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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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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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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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Designed by Shigeru Ban, the Aspen Art Museum’s $45 million building opened in 2014. ©Michael Moran/OTTO On a late July afternoon in Aspen, I stood in the living room of a private home with mountain views streaming through a trio of nearly floor to ceiling windows on one side and, on the other, a major …

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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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Egypt – Alexandria, Hellenistic Alexandria, Necropolis of Mustafa Basha, Tomb 2 (Photo by DEA / G. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini via Getty Images) A submerged port discovered near a temple complex west of Alexandria, Egypt may be the key to finding Cleopatra’s lost tomb, according to archaeologists.  The port was found outside the ruins of the …

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