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10 April 2024

A U.K. Home Filled With Surreal Outsider Art Receives Protected Status

The former residence of outsider artist Ron Gittins in Birkenhead, a town in Merseyside, the U.K., has received Grade II listing by the country's Department for Culture, Media and Sport, giving it protected status. ... read more (external link)

10 April 2024

Yayoi Kusama Was the Top-Selling Contemporary Artist of 2023

Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese artist famed for her kaleidoscopic paintings and installations, made $80.9 million at auction last year, beating out David Hockney for the spot of top-selling contemporary artist of 2023. Per the latest Hiscox Artist Top 100 report, Hockney, who snagged the top title in 2022, earned $50.3 million in sales this past year. ... read more (external link)

10 April 2024

Employee Secretly Hangs His Own Art in German Museum, Spurring a Police Investigation

Visitors to Munich's Pinakothek der Moderne come for modernist treasures by Pablo Picasso, Franz Marc, Oskar Schlemmer, and the like. But this month, some visitors got to see something else they didn’t expect: the work of a museum employee, apparently hung without permission on the walls alongside masterpieces of the 20th century. ... read more (external link)

10 April 2024

Dallas collectors Howard and Cindy Rachofsky to auction Lucio Fontana canvas for between $20m to $30m

Dallas collectors Howard and Cindy Rachofsky are selling a cadmium yellow work by Lucio Fontana at Sotheby's New York next month, which could fetch an auction record for the Italian post-war artist. ... read more (external link)

10 April 2024

Art Bites: The Lost Colors of Ancient Greek Sculptures

Once a generation, it seems, society is startled to learn that antiquity's marble sculptures buzzed with color in their heyday, rather than the numinous white of their base material. ... read more (external link)

27 March 2024

Three Contested Rubens Paintings Should Stay in the U.K., Advisory Panel Rules

The U.K.'s Spoliation Advisory Panel has decided that three paintings by Peter Paul Rubens should remain in the collection of the Courtauld Institute in London. In a report published earlier this week, it outlined its review of three separate ownership claims made on the disputed works. ... read more (external link)

27 March 2024

Tiffany Lamps Are Having a Moment on TikTok

Move over, Stanley Cups. It seems the latest objects taking TikTok by storm are Tiffany lamps. Yes, Tiffany lamps, designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany and colleagues between 1893 and the closure of Tiffany Studios in 1933. ... read more (external link)

27 March 2024

The Every Woman Biennial Champions More Than 200 Artists. Here's a Look Inside

As Women's History Month comes to a close, run don't walk to see the latest iteration of the Every Woman Biennial, which is as dynamic, fascinating, and just plain fun as ever. The show, formerly known as the Whitney Houston Biennial and now in its fifth edition, closes Sunday. ... read more (external link)

27 March 2024

At Art Basel Hong Kong, Slow Sales of Seven-Figure Works Meet Talk of a Positive Market

On Tuesday, around 243 galleries returned to the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre for this year's edition of Art Basel. For the first time since 2020, the fair, which runs until March 30, has returned to its pre-pandemic size, rising by 37 percent compared to last year. Around 10 percent of the fair's exhibitors are showing in Hong Kong for the first time. ... read more (external link)

27 March 2024

The Best Booths at Art Basel Hong Kong 2024, From Cut-Up Suits to Bronze Patio Chairs

Art Basel Hong Kong launched its 2024 edition with the first of two VIP preview days on Tuesday, March 26, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The fair featured presentations from 242 galleries, a return to its pre-pandemic peak and, according to fair director Angelle Siyang-Le, the full capacity the convention center can hold. ... read more (external link)

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