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Japanese Sculptor Kunimasa Aoki Wins 2025 Loewe Craft Prize

Japanese sculptor and terracotta artist Kunimasa Aoki. Courtesy Loewe LONDON — Japanese sculptor and terracotta artist Kunimasa Aoki has been named the winner of the 2025 Loewe Craft Prize on Thursday evening during an award ceremony in Madrid with a cash prize of 50,000 euros. Selected by a 12-member jury from 30 shortlisted works on display at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in …

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Ancient Rock Art Site in Australia Under Threat After Government Extends Life of Nearby Gas Mega-Plant

Gas flares (R-at back) at the Woodside operated North West Shelf Venture with rock (L-foreground) are shown on the Burrup Peninsula in the north of Western Australia on June 17, 2008. Piles of red rock which typify the Burrup area are the site for perhaps one million pieces of Aboriginal rock engravings several thousands of …

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Whitney Museum Pauses Independent Study Program After Cancellation of Pro-Palestine Performance and Backlash

The Whitney Museum. Patrick McMullan via Getty Image On Monday, Whitney Museum director Scott Rothkopf sent the museum’s Independent Study Program an email in which he said he would “pause” the program’s 2025–26 academic year. “Today, the program is without a Director,” Rothkopf wrote in that email, which was obtained by ARTnews. “This leadership gap …

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UK Museums Defend Corporate Funding Amid ‘Relentless Negativity’

The ‘V&A East’ Storehouse is seen under construction at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London on March 16, 2023. AFP via Getty Images A group of officials overseeing major UK cultural institutions, including the British Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the National Gallery, have signed a public letter defending the use …

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Former US Ambassador Buys Marc Glimcher’s Palm Beach ‘Boat House’ for $19.2 M.

Listed by: Lisa and John Cregan of Sotheby’s International Realty – Palm Beach Brokerage FLYLISTED LLC. / Sotheby’s International Realty Jamie McCourt, a former US ambassador to France and Monaco, has added a Palm Beach landmark to her portfolio, paying $19.2 million for a restored house on North Lake Way, according to the Palm Beach Daily …

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James Rondeau Returns as Director of Art Institute of Chicago Following Plane Incident

James Rondeau. TNS James Rondeau will return as director of the Art Institute of Chicago following reports that he had undressed on a plane to Germany. CBS News first reported the news on Thursday. Rondeau had taken a voluntary leave from the museum’s top post, which he has held since 2016. According to CBS, he …

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Centre Pompidou to Open New Brazil Satellite, the Museum’s First in South America

Iguazu Falls. AFP via Getty Images While its Paris home base closes for five years to undergo a renovation, the Centre Pompidou will expand its international reach, opening its first South American space in 2027. Scheduled to launch in November 2027, the new location in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil, will be one of several satellites …

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