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29BooksCollectors withdraw works from Barbican show after centre pulls its support for talk on Israel-Hamas war
Two collectors have withdrawn works they had loaned to an exhibition at the Barbican Centre, following the London institution’s decision not to...
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35PodcastsNew documentary traces Iranian artist Nickzad Nodjoumi’s quest to retrieve his paintings decades after the Islamic Revolution
When the artist Nickzad Nodjoumi decided to flee Iran in the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution, he had to move fast. An...
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40ColumnsLaurene Powell Jobs’s non-profit buys San Francisco Art Institute and its $50m Diego Rivera mural
Almost a year after declaring bankruptcy, the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), and the famed multi-million-dollar Diego Rivera mural gracing one of...
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37ArtParis court finds billionaire dealer Guy Wildenstein guilty of tax fraud
A Paris court today has found the French-American art dealer Guy Wildenstein guilty of tax fraud and has sentenced him to four...
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22Museums & heritageMuseums in the firing line as UK council funding crisis bites
When Woking Borough Council in south-east England issued a Section 114 notice in June 2023, cutting funding, the town’s award-winning gallery and...
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32Exhibitionshow the theatre was integral to Rembrandt’s art
Spotlights on the main characters, a loaded pause that precedes the action, expressions that speak through the decades: Rembrandt was not just...
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24BooksMeeting of Canadian and Italian prime ministers at Art Gallery of Ontario cancelled due to protest
A dinner for Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni hosted by Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau was to have taken place at the...
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44PodcastsMorgan Library and Museum receives gifts totalling $15m amid centennary celebrations
New York’s Morgan Library & Museum will receive two gifts totalling $15m to mark its centennial this year. The longtime museum trustee...
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37ColumnsJeffrey Gibson and Jennie C. Jones will transform the Metropolitan Museum’s outdoor spaces in 2025
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has commissioned the sonic and visual artist Jennie C. Jones and the multidisciplinary artist Jeffrey Gibson to...
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32ArtArchaeologists in Peru identified one of the oldest megalithic structures in the Americas
A circular stone plaza in Peru is one of the earliest known megalithic structures in the Americas, archaeologists have revealed. Located at...
