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A Long Night Out During Art Basel Yields Run-ins with Collectors, Celebs, and Art World Power Brokers

The front of the Les Trois Rois hotel in Basel, Switzerland, 3 November 2015. Chef Peter Knogl has been awarded a third Michelin star for his restaurant Cheval Blanc. PHOTO: PATRICK SEEGER/DPA | usage worldwide (Photo Patrick Seeger/picture alliance via Getty Images) picture alliance via Getty Image For those who arrived in Switzerland on Monday, …

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Barbara Gladstone, Legendary New York Dealer Who Minted Art Stars, Dies at 89

Barbara Gladstone. Photo Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images Barbara Gladstone, a dealer who built one of the top galleries in New York, died on Sunday in Paris following a brief illness at 89. The gallery confirmed her death in an email sent to the press on Monday. Her gallery, Gladstone Gallery, currently has locations in New York, …

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Restitution Suit Over Guggenheim’s ‘Woman Ironing’ by Picasso Dismissed

Pablo Picasso, Woman Ironing, 1904 Courtesy, court documents Pablo Picasso’s 1904 painting Woman Ironing, which has been at the center of a restitution lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court, will remain with the Guggenheim Foundation. The lawsuit was dismissed by the court on the grounds that it failed to establish “actionable duress,” according to a report in …

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12th-Century Pilaster Returned by the Art Institute of Chicago to Thailand’s Phanom Rung Temple

A 12th-century pilaster fragment returned by the Art Institute of Chicago to Thailand. Courtesy the Art Institute of Chicago A fragment of a pilaster with the Hindu diety Krishna lifting Mount Govardhana is being returned to Thailand by the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC). The return is the result of more thorough provenance research within …

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Former Vatican Staffer Arrested for Sale of Missing Bernini Manuscript

People walking in front of St. Peter Church are seen in Rome, Italy, on June 2nd, 2024. (Photo by Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Vatican authorities have arrested a former employee for attempting to sell a 17th-century manuscript by Gian Lorenzo Bernini that he allegedly stole from an official archive …

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Minneapolis Institute of Art Cancels Kehinde Wiley Show amid Allegations of Sexual Assault [Updated]

Kehinde Wiley. Photo Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for American Express The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) has canceled its iteration of a traveling survey dedicated to artist Kehinde Wiley, who is currently facing allegations of sexual assault. The museum’s decision came hours after the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska, reportedly said it would postponed a …

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NYPD Investigates Vandalism of Brooklyn Museum Director’s Home, British Artist Faces Scrutiny in Germany, and More: Morning Links for June 13, 2024

The Brooklyn Museum. Photo Cindy Ord/Getty Images To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES SUSPECTS SOUGHT. An investigation is underway into the vandalism of the home of Brooklyn Museum director Anne Pasternak. Per images shared on X by New York City Mayor Eric Adams, red paint was splashed across the front door …

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