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The Felix Art Fair, a high-profile contemporary art showcase known for its takeovers of the glamorous Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles, announced on Tuesday that its 2027 iteration will reinvent its format. Rather than occupying both the Roosevelt’s...

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Paleontologists argue blockbuster auctions are putting scientifically important specimens beyond the reach of public institutions.

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The new format could also expand who gets to participate.

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All of the works are from a 1980s series called "Gluts."

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Every lot will open at $100 and will be offered without reserve. Proceeds will benefit the FIFA Global Citizen Education Fund.

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The Mainz designer on packaging obsession, a pseudonym that got out of hand, chocolate shaped like breasts, and why she's best in the in-between. Ask most designers where they go looking for ideas...

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Andy Aitchison is the UK's foremost prison photographer. In a new book from Bluecoat Press, two decades of his work find the people behind the clichés – delicate, tragic and often surprisingly ordi...

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The fresh identity trended on X on day one, drove Granola's biggest-ever download day, and helped the company raise $125m in funding. Here's how Ragged Edge did it. Back in my broadcast journalism...

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Art detective Arthur Brand confirmed that it belonged to the collection of Dutch Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker.

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Iranian author Shahrnush Parsipur, who cloaked uncompromising feminist ideals in stories and novels that glowed with magical realism, died on July 3 in San Francisco following a stroke. She was eighty. Parsipur was imprisoned multiple times over the course...

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Matt Johnson's piece at Max Levai's Ranch has some locals enraged.

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Following a vote on June 25, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) adopted a new Code of Ethics to guide the activities of museums globally. The vote, which passed by a margin of 85.9% in favor, was held at...

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Brady Lum stole more than $600,000 from the museum, including by purchasing himself a $9,000 guitar.

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Painted offerings on the tomb's walls were intended to magically supply the occupant with sustenance for eternity.

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