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See Inside the Long-Lost Lee Miller and Cecil Beaton Album Full of WW2-Era Photographs
5+ hour ago (166+ words) The album had spent decades as a cherished family heirloom. It had been stored in a cupboard in the living room, Hoppen said, and the family would look through it together at Christmas. Miller trained Haupt on how to process…...
David Zwirner to Exhibit "The Great Unseen Collection" in New York
5+ hour, 30+ min ago (268+ words) While New York's top auction houses prepare to sell multimillion-dollar consignments from private patrons this May, one of the city's mega-galleries is getting ready to exhibit a collection that has gone largely unseen'until now. The collection does not appear to…...
In Chicago for Expo? Don't Miss These 6 Standout Shows at the City's Museums and Galleries
6+ hour, 30+ min ago (391+ words) Here are six shows you shouldn't miss after touching down at O'Hare. This first-of-its-kind exhibition surveys the intertwined histories of Caribbean-born musical genres dancehall and reggaet'n in the context of contemporary art. By treating music and dance as global engines…...
The Met Hires Mo MA's Rising Star Photography Curator Oluremi C. Onabanjo
5+ hour, 30+ min ago (54+ words) The Metropolitan Museum of Art has hired Oluremi C. Onabanjo as a photography curator, with a focus on Walther Collection gift. As part of her role, she will curate the Met's second exhibition dedicated to the Walter Collection, scheduled for 2028. (The…...
Archaeologists Uncover a 2, 000-Year-Old Hillfort in Estonia
21+ hour, 58+ min ago (313+ words) A long-lost Estonian Iron-Age fortification has been found, according to Arkeonews. While 19th-century written accounts and oral traditions had long hinted at its existence, the 2000-year-old hillfort was identified this month by archaeologists at the University of Tartu using high-resolution…...
Do We Have Duchamp All Wrong? A Brilliant Mo MA Retrospective Reintroduces One of Modernism's Greats
23+ hour, 16+ min ago (136+ words) Do we have Marcel Duchamp all wrong? A brilliant Mo MA retrospective reintroduces one of modernism's greats. But what if all these works were more than just conceptual gambits? What if we have Duchamp all wrong? Prior to entering the…...
500-Plus And Just Like That" Items Head to Online Auction
22+ hour, 29+ min ago (435+ words) Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills, California, is currently hosting an online auction of various fashion, homewares, and other props from And Just Like That, the recently ended sequel to HBO's famed Sex and the City series. The sale closes on…...
Siri Aurdal, Artist Who Elevated Industrial Materials Into Visions of Shared Humanity, Dies at 88
1+ day, 49+ min ago (217+ words) She forged a visual identity uniquely her own within the Scandinavian art scene of the late 1960s. Siri Aurdal, a Norwegian sculptor and painter who elevated industrial materials into sleek expressions of art's social imperative, died on March 31. She was 88. Galleri…...
Bronze Age State Metal-Working Center Unearthed Near China's Yangtse River
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (262+ words) As reported in the China Daily, excavations over the last two years at the Shenduntou archeological site near the Yangtze River have unearthed around 1, 000 artifacts linked to the bronze industry under the Zhou dynasty. While more modest than the ritual…...
Spain's Culture Minister Rejects Guernica Transfer, but Basque Leaders Refuse to Take No for an Answer
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (221+ words) When the Basque regional government made a formal request last week to Spain's Ministry of Culture to authorize a temporary loan of Pablo Picasso's Guernica (1937), the region's head of government, Lehendakari Imanol Pradales, said he expected more robust discussion on…...