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24ArtBlockbuster Pop art show in Mumbai marks a new type of exhibition for India
When Nita Ambani, India’s wealthiest woman, opened her eponymous cultural centre in Mumbai last March, many in the art world were intrigued....
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42Museums & heritagepublic art database to document the UK’s murals
More than 5,000 murals across the UK will be digitally recorded as part of an ambitious new initiative led by the art...
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24ExhibitionsGraphic memoir charts an ominous journey from Fidel Castro’s Cuba to Donald Trump’s America
On the cover of the graphic memoir Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey, which follows the artist and illustrator Edel Rodriguez from 1970s...
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28BooksPhillips’s selling show of contemporary Indigenous art reflects surge in curatorial interest
Just after ringing in the New Year, Phillips opened the doors of its Park Avenue headquarters for New Terrains, a selling exhibition...
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24PodcastsMerger of Freeman’s and Hindman auction houses targets upper-middle market growth
After a soft 2023 for the world’s largest auction houses, this year opened with news of a significant merger in the sector’s...
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30Columnsthe Städel Museum in Frankfurt shows off its Honoré Daumier bequest
Daumier bequest from Hans-Jürgen HellwigStädel Museum, FrankfurtThe Städel Museum’s new show of 120 graphic works by Honoré Daumier (1808-79), running until 12...
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28Art30 archaeological artefacts returned to Mexican authorities in Los Angeles ceremony
Anthropomorphic ceramic figures, necklace beads, vessels and more archaeological objects were turned over to Mexican authorities, including the country’s visiting secretary of...
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25Museums & heritageA string of new exhibitions shows that textile art is finally being taken seriously
Textiles and fabric loomed large in the life and art of Louise Bourgeois. So her response to the 1969 show Wall Hangings...
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23ExhibitionsNew York governor seeks removal of problematic images of Native Americans
Kathy Hochul, the governor of New York, has proposed removing depictions of Native Americans from New York’s State Capitol building in Albany....
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26BooksProtester charged for defacing African American Civil War memorial at US National Gallery of Art
Jackson Green, an activist from Utah, has been arrested and charged with defacing a memorial to Black Civil War soldier at the...
