Tiffany Studios, designed by Agnes Northrop, Mountain Landscape (Root Memorial Window), 1917. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, acquired a monumental landscape stained-glass window created by Tiffany Studios, marking the first window of its kind to enter the museum’s collection. Measuring approximately nine feet tall by …
Kerry James Marshall’s Past Times (1997) before it headed to auction at Sotheby’s. Photo Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images According to multiple reports this week, rapper and record executive Sean Combs may see many of his assets seized by the Department of Justice if he is found guilty of sex trafficking, a charge that he …
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The Victory stone relief found at Vindolanda in England. Courtesy the Vindolanda Trust A couple of volunteer archaeologists participating in an excavation unearthed a Roman depiction of the winged goddess of victory near Hadrian’s Wall. The Vindolanda site contains an important Roman fort near Hexham, Northumberland, in England. Couple Dilys and Jim Quinlan have been volunteering …
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Gustav Klimt’s 1897 portrait of Prince William Nii Nortey Dowuona. Courtesy Wienerroither and Kolbacher The rediscovery of a Gustav Klimt painting of a West African prince generated headlines far and wide when it appeared at the TEFAF Maastricht art fair this past March, with lengthy stories appearing in mainstream outlets such as the Associated Press …
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M7, the future home of Art Basel Qatar. Photo Julius Hirtzberger/Courtesy Art Basel. Art Basel, which operates four fairs wordwild, said today that it would partner with Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) and QC+ to launch a fair in Doha next February, marking the first major art fair in the Middle East. The news of this …
Yan Du, the founder of YDP, says the project happened “very organically.” courtesy YDP This October, Chinese collector and philanthropist Yan Du will open a new nonprofit space supporting artists from Asian backgrounds in London’s Bloomsbury district. Called Yan Du Projects (YDP), it is located in a huge, Grade 1-listed, 18th-century Georgian townhouse in Bedford …
“Two staff members of the Israeli embassy were shot this evening at close range while attending a Jewish event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington DC,” Israeli embassy spokesperson, Tal Naim Cohen, wrote on X. Anadolu via Getty Images A gunman shot dead two Israeli embassy staffers on Wednesday night as they were leaving …
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Rendering of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Courtesy Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, Los Angeles The forthcoming Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles has laid off 15 full-time employees, representing 14 percent of its full-time staff. An additional seven part-time employees also had their roles eliminated, according to the Los Angeles Times, …
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Jean Siméon Chardin, The Cut Melon, 1760. Courtesy Christie’s Jean Siméon Chardin’s 1760 painting The Cut Melon is officially headed to the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, after a failed attempt to win it at auction. Last June, the Chardin painting set a new record for the artist when it sold for $30.3 …
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Four of the ten glass spearheads being returned by the Fowler Museum. Courtesy of the Fowler Museum, UCLA The Fowler Museum at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) recently returned 11 objects to an Aboriginal community in Northern Australia. A kangaroo tooth headband and 10 glass spearheads, some of which are more than 100 …
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