Rembrandt van Rijn, Young Lion Resting (ca. 1638-42). I Dominique Surh. Image courtesy of The Leiden Collection A 17th-century drawing of a lion by Rembrandt could become the most expensive work on paper ever sold at auction, according to the Art Newspaper, with proceeds fittingly ear-marked for big cat conservation. American collector and precious-metals mogul Thomas …
Emerging ruins in Inwa, Myanmar following a massive earthquake. Courtesy Myanmar’s Department of Archaeology and National Museum The ruins of a possible water palace from the Konbaung Dynasty era have emerged following the massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Myanmar late last month. The earthquake that killed thousands of people and damaged infrastructure and structures across …
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A top-down view of the proposed Freedom Plaze. The prospective Museum of Freedom and Democracy is the circular building in the center. Courtesy of OJB In December, New York’s Gaming Facility Location Board will decide who in New York City gets one of three downstate licenses for a casino. There are currently 11 major multibillion-dollar …
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Sandro Botticelli’s The Virgin Adoring the Child (1480/1490) is on loan from the National Gallery of Art to the Flint Institute of Arts in Michigan. National Gallery of Art, Samuel H. Kress Collection A Rembrandt in Denver. A Botticelli in Flint, Michigan. A Rothko in Boise. An O’Keeffe in Anchorage. Masterpieces from the collection of …
Shuang Li, <Deja Vu, 2022. Courtest Foundazione Prada/Peres Projects. Christian Otto, a Berlin-based attorney, has been appointed as the insolvency administrator for Peres Projects, an influential contemporary art gallery founded by Javier Peres, 53. The Berlin district court placed the gallery under provisional insolvency administration in February, following allegations of financial distress first reported by …
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Douglas Coupland’s public art installation Tom Thomson’s Canoe (2008) prior to the suspected arson. Photo Tara Walton/Toronto Star via Getty Images A public art installation by Douglas Coupland in Toronto was destoryed by a fire last week, in what local police are calling arson. Coupland’s piece was an homage to one of Canada’s most well-known painters, …
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The White House. Getty Images In the latest legal challenge to the Trump administration from the cultural sector, the largest union of museum and library professionals in the United States has sued to block efforts to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The lawsuit was filed in in the US District Court …
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The restored sculpture by Eric Gill behind protective glass on the exterior of BBC Broadcasting House in London, photographed on April 9. Photo Yui Mok/PA Images via Getty Images The BBC Broadcasting House in London has restored a sculpture by Eric Gill, an artist associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement who is also known …
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Bernard Arnault. Photo Julien de Rosa/AFP via Getty Images ARTnews Top 200 collectors Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault, and Alice Walton have lost additional billions during the last three trading days after $10 trillion in stock market sell-offs in response to the new “reciprocal” tariffs against all other nations and the increased likelihood of a global recession due to …
Max Kozloff. Bettmann Archive via Getty Images Max Kozloff, a critic who influentially collapsed the divide between art and politics that was erected by formalists who came before him, died on April 6 at 91. His death was announced this week by his wife, the artist Joyce Kozloff. Kozloff made his name during the 1970s …
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