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Lucien Freud Denied Creating This Painting, but Experts Say He Did
Lucian Freud has always occupied a compelling corner of the art world; his viscerally unflattering portraits of the human form and his chaotic personal life have always been of interest, but this...
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A Banksy Painting Has Already Sold for $4 Million During Miami Art Week
If there’s one contemporary art world figure who can be relied upon to consistently rack up high prices, it’s Banksy: on Tuesday, Maddox Gallery sold Charlie Brown, a canvas made by the elusive...
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Willa Chasmsweet Wasserman: Exposing a Larger Queer History Through Painting
Willa Chasmsweet Wasserman’s paintings are the kind that stay with you for days. They give the viewer something new to experience in each interaction with her work. Wasserman describes her approach to...
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How Art Basel Miami Has Been Permanently Changed by NFTs and Crypto
There’s long been a lot of evidence that cryptocurrency and NFTs haven’t just changed conceptual digital environments, but that they’ve also had a concerted impact on the physical layout of our art...
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‘Liquid Reality’ at MoMA Explores the Intersections of Shigeko Kubota
Fluxus is everything we’re interested in now: mixed media, beyond categorization, collaborative processes. But Fluxus isn’t the first thing we talk about; it isn’t the toast of the table, or the...
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Events, Talks and Parties to Attend Before Art Basel Miami Beach Draws to a...
From dispatches on the ground, it’s more than evident that this year, Art Basel Miami Beach has been as chaotic, joyful, layered and semi-exhausting as it’s always been, despite the fact that the art...
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A Vaginal Ruth Bader Ginsburg NFT Is Being Sold to Raise Funds for Abortion...
This week, it became abundantly clear that nationwide abortion rights are extremely vulnerable to being overturned, kicking off a flurry of rage and dissenting voices on either side of the debate....
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These Ten Investors Are Driving the Conversation Around the Metaverse and NFTs
This last week, Art Basel Miami was aflutter with the gigantic sea change that’s fundamentally altered the art world: the solidification of the entrance of cryptocurrency, the blockchain and all...
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D.C.’s National Gallery Is Sending a Brass Cockerel Back to Nigeria
Amidst a rush of arts institutions clamoring to return looted objects to their countries of origin, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. has announced that it will return a brass cockerel...
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Nifty Gateway Just Hosted a Stunning $91.8 Million NFT Sale
For a while earlier this year, people tended to doubt that NFTs had the lasting staying power they’d need in order to permanently change the art market, but it’s pretty clear at this point that all...
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Ebony L. Haynes, David Zwirner’s New Star, Is Right In the Thick of It
During the chaos and joyful upheaval that represents Miami Art Week, the NADA Miami event stood out as a figurative painting-stuffed showcase of 170 galleries, many of which where helmed by...
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The American Antiquities Trade is Defined By Bad Actors
On Tuesday, Michael Steinhardt, an American billionaire and hedge fund manager, was officially banned for life from buying antiquities and handed over 180 items collectively worth $70 million....
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The Met Is Finally Removing the Sackler Name from Seven Exhibition Spaces
In a move all but guaranteed to generate a sweeping sea change in the art world and beyond, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced on Thursday that seven exhibition spaces in the museum that bore...
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After Coming Down, Charlottesville’s Stonewall Jackson Statue Is in High Demand
Stiff competition has broken out for the right to manipulate or make use of Confederate statuary being cast aside in Virginia: as of Thursday, reports are coming to the fore that say its likely that a...
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The Men’s and Women’s Sneakers You Need to Add to Your Wishlist ASAP
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The National Museum of Afghanistan Has Taliban Guards and a Faulty Generator
Since the Taliban staged a takeover of Afghanistan over the summer, ongoing questions have arisen regarding the safety and security of the country’s cultural heritage; these concerns have crystallized...
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$51.4 Million Is Being Awarded to New York City Cultural Institutions
The NYC Department of Cultural Affairs or DCLA announced this week that in time for the holiday season, Cultural Development Fund grants totaling $51.4 million are being allocated to nonprofit...
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The Cashmere Scarf: A Classic and Timeless Gift for a Chic Holiday
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Chanel Just Awarded $113,000 to Ten Artists With Its New Next Prize
On Monday, the luxury fashion house Chanel announced that it had awarded $113,000 apiece to 10 international artists as part of its inaugural Chanel Next Prize, an initiative begun earlier this year...
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Foundation and Topical Cream are Highlighting Gender Nonconforming Artists
The NFT art auction platform Foundation has made a business out of blending creative promotion and technological education, especially when it comes to helping artists bone up on NFTs: last week, the...
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