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Following a Trail of Banksy Forgeries, Italian Police Uncover $215 M. Pan-European Forgery Network

TURIN, ITALY – FEBRUARY 24: A man walks near a Banksy artwork during the “The World of Banksy” Art Exhibition at Porta Nuova Railway Station on February 24, 2022 in Turin, Italy. (Photo by Stefano Guidi/Getty Images) Getty Images 38 people across Europe are suspected of involvement in a sweeping scheme to create and sell …

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Florida Jury Finds Cocreator of UndeadApes NFTs Guilty of Wire Fraud and Money Laundering

UndeadApes NFTs listed on the Solanart exchange. Screenshot via Solanart A federal jury in Tampa, Florida, recently found the cocreator of the “UndeadApes” and “Undead Lady Apes” NFT collections guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. According to an announcement from the US Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida published …

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Newsmakers: Dealer Robbie Fitzpatrick Discusses How the Current Market Led Him to a Nomadic Gallery Model

Robbie Fitzpatrick with a work by Hannah Weinberger at Basel Social Club 2023. Photo Flavio Karrer/Courtesy Fitzpatrick Gallery Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, a new ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. A few days before Art Basel Paris was set to open last month, Paris-based …

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Clark Art Institute Gets $45 M. Trustee Gift to Establish New Gallery and 331 Works for Collection

Facade of Clark Art Institute via Google images. The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, has received a significant posthumous donation from the foundation of one of its former trustees, Bulgarian-American software developer Aso O. Tavitian, who passed away in 2020 at the age of 80. The donation includes 331 artworks and a $45 million …

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France’s Culture Minister Proposes Charging Notre-Dame Visitors Five-Euro Entry Fee

French culture minister Rachida Dati wants to save her country’s churches by making people pay to enter Notre-Dame. Corbis via Getty Images Rachida Dati, France’s culture minister, has suggested charging an entry fee for visitors to Notre-Dame de Paris when the cathedral reopens in December following its five-year restoration. Dati told Le Figaro that forcing …

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Cecilia Vicuña and Julian Charrière Awarded MOCA LA’s Inaugural Art and Environment Prize

MOCA Grand Avenue. Elon Schoenholz/Courtesy The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles announced Julian Charrière and Cecilia Vicuña as the winners of its inaugural Eric and Wendy Schmidt Environment and Art Prize. The award comes with a $100,000 purse and institutional support from the museum to develop …

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