrotin, a blue-chip French gallery with locations in Paris, London, Hong Kong, New York, Seoul, Tokyo, Shanghai, Dubai, and Los Angeles. As ARTnews’s Maximilíano Durón and Sarah Douglas reported upon …

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The “KING OF THE WORLD” sculpture by The Secret Handshake in Washington, D.C. Courtesy The Secret Handshake The anonymous artists behind The Secret Handshake, the guerrilla public art statue of President Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, are at it again. On Tuesday, the group emailed ARTnews with photos of a new statue placed in Washington, …

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Thaddeus Mosley. Nate Guidry Photography Thaddeus Mosley, a sculptor whose abstractions formed from reused wood earned him a significant, fervent following in the late stages of his career, died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Friday at 99. His family announced his passing, with his son, Pittsburgh City Councilman Khari Mosley, calling him “a dedicated family man, …

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Spell 117, from the Book of the Dead of Ramose, showing alterations made to the figure of the jackal. ©The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge The ancient Egyptians used an early version of correction fluid to fix errors on artworks and documents, researchers have found. The news was first reported by the Times of London. …

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Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Museum Security (Broadway Meltdown), from 1983, will head to sale at Sotheby’s with an estimate “in excess of $45 million,” the house said. Courtesy Sotheby’s A painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat will head to auction at Sotheby’s this May with an estimate “in excess of $45 million,” the house announced on Monday, poising it …

$45 M. Basquiat Painting, ‘A Storied Masterpiece,’ Heads to Auction at Sotheby’s Read More »

An installation view of “Doron Langberg: Landscapes” at Jeffrey Deitch. © Doron Langberg Courtesy the artist, Victoria Miro, and Jeffrey Deitch, New York; Photo Genevieve Hanson On Friday, Doron Langberg, one of the most successful and well-known Israeli artists working today, will open his first New York exhibition in seven years at Jeffrey Deitch’s Tribeca …

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Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area on the outskirts of the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbeck in the Bekaa valley on October 31, 2024. Photo by Nidal SOLH / AFP) (Photo by NIDAL SOLH/AFP via Getty Images) Lebanon’s Ministry of Culture has appealed to UNESCO to provide additional …

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The closed pavilion of Russia pictured at the 2022 Venice Biennale. Photo James Arthur Gekiere/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images The forthcoming Venice Biennale will see the first Russian Pavilion since the onset of the nation’s war in Ukraine in 2022, and few outside Russia seem happy about it. Ukraine itself issued a blistering statement about …

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Nicholas R. Bell will be the next director and CEO of the Royal Ontario Museum. Courtesy Royal Ontario Museum The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto has named Nicholas R. Bell as its next director and CEO. Bell, who was selected via an international search, will start in the role on July 6. He succeeds Josh …

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WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 22: U.S. President Donald Trump displays a rendering of his proposed $250 million White House ballroom as he meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House on October 22, 2025 in Washington, DC. Less than a week after hosting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump …

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