Adam Chinn Courtesy IAF. For two years, Adam Chinn, former chief operating officer at Sotheby’s, has been quietly building the boutique art lending firm, International Art Finance with funding and support from members of the Nahmad family. In a recent interview with ARTnews, Chinn revealed that firm has now disbursed nearly $400 million in loans …
Argentinian sculptor Adrián Villar Rojas will premiere a new work in November. Credit Panos Kokkinias Audemars Piguet Contemporary (APC) and the Aspen Art Museum (AAM) have co-commissioned a new sculpture by Adrián Villar Rojas that will be unveiled in November in the Jura Mountains before traveling to the latter institution for a multi-floor exhibition in …
Break a leg: The man’s chair-crushing performance was caught on CCTV. Palazzo Maffei The Palazzo Maffei museum in the Italian city of Verona has called on people to “respect art” after a visitor was filmed on CCTV breaking a chair covered in shimmering Swarovski crystals. The footage, which was captured back in April, shows a man …
The Orange County Museum of Art. Photo Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group via Getty Images The University of California, Irvine, said it is discussing the possibility of a deal with the Orange County Museum of Art in Costa Mesa that would see the institutions merge. “UC Irvine and the Orange County Museum of Art are exploring a …
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Design Miami will have a new 14-day event at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul, South Korea in September. ⓒ 2024. Seoul Design Foundation Design Miami recently announced its events for its 20th anniversary year, including a new initiative which aims to highlight local design communities. Design Miami will hold a one-day event in Aspen …
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Joel Shapiro, 2008. Getty Images Joel Shapiro, an acclaimed Post-Minimalist sculptor whose work explored shifts in scale and perception, died on Saturday at 83. His death was announced on Sunday by Pace Gallery. The New York Times reported that he had been battling acute myeloid leukemia. Shapiro’s work has been seen widely, in particular his …
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Joyce Joumaa and Rhea Dillon. Courtesy Baloise Art Prize The Baloise Art Prize, a $36,800 award given out to two artists participating in the Statements sector of Art Basel annually, has this year gone to Rhea Dillon and Joyce Joumaa. Dillon’s work was brought to the fair by London’s Soft Opening gallery, whose booth showcased …
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Smoke billows in the distance from an oil refinery following an Israeli strike on the Iranian capital Tehran on June 17, 2025. AFP via Getty Images Israel and Iran have taken measures to safeguard their cultural property amid escalating hostilities between the neighboring countries, which has included air strikes on cosmopolitan centers. Iran’s Cultural Heritage …
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The National Portrait Gallery. Photo Kevin Carter/Getty Images Kim Sajet, director of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., will depart her post following a social media post by President Donald Trump in which he said he had fired her. Legal experts and art historians have questioned whether Trump has the ability to fire anyone …
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A total of 75 ancient tombs were unearthed in eastern China in 2024. Courtesy of the Anhui Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, Qianshan Cultural Relics Protection Center and the Qianshan Museum Archaeologists have discovered a group of 75 ancient tombs in eastern China, some of them 2,000-years-old from the Han Dynasty. Between April …
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