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Christie’s Smashes Canaletto’s Auction Record After Venice View Sells for $43.7 M.

Jeff Bezos nowhere to be seen: ‘Venice, the Return of the Bucintoro on Ascension Day’ by Canaletto. Courtesy of Christie’s Christie’s Old Masters evening sale in London on Tuesday set a new auction record for Canaletto, when one of his celebrated Venice views sold for £31.9 million with fees ($43.7 million). Venice, the Return of …

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In a Florida Exhibition, Sandy Rodriguez Examines the Hidden Histories of the Gulf of Mexico

Sandy Rodriguez, Resistance Map of Gulf of Mexico (detail), 2025. ©Sandy Rodriguez/Courtesy The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art/Collection of the artist In the paintings on paper of Los Angeles–based artist and researcher Sandy Rodriguez, each color has a defined function. “Each pigment carries symbolic power,” she recently told ARTnews. “Maya Blue connects us …

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Tourist Damages Medici Portrait at Uffizi Galleries for Social Media Selfie

View of the Uffizi Museum courtyard, 2024, Florence, Italy. Photo Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images A 17th-century portrait of Grand Prince Ferdinando de’ Medici was damaged when a tourist tried to take a picture with the work for social media on Saturday at the Uffizi Galleries in Florence, Italy. On a visit to the museum, the young …

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Ancient Roman Settlement Discovered in France

Archaeologists cleaning the mosaic outside Alès, France. ©F. Giraud, Inrap The remains of a Gallo-Roman site overlooking the French city of Alès have been identified by archaeologists, the National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) announced on Tuesday. Excavations conducted between February and June this year revealed the remains of dwellings, hydraulic systems, a domus …

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A Supergroup of Art Market Veterans Have Formed a Consultancy to Solve High-Level Art World Problems

(L to R): Brett Gorvy, Philip Hoffman, Ed Dolman, Patti Wong, Alex Dolman Courtesy Emilio Madrid The art market isn’t broken, exactly, but in the eyes of art market veterans Ed Dolman, Alex Dolman, Brett Gorvy, Philip Hoffman, and Patti Wong, it doesn’t function the way it used to. The group aims to change that …

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