The National Gallery in London has said it will ban most outside liquids on its premises after becoming a site of protest for demonstrators in the past two years. As of October 18, the museum will disallow outside liquids...

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Manhattan-based art adviser Lisa Schiff, who was known in New York art circles for her roster of blue-chip clients, on October 17 pleaded guilty in federal court to one felony count of wire fraud, for bilking collectors out of...

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The Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) has announced three artistic directors for the thirteenth edition of the Seoul Mediacity Biennale, which is set to run August 26–November 30, 2025. The trio—artist and filmmaker Anton Vidokle, curator and art historian...

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Trailblazing computer artist Lillian Schwartz, whose jittery, color-saturated, digital films burst onto screens at a time when computers were still massive mainframes laboriously programmed with punch cards, died on October 12 at her home in Manhattan. She was ninety-seven....

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Artist Nan Goldin and filmmaker Laura Poitras were among two hundred activists affiliated with Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) who were arrested following an October 14 sit-in the group staged in support of Palestine outside the New York Stock...

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French Haitian artist Gaëlle Choisne has been announced as the winner of this year’s Prix Marcel Duchamp, France’s most prestigious contemporary art prize. The honor, presented annually to an artist who is French or living in France by the...

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Ford Foundation president Darren Walker has been elected president of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, the institution announced today. He will assume his new position immediately, acting as liaison between gallery director Kaywin Feldman and the...

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French art historian Christine Macel has been reassigned from her position as director of Paris’s Les Arts Décoratifs, which she has held since 2022. The organization—where Macel helmed the Musée des Arts Décoratifs and the Musée Nissim de Camondo—revealed...

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Norway’s Bergen Kunsthall has announced Kjersti Solbakken as its new director, effective October 1. Solbakken most recently curated the 2024 edition of the Lofoten International Art Festival, which is organized by the North Norwegian Art Centre. She replaces Axel...

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The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, on October 10 revealed that the Wyss Foundation had presented it with a $25 million gift in aid of its ongoing renovations to its modern art department. Established in 1998 by Swiss medical-manufacturing...

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9 revealed that its Costume Institute’s spring 2025 show will explore the influence of Black dandyism on fashion, culture, and identity. Titled “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” the exhibition will feature garments and...

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Just days after two young climate change activists were sentenced to prison for bringing awareness to their cause by tossing soup over Vincent van Gogh’s 1888 Sunflowers at London’s National Gallery, another young pair of protesters on October 9...

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An artwork comprising two dented beer cans was mistaken for the very objects that inspired it and unceremoniously tossed in the trash by a worker at a Lisse, Netherlands, museum before being rescued and restored to view. Titled All...

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The Shield of Magdala, an artifact of tremendous cultural significance that was looted by British troops during the Expedition to Abyssinia, is set to be returned to its home country of Ethiopia. Stolen following the 1868 Battle of Magdala,...

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The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, has announced that it will welcome visitors to its new home on 125th Street in the fall of 2025. The first exhibition to be held in the building, for which Adjaye Associates...

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A painting by Canadian artist Emily Carr purchased at a Hamptons barn sale for just $50 this past summer is set to bring in up to $147,000 at auction next month, multiple sources report. Titled Masset, Q.C.I., the 1912...

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Works from the private collection of renowned German curator Kasper König, who died this past August, amassed roughly €6 million ($6.5 million) in sales taking place October 1 and 2 at the Cologne headquarters of auction house Van Ham....

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