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Top 200 Collectors Alice Walton, Jeff Bezos, and Bernard Arnault Lose Billions Due to Stock Market Selloffs

Jeff Bezos lost billions in just two days on the stock market. Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for The New York Times ARTnews Top 200 collectors Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault, and Alice Walton lost billions on March 7 and March 10 after stock market sell-offs motivated by investor concerns about the new Trump tariffs and …

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A Stolen 16th Century Madonna Painting Is at the Center of Dispute Between Widow and Small Italian Museum

Madonna and Child by Antonio Solario Courtesy, Art Recovery International LLC A 16th-century painting stolen from an Italian museum more than half a century ago has resurfaced—not in a grand gallery or a private collection, but at the center of a bitter dispute between an English widow and a small-town museum in northern Italy. The work …

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Civil Liberties Union Sues National Endowment for the Arts, San Fran Museums Weighing Up Layoffs, Ricardo Scofidio Dies: Morning Links for March 07, 2025

Is the de Young Museum about to cut staff and slash opening hours? Hearst Newspapers via Getty Imag To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines ACLU SUES NEA OVER GENDER CLAUSE. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has sued the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), claiming that its new …

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Artist Rashid Johnson Models in Gabriela Hearst’s Fall 2025 Fashion Show

Rashid Johnson in Gabriela Hearst’s ready-to-wear fall 2025 line at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, 2025. Giovanni Giannoni/WWD This week, fashion designer Gabriela Hearst debuted her latest ready-to-wear fall 2025 line at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris as part of the city’s fashion week. Those in the crowd may have noticed some familiar …

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Jean-Michel Basquiat’s ‘Sabado por la Noche’ to Lead Christie’s Hong Kong Evening Sale, with $13 M. to $16 M. Estimate

Basquiat’s 1984 picture Sabado por la Noche (Saturday Night) Christie’s Images Ltd. 2025 A punchy hot pink and maroon painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat will be the top lot at Christie’s upcoming 20th/21st century evening sale in Hong Kong on March 28. Titled Sabado por la Noche (Saturday Night), the 6.5 foot by 7.5 foot work was …

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Archaeologists Discover Cache of Ancient Gold Jewelry in One of Egypt’s Most Famous Temples 

The Temple of Karnak in Luxor, Egypt, 2012. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons Archaeologists have discovered a collection of jewelry dating back to the early 26th Dynasty during excavation work in the northwestern part of the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt. The Temple of Karnak is one of Egypt’s most significant complexes, boasting as many as 20 …

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Chinese Architect Liu Jiakun Wins Pritzker Prize for Thoughtful, Human-Centered Design

Pritzker Prize winner Liu Jiakun’s West Village complex. photo courtesy of Chen Chen Liu Jiakun, a Chengdu-based architect known for his sensitive, place-driven approach to design, has been awarded the 2025 Pritzker Architecture Prize, the most prestigious honor in architecture. Liu, who has spent decades crafting a body of work rooted in the traditions and materials of …

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Securities Law Firm Announces Investigation of Soho House for Potential Breaches of Fiduciary Duty

Ron Burkle (L) with Soho House’s ex-CEO Nick Jones: Burkle and his affiliated firms collectively own 62.3 percent of voting power of Soho House’s voting stock. Dave Benett Securities law firm Bleichmar Fonti & Auld LLP (BFA) announced Friday that it is investigating Soho House, its board of directors, and its controlling stockholders for potential …

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Sotheby’s Successful Modern and Contemporary Evening Sale in London Nets $78.6 M., Shows Green Shoots for Art Market

Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary evening sale in London generated more than £62.5 million, an iota shy of the auction’s £66 million high estimate. courtesy Sotheby’s In the hour before Sotheby’s kicked off its midseason Modern and Contemporary evening sale in London Tuesday, a group of specialists huddled together outside The Windmill, a pub around the …

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Notre Dame Raffles Stones to Support Religious Heritage in France

Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. Courtesy AFP via Getty Images If you’ve ever wanted to own a piece of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, now is your chance! In an effort to raise funds to support France’s endangered religious landmarks and heritage sites, the medieval Catholic cathedral is raffling off around 50 stones from the iconic …

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