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Tate Chair Considers Selling Naming Rights to Turbine Hall to Fund New Endowment

El Anatsui’s commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. Photo Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images Tate‘s chair of trustees is reportedly open to relinquishing naming rights to the Turbine Hall for a minimum of £50 million (roughly $68 million) to fund the London institution’s new endowment fund. In an interview with the Telegraph, Roland Rudd, …

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A New Art Fair for Women-Led Galleries in London, A New Museum Honoring Hector Guimard in Paris, and More: Morning Links For July 8, 2025

Artist’s House on Manette Street, the new event’s venue. Courtesy Echo Soho To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines GIRL POWER. A new boutique art fair for women-led galleries, Echo Soho, will debut in London from October 16 to 19, running alongside Frieze London. Launched by gallery owner India Rose James, the fair …

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Adam Lindemann to Close His Venus Over Manhattan Gallery to Focus on Collecting

Adam Lindemann. Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Last week, dealer Tim Blum told ARTnews that he was closing up shop in search of a new model for art dealing. “Everybody talks about wanting to step off,” Blum said. “But nothing ever really changes.” But Blum isn’t the only one getting out of the gallery business. On …

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Supreme Court Ruling Advances Trump’s Plan for Mass Layoffs of Federal Workers

The White House. Getty Images The Trump administration‘s plan to lay off thousands of federal workers moved closer to a reality on Tuesday, when the United States Supreme Court lifted a lower court order that had temporarily blocked the terminations. The initial lawsuit addressed by the lower court was jointly filed on April 28 by the American …

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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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Hundreds of Ancient Ceramic Artifacts Found During Excavation of Preserved Shipwreck in Turkey

A diver carefully brushes sand away from stacked ceramics found in a shipwreck off the coast of Turkey. Courtesy the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Turkey Hundreds of ancient ceramics “perfectly stacked in their original position” have been found in a shipwreck off the coast of Turkey. The ceramic plates, trays, and bowls date back …

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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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