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New York’s Storied Tilton Gallery to Close, Eight Years After Founder’s Death

Installation view of “In Tribute to Jack Tilton: A Selection from 35 Years,” 2018, at Tilton Gallery, New York. Courtesy Tilton Gallery, New York Tilton Gallery in New York announced that its upcoming exhibition will be its last. That exhibition for late abstract painter Ruth Vollmer will run September 30 to November 15, after which …

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Roberta Smith Interviews Larry Gagosian, Who Says He ‘Can’t Micromanage 18 Galleries’

Larry Gagosian. Getty Images Here’s something you don’t see every day: the world’s most respected art critic interviewing the world’s most famous art dealer. But thanks to Numero magazine, we now have the pleasure of reading Roberta Smith’s interview with Larry Gagosian (and, inevitably, his with her). Here are the key takeways. They aren’t exactly …

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30 Years of Research Has Revealed a ‘Forgotten’ Castle on Scottish Isle

Drone photograph of Finlaggan. Courtesy Open Virtual Worlds at University of St Andrews A new book published by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland has revealed the existence of a previously unknown castle on the Scottish isle of Islay, dating to the 12th or 13th century CE. The book, The Archaeology of Finlaggan, Islay, is …

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Lisa Phillips, Longtime Director of New York’s New Museum, to Retire

Lisa Phillips. Photo Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Lisa Phillips, director of New York’s New Museum, will retire after more than 25 years in the post, the New York Times reported Thursday. The museum is currently undergoing a 62,000-square-foot expansion that had been expected to open this fall, though no inauguration date has been …

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Small Danish Museum Acquires Gentileschi Painting, Red Hook Fire Sparks Gentrification Fears, and More: Morning Links for September 22, 2025

Red Hook, along the river, battled a large fire on Wednesday. Getty Images The Headlines AFTER THE FIRE. Over the past couple decades, in Red Hook, Brooklyn, a once-industrial waterfront neighborhood, a collection of 19th-century warehouses has become a haven for artists. Then, last Wednesday, a massive fire ripped through one of those buildings, at 481 Van Brunt Street, burning …

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Ai Weiwei Accuses German Newspaper of ‘Vengeful Actions Stemming from Petty Censorship’

http://www.sgfara.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GettyImages-1236159105.jpg Ai Weiwei said Die Zeit‘s “vengeful actions stem from a narrow and petty form of censorship.” Photo Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images Chinese artist Ai Weiwei claimed that the German newspaper Die Zeit portrayed him in “a distorted and unjust manner” in an article it published this past Thursday. His claim follows another he made …

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Hong Kong Mega-Collector Adrian Cheng Pivots to Web3, Blockchain, and ‘Immersive Experiences’

Adrian Cheng. Photo Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images for Festival de Can One year after Adrian Cheng resigned as CEO of his family’s Hong Kong property firm, New World Development Co. (NWD), the mega-collector has announced his next venture: ALMAD Group. The details of the new business are predictably fuzzy. The announcement reads as if Cheng, who …

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