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Looted Asante artefacts returned on loan from the British Musuem and the Victoria and Albert Museum on display at the Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi, Ghana on May 12, 2024. Getty Images Repatriation ceremonies tend to be bureaucratic affairs done for show—the deal to return a looted artwork is conducted long before the object is …

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Joshua Serafin’s VOID (2022– ), as seen at the Venice Biennale. Photo Andrea Avezzù/Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia There have been many talked-about works at the current Venice Biennale, from a Golden Lion–winning Mataaho Collective installation formed from tie-downs to an assortment of abstractions by under-recognized artists. But just one piece in the show has …

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Courtesy Christie’s To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES STEADY GROUND. Christie’s evening sales on Thursday fell firmly within estimates, bringing in $413 million, reports Daniel Cassady for ARTnews. While bidding was not as fast and furious as a few years ago, the event suggests the art market …

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Yayoi Kusama, Infinity (1995) Bonhams Infinity, a never publicly seen painting by Yayoi Kusama is coming to auction at Bonhams’ Modern and Contemporary Art sale in Hong Kong next week. The red-and-black painting from 1995 comes with an estimate of over $5 million.  The painting is a rare example of Kusama combining two of her most well-known motifs, dots …

A $5 M. Yayoi Kusama Painting That Has Never Been Exhibited Leads Bonhams Hong Kong Sale Read More »

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 15: Billie Eilish performs onstage during “Hit Me Hard And Soft” Album Release Listening Party at Barclays Center on May 15, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for ABA) Getty Images for ABA A video that appeared to be promoting the the pop star Billie Eilish‘s …

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Egon Schiele’s Portrait of the Artist’s Wife, 1917. A 1917 drawing by Egon Schiele is at the center of a restitution case that will soon head to court in New York. The work in question, Portrait of the Artist’s Wife (1917), depicts Edith Schiele with her hands folded in her lap. The drawing was made …

Ownership of Egon Schiele Drawing Lost During Holocaust to Be Decided by New York Court Read More »

Exterior view of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Courtesy flickr Editorial/Getty Images A Turkish judge cleared the American Museum of Natural History curator who was arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle spider and scorpion samples from Istanbul. He was released from custody after spending a night in jail. “I was completely …

American Museum of Natural History Curator Cleared of Smuggling Claims, Turkish Judge Rules Read More »

Vincent Namatjira with various portraits by him, including one of Gina Rinehart, third from left in the bottom row. ©Vincent Namatjira/Copyright Agency/Photo Iwantja Arts/Courtesy the artist and Iwantja Arts Gina Rinehart, the richest person in Australia, has reportedly called on Canberra’s National Gallery of Australia to take down a painting of her by Aboriginal artist …

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The structure may have served as a tomb entrance.

The show, originally scheduled to open in May, has been postponed to November.