18th-Century Snuffboxes Stolen from the Cognacq-Jay Museum in Paris

This post was originally published on artnews.com An exhibition of precious miniature objects from the 18th century at the Cognacq-Jay Museum in Paris was robbed on Wednesday, according to Le Monde. Four hooded men stole smashed a display case with axes and baseball bats before stealing five collector’s boxes and diamond-encrusted snuffboxes in front of… Continue reading 18th-Century Snuffboxes Stolen from the Cognacq-Jay Museum in Paris

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Miami Beach’s Untitled Art Fair Will Expand to Houston

This post was originally published on artnews.com Untitled Art, which for 12 years has mounted an art fair on the sands of Miami Beach, will expand across the Gulf of Mexico, with plans to host an event in Houston next year. The first edition of the Houston fair will run September 19–21, with a VIP… Continue reading Miami Beach’s Untitled Art Fair Will Expand to Houston

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Ken Burns and His ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ Co-Directors on Finding a New Angle on an Icon

This post was originally published on artnews.com More than 500 years after his death, the works of Leonardo da Vinci have never been more ubiquitous. “Mona Lisa” just got her own Lego set, and recently played a central role in Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.” A controversial allusion to his famed “The Last… Continue reading Ken Burns and His ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ Co-Directors on Finding a New Angle on an Icon

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Phillips Deputy CEO Amanda Lo Iacono Talks about Focusing on the Next Generation after Things Flatten

This post was originally published on artnews.com On Tuesday night, Phillips New York began its auction week with its modern and contemporary evening sale generating $54.1 million with fees. That result marked a 23 percent drop from the $70 million total that last year’s equivalent November sale generated. The sale’s hammer total of $44.2 million was a far cry… Continue reading Phillips Deputy CEO Amanda Lo Iacono Talks about Focusing on the Next Generation after Things Flatten

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Cattelan’s $6.24 M. Banana and Buyer Justin Sun Steal the Show at Sotheby’s $110.4 M. Contemporary Evening Sale

This post was originally published on artnews.com Sotheby’s Now and Contemporary evening sale on Wednesday didn’t border on the absurd, it dived headfirst into it as Oliver Barker, Sotheby’s chairman of Europe, sold a banana duct-taped to a wall for $6.24 million. Minutes later, Chinese-born, New York–based cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun announced on X not… Continue reading Cattelan’s $6.24 M. Banana and Buyer Justin Sun Steal the Show at Sotheby’s $110.4 M. Contemporary Evening Sale

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Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Sells for $6.24 M. at Sotheby’s

This post was originally published on artnews.com “The world’s most expensive banana” sold Wednesday night at Sotheby’s New York. That’s how auctioneer Oliver Barker put it as he was trying to eke out the last of the bids for Maurizio Cattelan’s viral artwork, Comedian (2019). The famed artwork, of a banana duct-taped to a wall,… Continue reading Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Banana Sells for $6.24 M. at Sotheby’s

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Hong Kong Artist Receives Prison Sentence for Political ‘Subversion’

This post was originally published on artnews.com 45 well-known pro-democracy figures in Hong Kong were sentenced in a mass trial on Tuesday under the national security law implemented in 2020, the Hong Kong Free Press reported. It is the largest case of its kind invoked under the national security law. Among those who were sentenced… Continue reading Hong Kong Artist Receives Prison Sentence for Political ‘Subversion’

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Italian Authorities Bust Illegal Excavation of Etruscan Burial Site

This post was originally published on artnews.com The illegal excavation of an Etruscan burial site in Umbria, in central Italy, has been seized by Italian authorities, Italy’s Minister of Culture announced on Tuesday. Police now seek two people suspected of stealing an urn and sarcophagi, among other artifacts, worth a total 8 million euros ($8.5… Continue reading Italian Authorities Bust Illegal Excavation of Etruscan Burial Site

Steve Locke Talks About His Painterly and Polemical Provocations

This post was originally published on artnews.com Steve Locke’s best-known works are paintings of faces with their tongues sticking out. This fatuous facial gesture is immediately relatable but also, as Locke discusses below, one that can be read in a number of different ways. Such multifaceted readings are typical for Locke, who trained as a… Continue reading Steve Locke Talks About His Painterly and Polemical Provocations

Third Just Stop Oil Activist Charged After Orange Paint Protest at Stonehenge Monument

This post was originally published on artnews.com A third Just Stop Oil activist was recently charged in connection with a protest at the Stonehenge monument in June, after orange powder paint was sprayed on the ancient stones. Luke Watson, a 35-year-old resident of Manuden, Bishop’s Stortford, was charged with “one count of aiding, abetting, counselling… Continue reading Third Just Stop Oil Activist Charged After Orange Paint Protest at Stonehenge Monument

A brush with… Goshka Macuga — podcast

An in-depth interview with Turner nominee Goshka Macuga, discussing her influences from Eileen Agar to Stanisław Lem—and how she came to dance in her studio

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Trespassing in the name of art history

Our intrepid diarist goes in search of the site where Joseph Wright of Derby painted a late—sublime—landscape, on the shores of Ullswater

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