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Jan 16
International
Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey pay visit to Georges Seurat masterpiece at the Art Institute of Chicago

The "Wicked" songbirds stopped by the museum in advance of their summer 2027 roles in Sondheim's "Sunday in the Park with George", inspired by the...

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Jan 16
International
Beatriz González, indefatigable force in Colombian art, has died, aged 93

One of the most important Latin American artists of the 20th century, she influenced the direction of post-war painting and helped shape...

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Jan 16
International
Member of museum theft ring that stole works by Warhol and Pollock sentenced to two years in prison

Joseph Atsus was sentenced to 48 months in prison for his role in a string of robberies at museums in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York,...

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Jan 16
International
San Francisco museum rejects permanent space in favour of site-specific exhibitions

For the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco’s nomadic debut, the artists Lily Kwong and Tara Donovan have devised projects using nature...

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Jan 16
International
Amoako Boafo solo exhibition to open in Venice during 2026 Biennale

Gagosian will bring the Ghanaian artist to Venice's Palazzo Grimani in May

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Jan 16
International
Hawai’i at the British Museum, a Venice palazzo for sale, Joseph Beuys’s ‘Bathtub’—podcast

Ben Luke hears about the British Museum’s fresh approach to the stewardship of its collection of Hawaiian objects, discusses the eerie history...

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Jan 16
International
Why this rarely seen Van Gogh self-portrait deserves more attention

Van Gogh’s “Self-portrait with bandaged Ear and Pipe” shows that the painter had lost none of his artistic skill—and it has an unexpected story

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Jan 16
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Peruvian artist Antonio Paucar wins UK’s Artes Mundi prize

Paucar’s works and those of five other shortlisted artists are on show at venues across Wales

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Jan 16
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In the age of AI, can art expertise be digitised?

Artificial intelligence attempts to offer objectivity in the inherently subjective field of authentication

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Jan 16
International
‘Repressionist’ artist Pavel Krisevich forced to flee Russia

The performance artist, who has faced multiple arrests, now lives in Montenegro

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Jan 16
International
French court cancels €2.8m sale of Chinese vase after eight-year wrangle over date

The Paris court of appeal has ordered Galerie Kraemer to repay Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani what he paid after experts “raised doubts”...

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Jan 15
International
Work by Edgar Degas among £59.7m haul of art donated to UK public collections in exchange for tax benefits

Works by Ben Nicholson, Vanessa Bell and Bill Brandt were also among works given to the nation in 2024-25 to settle £39.3m worth of tax

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Jan 15
International
Kochi Biennale co-founder Bose Krishnamachari steps down as president

The artist and curator has resigned from his position at the Kochi Biennale Foundation citing “pressing family reasons”

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Jan 15
International
Lehmann Maupin takes permanent space in Mayfair’s No. 9 Cork Street

It is the first year-round tenant in the Frieze-run central London gallery hub

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Jan 15
International
Iranian galleries close amid protests and communications blackout

Uncertainty has gripped life and art in Iran as unrest continues—Trump's threats of military intervention, meanwhile, have ramped up tensions

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Jan 15
International
The road to ‘Fridamania’: how Frida Kahlo became a global phenomenon

A new show will explore the Mexican artist's complex personality and her rise to fame over the past 50 years

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Jan 15
International
‘It’s madness’: David Hockney blasts plans to loan Bayeux Tapestry to UK

The artist says he is concerned about the “physical and environmental risks” posed by sending the work to the British Museum

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Jan 14
International
Trump eyes site near National Mall for ‘Garden of American Heroes’

The location, although not yet official, would legally require the project to undergo a rigorous review process and receive congressional approval

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Jan 14
International
Luhring Augustine co-founder steps down to pursue philanthropy

Roland Augustine helped start the influential Chelsea gallery more than 40 years ago

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Jan 14
International
Comment | Art and science rely on freedom of thought—and on each other

The two disciplines are connected ways of understanding the world

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