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Art Historian’s Run for Mayor of Florence Faces Pushback from Italy’s Left Wing

Eike Schmidt. Photo Christoph Sator/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Eike Schmidt, a German art historian who formerly served as director of the Uffizi Galleries, has officially launched his campaign to become mayor of Florence. But a smooth road to office has been impeded by left-wing politicians in the city, who have accused him of denigrating …

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El Museo del Barrio Names Artist List for Its 2024 Triennial, with an Expanded, Global Focus

The curatorial team for the 2024 edition of La Trienal: from left, Susana V. Temkin, Rodrigo Moura, and María Elena Ortiz. Photo CASEY KELBAUGH El Museo del Barrio has named the 33 artists that will take part in the second edition of its triennial, which will run at the museum from October 10, 2024, to …

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Two 17th Century Paintings Looted by Nazis Are Donated to the Louvre by Jewish Heirs

PARIS, FRANCE – MARCH 25: French police takes security measures near louvre pyramid as France raises alert to maximum after the terrorist attack in the Moscow concert hall that killed 137 people, in Paris, France on March 25, 2024. (Photo by Mohamad Salaheldin Abdelg Alsayed/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu via Getty Images Two 17th century …

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Mastermind of ‘Canada’s Largest Art Fraud’ Guilty of Peddling Fake Norval Morrisseau Works

Famed artist Norval Morrisseau in a photo from 1977. Graham Bezant/Toronto Star via Getty Images A second suspect has plead guilty to charges of fraud in the case dubbed by investigators as “Canada’s largest art fraud investigation,” according to CBC News. On June 6, David Voss plead guilty to one charge of forgery and one …

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French Museum Calls Report on Vincent Honoré’s Suicide ‘Exploitation of a Tragic Event’

MO.CO. Courtesy MO.CO MO.CO, a contemporary art museum in Montpellier, France, accused a French art publication of “exploitation” on Friday after it ran a report on the suicide of Vincent Honoré, who formerly served as the institution’s head of exhibitions. Le Quotidien de l’Art reported last week that Honoré’s suicide had been determined a “work …

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Basquiat Painting Sells for $12.6 M. at Phillips Hong Kong

Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 1982 work Native Carrying Some Guns, Bibles, Amorites on Safari. Jean Bourbon Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 1982 work Native Carrying Some Guns, Bibles, Amorites on Safari sold for $12.6 million at a Phillips modern and contemporary art evening sale in Hong Kong this week. That figure, which includes premium, means the work sold for just above its …

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Following Calls to Remove ‘Unflattering’ Portrait from Australia’s National Portrait Gallery, Billionaire Gifted a Different Portrait of Herself

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 If you can’t beat them, join them—as the old saying goes—or, perhaps, give them something else to discuss. This seems to be the attitude of Australian …

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