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Magritte Painting Expected to Fetch $63M

A painting by the surrealist master René Magritte is expected to fetch up to £50 million, or US$63 million, at Christie’s standalone sale of surrealist art in March in London. L’ami Intime (The Intimate Friend), created in 1958, depicts Magritte’s iconic bowler-hatted

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Activists Throw Soup at Monet Painting

Protestors threw soup at a painting by Monet at The Musee des Beaux-Arts Lyon. This was the most recent action taken by the same campaign organization that staged a similar prank with the Mona Lisa last month. The 1872 picture was shielded

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Art Basel Reveals Program For 2024 Basel Edition

For its 2024 edition in Basel, Art Basel will assemble 287 leading international galleries to showcase artworks of the highest quality across all media, from painting and sculpture to photography and digital works. The artists represented will span from early-twentieth-century Modern pioneers

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Debates on Nazi Looted Schiele Works

The recent orders to hand back artworks by Austrian painter Egon Schiele to the American heirs of their former Jewish owner, Fritz Gruenbaum, have ignited a legal and ethical debate surrounding the provenance of these pieces. Gruenbaum, an Austrian Jewish cabaret performer

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Ruth Foundation Names Winners

The Ruth Foundation for the Arts unveiled the winners of the newly established Ruth Award: Kite, Candice Lin, Joe Minter, and Rose B. Simpson. This $100,000 contemporary art prize aims to recognize exceptional artists who approach their practices with continuous inquiry, imagination,

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‘Effeminate’ Jesus Poster

Conservative Roman Catholics in Seville, Spain, have raised objections to a poster depicting Jesus Christ, designed to promote Easter week, considering it offensive. The poster features Christ in a half-nude portrayal with a beard and long hair, his lower half covered by

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Local Cultural Ecosystem in Turkey Report Released

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) has published its 11th report titled Local Cultural Ecosystem in Türkiye which is the culmination of a year-long field research carried out within the scope of Ortaklaşa: Culture, Dialogue and Support Programme implemented by İKSV

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John Opie Painting Recovered After Theft

A sizable artwork by the British artist John Opie, which was stolen in 1969, has recently been recovered and returned following a two-year investigation by the FBI. Opie’s oil on canvas masterpiece, “The Schoolmistress” (1784), measures approximately 40 inches by 50 inches.

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