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20Museums & heritageTbilisi ‘rebel’ artist Karlo Kacharava’s visions of glasnost Georgia are getting a posthumous re-evaluation—will a market one follow?
Though an obscure name among international art circles, the late artist and poet Karlo Kacharava is something of a legend in his...
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13ExhibitionsJulia Scher restages post-9/11 surveillance installation in New York
Is our collective security worth the sacrifice of individual privacy? If TikTok and Instagram provide any answer, it might be that we...
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22BooksWill Rybolovlev’s courtroom loss be the art market’s gain?
After three weeks, the closely watched civil fraud trial between Sotheby’s and the Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev reached its finale in a...
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22PodcastsJoan Jonas at the Museum of Modern Art, New York ★★★★★
When was the last time you witnessed the birth of a sperm whale? Were personally greeted by the artist at the entrance...
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43ColumnsEx-husband of murdered gallerist Brent Sikkema arrested in New York
The ex-husband of art dealer Brent Sikkema, who was murdered in his Rio de Janeiro apartment in January, has been arrested in...
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26ArtHow Constantin Brâncuși shaped the course of sculpture in the 20th century
Growing up in rural Romania, Constantin Brâncuși (1876-1957) learned how to carve wood before he taught himself to read and write. After...
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23Museums & heritageArtist’s film marks fourth anniversary of UK Covid-19 lockdown
A film documenting the impact and aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK will be shown this week at Flowers gallery...
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26ExhibitionsDid Van Gogh’s brother Theo have syphilis?
For many years it was regarded as distasteful to suggest that Theo van Gogh, the painter’s brother, died of syphilis. Theo’s son,...
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35BooksMetropolitan Museum hires Sotheby’s veteran to lead its provenance research team
Nearly a year after the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York announced the creation of an internal provenance research team, the...
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24PodcastsJewish history museum in Philadelphia would become part of Smithsonian under proposed legislation
Four years after a brush with bankruptcy, the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia may become part of the...
