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Artemisia Gentileschi, Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Courtesy Christie’s An early self-portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi broke a record for the Italian Baroque painter when it sold at Christie’s in New York for $5.69 million—well over its estimate of $2.5 million to $3.5 million. As reported by Artnet News, “The previous auction high for a …

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Eimear Walshe was arrested in 2024 for a protest against the US military’s involvement in Israel’s war in Gaza. ©Ciát Fahay Eimear Walshe, who represented Ireland at the 2024 Venice Biennale, will face trial starting tomorrow for a case centering around the artist’s involvement in a protest against the US military staged at an airport …

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Circular Sun House in Phoenix. Courtesy Realty ONE Group Frank Lloyd Wright’s so-called Circular Sun House—the last design completed by the famed architect before his death in 1959—is up for sale for $8.8 million. The look is sleek and futuristic, with consummate rhythm and flow. The setting is a hilltop in Phoenix …

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Albright Knox Art gallery. Public domain Janne Sirén, director of Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Art Gallery since 2013, used a museum loan to help finance a $710,000 home—more than half of which remains unpaid, including accrued interest, according to a state review. Buffalo News, citing data from the Erie County Comptroller’s Office, reported that prevailing interest rates …

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Tyanna Buie working on her installation Be the Change! for the Obama Presidential Center. Photo Kaylee Pugliese/Courtesy RISD Over the past year, the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago has announced groups of artists who have been commissioned to create site-specific installations for the center’s 19-acre campus. The most recent cohort includes Mark Bradford, Tyanna J. …

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The lobby of Doha’s M7 building. Nino Consorte of Seeing Things S Art Basel Qatar’s first edition doesn’t unfold in a convention center or a sealed-off fairground. Instead, it is embedded directly into the newly built Msheireb Downtown Doha. The fair spans two venues—the M7 building and the Doha Design District—set roughly two blocks apart, …

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Casa Batlló in Barcelona. AFP via Getty Images Casa Batlló, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Barcelona designed by the Catalan architect Antonio Gaudí, recently opened a new exhibition space designated for shows of contemporary art. The program opened last week with an exhibition of work by United Visual Artists (Matt Clark) and will continue …

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The Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Photo Elise Sinagra/Getty Images On Thursday night, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston issued a lengthy explanation about a recent round of layoffs that drew controversy, in part because many claimed the cuts unfairly targeted curators of color. The museum denied that this was the case. “All along, we …

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Yuko Mohri, a fast-rising Japanese sculptor, won the Calder Prize. Photo Lorenzo Palmi Yuko Mohri, a Japanese sculptor whose assemblages of fruit and found objects are in high demand on the international art circuit, has won yet another accolade: the Calder Prize, which is awarded by the namesake artist’s foundation and comes with $50,000. Mohri …

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Visitors in LACMA’s soon-to-open David Geffen Galleries with Todd Gray’s Octavia’s Gaze, 2025. Photo: Jonathan Urban/©Museum Associates/LACMA; Art: ©Todd Gray The Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced that it will open its long-awaited new building, officially called the David Geffen Galleries, on April 19 to members, who will have access to the building ahead …

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