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Kochi Biennale Foundation Co-Founder Bose Krishnamachari Resigns

Bose Krishnamachari during a media tour on the eve of the 6th edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in December 2025. Sivaram Venkitasubramanian/NurPhoto via Getty Images Bose Krishnamachari, an artist and curator who co-founded the Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF) in 2010, announced his sudden resignation. South First reported the news, with a statement from the foundation …

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Trump Reportedly Looking at D.C. Park Near Jefferson Memorial For Sculpture ‘Garden of Heroes’ 

President Donald Trump. Getty Images The Trump administration is eyeing a Washington, D.C. park for its “National Garden of American Heroes,” according to two sources speaking anonymously to the Washington Post. West Potomac Park is south of the National Mall, near memorials to Martin Luther King Jr. and president Franklin D. Roosevelt.  Just what part …

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Qatar Museums, Not a Foreign Nation, Reportedly Tried to Acquire South African Pavilion Work

The Art Mill, an in-progress museum in a former flour mmill in Qatar, reportedly sought to acquire Gabrielle Goliath’s work from her since-canceled Venice Biennale pavilion. Courtesy Qatar Museums Yet more details have emerged surrounding the abrupt cancelation of Gabrielle Goliath‘s planned Venice Biennale pavilion for South Africa, with the Daily Maverick publishing a report …

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Düsseldorf Art School Stands by Palestinian Artist After Criticism from Jewish Groups

The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where a talk with Basma Al-Sharif is planned to take place on January 21. Photo Federico Gambarini/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, a storied German art school, faced scrutiny this week from three Jewish groups over the invitation of Palestinian artist and filmmaker Basma Al-Sharif for an event. Ahead of …

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Works by Salvador Dalí, Piet Mondrian, Paul Klee, and More Have Officially Entered the Public Domain

Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, L’Âge d’Or (still), 1930. Public Domain With each passing year, new artworks are shorn of their copyright protections and entered into the public domain, allowing them to be used freely, without express permission from the estates that steward these pieces. This year, pieces by Salvador Dalí, José Clemente Orozco, and …

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2,000-Year-Old ‘Extensive Industrial Complex’ and Roman Cemetery Found in Egypt

The discovery site in the western Nile Delta. Courtesy Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists working in the western Nile Delta of Egypt discovered remnants of an “extensive industrial complex” from as far back as the 5th century B.C.E. as well as a Roman cemetery that suggests the area was fertile ground for civilization …

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India Unveils Repatriated Buddha-Linked Artifacts in New Show: ‘A Very Special Day’

The return of the Piprahwa relics in July. Photo Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images The Indian government has unveiled an array of Buddha-linked relics that were repatriated to the country after initially being set for sale at Sotheby’s last year. It is the first time that these artifacts, known as the Piprahwa relics, are …

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Defaults on Non-Bank Art Loans Rise Dramatically Amid Market’s Struggles, Report Finds

In 2020, the first year of Covid, two-thirds of non-bank art lenders faced defaults. Getty Images Half of non-bank art lenders experienced loan defaults in 2024, up from 17 percent two years earlier, according to the Art and Finance Report 2025, published by Deloitte Private and ArtTactic. That figure, however, is still better than 2020, …

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