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Robert Mnuchin, owner of the Mnuchin Gallery in New York. RICHARD A. SMITH/COURTESY MNUCHIN GALLERY Robert Mnuchin, the Wall Street pioneer who became one of New York’s most respected art dealers and a fixture at blue-chip auctions, died on Friday at his home in Bridgewater, Connecticut. He was 92. His death, first reported by the …

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The British Museum. Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images The British Museum is sending some of its prized art and artifacts on long-term loan to countries that the British Empire previously colonized. While those nations have long called for the repatriation of objects they consider stolen, the institution may be hoping to blunt some of …

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Ava DuVernay (left) and David Oyelowo. Photo JC Olivera/Apple TV+ via Getty Images David Oyelowo and Ava DuVernay are reuniting for the new film, “Heist of Benin,” more than a decade after their Academy Award-winning film “Selma.” Oyelowo will star in the film, which is set in modern-day London and described as “a thriller that intertwines art, love …

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MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA – DECEMBER 05: EDITORIAL USE ONLY Guests attend the Art Basel Miami Beach VIP Preview 2025 at Miami Beach Convention Center on December 05, 2025 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images) Getty Images Now that the art world has finally caught its breath after a sun- and champagne-soaked Miami …

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A CCTV image released by the UK police showing the suspected thieves leaving the Bristol Museum. Courtesy Avon and Somerset Police More than 600 artifacts have been stolen from the Bristol Museum’s British Empire and Commonwealth collection, in what UK police describe as a “high-value burglary.” On Thursday, authorities released CCTV footage of the suspects …

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http://www.sgfara.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Vancouver-Art-Gallery-exterior-view-Spring-2023-Photography-courtesy-Vancouver-Art-Gallery-2.jpg The Vancouver Art Gallery scrapped plans for a new building after investing C$60 million. Photo by Ian Lefebvre, Vancouver Art Gallery. Courtesy of the Vancouver Art Gallery. To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines GIVING TIME. A few notable museums have just announced landmark donations to their permanent collections. …

Vancouver Art Gallery and Modern Art Museum in Paris Receive Major Gift, Rare Illuminated Jewish Prayer Book Heads to Auction, and More: Morning Links for December 11, 2025 Read More »

Franco Vaccari at the 1972 Venice Biennale with his piece Esposizione in tempo reale n. 4. Lascia sulle pareti una traccia fotografica del tuo passaggio. Courtesy the artist and P420 Franco Vaccari, an Italian conceptual artist whose experiments with photography expanded the medium’s possibilities, has died at 89. His death was announced by his gallery, …

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Several race cars at the the Salon Privé Concours 2024 at Blenheim Palace. The palace frequently plays hosts to major events in the UK. Getty Images Conservators currently at work restoring paintings in Blenheim Palace said they found the names of 11 people written in the ceiling decades ago, with the oldest dated to 1843. …

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“The World of Studio Ghibli” at the ArtScience Museum in Singapore, 2024. Photo Then Chih Wey/Xinhua via Getty Images “The World of Studio Ghibli”, a long-running immersive exhibition dedicated to the wildly popular Japanese animation studio, will next set up shop at Manarat Al Saadiyat, an arts and culture center in Abu Dhabi, the National …

Immersive Studio Ghibli Exhibition Travels to Abu Dhabi in May 2026 Read More »

Andy Warhol, Muhammad Ali (1977) Robert McKeever One of the most recognizable faces in American culture returned to the site of his making on Wednesday, when Lévy Gorvy Dayan sold Andy Warhol’s Muhammad Ali (1977) for $18 million during the VIP Preview of Art Basel Miami Beach. The painting—autographed on the reverse by Ali and once …

A Knockout Sale: Warhol’s Ali Fetches $18 M. in the Building Where the Legend Was Born Read More »