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Taste-Making Downtown Gallery Lyles & King to Close After a Decade in Business
54+ min ago (397+ words) Lyles & King, a taste-making downtown New York gallery that's been in business for just over a decade, announced on Thursday that it had closed. Its final exhibitions, a solo for Jessie Makinson and a three-person show for Cato Ouyang, Fernanda…...
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani Announces a Record $323. 8 M. in Culture Funding
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (439+ words) New York mayor Zohran Mamdani and the speaker of the city council have announced a budget including a record $323. 8 million in cultural funding....
Santander Bank Says Gelman Collection's Travel to Spain Is in "Full Compliance with Mexican Law'
56+ min ago (286+ words) As controversy has continued to swirl around a mass of important Mexican artworks that were partially rediscovered in the holdings of the Madrid-based Banco Santander earlier this year, the bank spoke at length about the matter for the first time,…...
Seattle Art Museum Names New Chief Curator
2+ hour, 51+ min ago (325+ words) The Seattle Art Museum has named its next chief curator: Frank Feltens, who joins from the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian. The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) has appointed Frank Feltens as its next chief curator He succeeds Jos" Carlos Diaz,…...
Angela Nikolau, the Woman Who Climbed the Empire State Building, Is an Artist
3+ hour, 57+ min ago (283+ words) Details may still be coming into focus about the couple who climbed the Empire State Building on Wednesday, but here is one thing for certain: Angela Nikolau, the woman who ascended the skyscraper alongside her partner Ivan Beerkus, is an…...
London Old Masters Sales Reveal a Market Split Between Trophy Works and Everything Else
17+ hour, 30+ min ago (431+ words) Coming less than 24 hours after Christie's equivalent sale topped its high estimate, Sotheby's reinforced what is quickly becoming the defining story of London's summer auctions. Collectors are still willing to compete fiercely for exceptional Old Masters. They're just becoming far…...
Norval Morrisseau Case Deepens as Art Expert Says the Artist's Children Were in on Forgery Scheme
19+ hour, 33+ min ago (229+ words) A complex, sprawling legal case surrounding the late Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau took a new turn this week after an art expert testified that the painter's children were active participants in a scheme that saw many of his works forged…...
Mexican Government Faces Legal Action over Its Handling of Art Collection Rich in Kahlos
19+ hour, 50+ min ago (294+ words) The Mexican government continued to face scrutiny this week over its handling of the Gelman Collection, a trove of artworks that includes an array of historically important paintings by Frida Kahlo and other artists of note. After accusations that the…...
On Truth Social, Trump Plasters an AI-Generated Golden Bald Eagle on the White House
22+ hour, 5+ min ago (522+ words) President Trump posted on Truth Social a reportedly AI-generated image of a golden bald eagle on the Truman balcony on the facade of the White House. Senior Market Reporter, ARTnews It has, as usual, been a busy week for President…...
Collector and Patron Flavia Nespatti to Open Commercial Art Space in London
20+ hour, 23+ min ago (256+ words) The Brazilian-born, London-based art collector and patron Flavia Nespatti will open a commercial gallery in London this October, reports the Art Newspaper. Located in a mid-century industrial building in the central London neighborhood of Fitzrovia, Antesala will focus on art…...