Leila Babirye. Photo Jonty Wilde/Courtesy the artist, Stephen Friedman Gallery, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park Like her imposing sculptures, Leilah Babirye is still standing. And even better, she is thriving. In 2015, Babirye fled Uganda after she was outed by a local publication as an activist and a member of the queer community. In her home …
The front of the Les Trois Rois hotel in Basel, Switzerland, 3 November 2015. Chef Peter Knogl has been awarded a third Michelin star for his restaurant Cheval Blanc. PHOTO: PATRICK SEEGER/DPA | usage worldwide (Photo Patrick Seeger/picture alliance via Getty Images) picture alliance via Getty Image For those who arrived in Switzerland on Monday, …
View of the Acropolis ancient hill with Parthenon temple during a heat wave, 2023, Athens, Greece. Photo Milos Bicanski/Getty Images Those wishing to visit the Acropolis in Athens, Greece this week are out of luck, as the ancient site has been closed due to a record heatwave since Wednesday. As the nation grapples with another …
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Barbara Gladstone. Photo Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images Barbara Gladstone, a dealer who built one of the top galleries in New York, died on Sunday in Paris following a brief illness at 89. The gallery confirmed her death in an email sent to the press on Monday. Her gallery, Gladstone Gallery, currently has locations in New York, …
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Jeffrey Yin. Courtesy Artsy Jeffrey Yin, the chief financial officer and general counsel for Artsy, has been appointed the online fine art marketplace’s chief executive following the departure of Mike Steib, who has led the company since 2019. Steib, who will take on the role of chief executive at the media company Tegna, will remain …
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Pablo Picasso, Woman Ironing, 1904 Courtesy, court documents Pablo Picasso’s 1904 painting Woman Ironing, which has been at the center of a restitution lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court, will remain with the Guggenheim Foundation. The lawsuit was dismissed by the court on the grounds that it failed to establish “actionable duress,” according to a report in …
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A 12th-century pilaster fragment returned by the Art Institute of Chicago to Thailand. Courtesy the Art Institute of Chicago A fragment of a pilaster with the Hindu diety Krishna lifting Mount Govardhana is being returned to Thailand by the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC). The return is the result of more thorough provenance research within …
People walking in front of St. Peter Church are seen in Rome, Italy, on June 2nd, 2024. (Photo by Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Vatican authorities have arrested a former employee for attempting to sell a 17th-century manuscript by Gian Lorenzo Bernini that he allegedly stole from an official archive …
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Photo Fairs New York opened with a VIP day on September 7, 2023 at the Javits Center in Manhattan. Photo by Casey Kelbaugh, Courtesy of Photofairs New York After the inaugural edition of Photofairs New York took place last September steps from The Armory Show, it will not take place this year. A spokesperson for Creo, …
Kehinde Wiley. Photo Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for American Express The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) has canceled its iteration of a traveling survey dedicated to artist Kehinde Wiley, who is currently facing allegations of sexual assault. The museum’s decision came hours after the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska, reportedly said it would postponed a …
