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Giant mirrored globe and concert venue will rise on Miami Beach during art week

For his Faena Art commission, the Abu Dhabi-based artist Christopher Joshua Benton is creating a 28ft-tall sculpture that ...
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Legal troubles and family feud keep Klimt portrait off the market

The unfinished painting’s mysterious origins were further complicated by a family betrayal during the Second World War and, ...
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Major London museums join forces for new South Asian arts festival

The nine-day event will take over South Kensington's cultural quarter next summer, bringing together artists from India and ...
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All six of Edward Hopper’s early oils, long thought to be original works, revealed to be copies

In an exclusive extract from his new Edward Hopper biography, Louis Shadwick tracks down the original works—many reproduced ...
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Before banana fame, Maurizio Cattelan made ends meet delivering letters—and sperm

The art world’s most mischievous japester, Maurizio Cattelan, showed his more human side in a recent interview in The ...
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As France is rocked by explosive protests, art school students have their say

Speaking before nationwide demonstrations escalated on Saturday, students at various art schools discuss why they have felt ...
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British Museum’s Red Ball sparks Energy Embargo for Palestine protests

While protests occurred outside the ball, the museum announced an anonymous £30m donation toward its masterplan redevelopment ...
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Hungarian art community takes stock of populist Orbán era’s enormous toll

After 16 years of Fidesz rule, artists and cultural institutions assess the damage and consider what comes next ...
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‘It has nothing to do with Michelangelo’: expert wades in on painting newly attributed to Renaissance master

Earlier this month, the Belgian art historian Michel Draguet published to much fanfare a 600-page report on what he contends is a newly discovered painting by Michelangelo. Draguet has entitled the ...
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Exhibition highlights overlooked William Morris collection and his collaborations with women makers

Fitzwilliam Museum show in Cambridge displays drawings, paintings and designs acquired by Sydney Cockerell, a friend and private secretary of the English designer ...
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Collection of Monsoon founder Peter Simon becomes highest value single-owner collection ever sold at Christie's London

The Peter Simon Collection became the highest value single-owner collection ever sold at Christie's London bringing in ...
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Jewellers Buccellati create collection inspired by Venetian lace-making

Called Serenissima, the jewels use finely wrought metals to capture the art of the lace makers found on the island of Burano ...