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Bill to build Smithsonian women's museum fails in US congress amid disputes over Trump and trans rights
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (433+ words) The US House of Representatives has struck down a bill to build the new Smithsonian American Women's History Museum on the National Mall in Washington, DC. What had previously been a very popular bill was ultimately rejected (with a vote of…...
Roberto Lugo brings monumental tribute to Puerto Rican culture to Manhattan park
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (363+ words) We come from a history of being enslaved and being colonised, and this installation is a visual representation of Puerto Rican overcoming," Lugo said during an opening event on 20 May. Without my mother and father, I wouldn't have gotten to…...
Untitled Art will launch four new prizes at Houston fair's second edition
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (170+ words) The Wortham Theater Center, home to the Houston Grand Opera, which will sponsor a prize at this year's Untitled Art Houston fair. Courtesy Houston Grand Opera "The evolution of our prize partnership programme reflects a broader commitment to artists that…...
Heffel's spring sales, featuring rediscovered royal portrait and E. J. Hughes seascape, tally $16. 2m
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (687+ words) Heffel vice president Robert Heffel fields bids for E. J. Hughes's Coastal Boats Near Sidney, BC during Thursday's auction Courtesy Heffel The bustling seascape painting had been consigned by Emily Carr University of Art and Design, where Hughes studied nearly a century…...
A hated portrait and a forged masterpiece: two new thrillers with paintings at their centre
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (541+ words) These two thrillers, The End of the Vodka and Sacrifice, are based on paintings, but they are very different beasts: the first weaves a tale based on real people and events; the second is purely fictional. The End of the…...
Giant glacier painting disappears from Argentina's presidential palace after new law passes loosening protections for these icy regions
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (350+ words) The painting was loaned to the government and had been on display in one of the halls of Casa Rosada since 2012, remaining on view throughout various administrations of different political affiliations. A spokesperson for the government's communications office tells The…...
Fifty years after Franco, Spain begins to give back art seized during the Civil War
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (364+ words) Christ before Pilate (1450-60) by Maestro de Lupiana was returned by the Prado to the parish of Yebes in April Courtesy Museo del Prado A law passed in Spain in 2022 has quietly set in motion a wave of restitutions of art…...
Rocked on their heels: how exhibitions can change the course of artists" lives
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (195+ words) The Richard Diebenkorn exhibition at London's Whitechapel Gallery in 1991 was highly influential on artist Hurvin Anderson Ben Luke, our Contributing Editor and podcast host, weighs in on the pressing issues facing the UK art world and beyond Exhibitions can transform…...
Mexican film-makers to co-host Serpentine Summer Party
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (329+ words) Mexican filmmakers to co-host Serpentine Summer Party The Art Newspaper Mexican film-makers to co-host Serpentine Summer Party Co-host Salma Hayek Pinault may be best known to the art world for her Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Frida Kahlo A fixture in…...
Chanel gives Centre Pompidou financial boost with new five-year partnership
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (377+ words) The Centre Pompidou is closed until 2030 for a major overhaul The luxury brand Chanel is backing the Centre Pompidou as part of a "new significant partnership, giving the Parisian art institution a financial boost during its five-year closure. "The five-year…...