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  • Jeffrey Epstein Advised on Leon Black’s Purchase of $115 M. Picasso from Gagosian, Files Show

    A newly released tranche of Jeffrey Epstein files from the Department of Justice show that Epstein was personally involved in high-profile transactions between Gagosian gallery and Leon Black, suggesting that Epstein’s role in liaising between the mega-gallery and the mega-collector ran even deeper than was previously known. The new files include many documents related to read more

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    Jeffrey Epstein Advised on Leon Black’s Purchase of 5 M. Picasso from Gagosian, Files Show

  • Protesters Dressed as Marie Antoinette Roast “Melania” Film at Kennedy Center

    WASHINGTON, DC — Local activists and artists gathered in 18th-century French court attire in front of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, January 29, to protest the premiere of Melania (2026), one of the most expensive nonfiction film acquisitions on record. Of the $75 million Amazon paid for the film, read more

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    Protesters Dressed as Marie Antoinette Roast “Melania” Film at Kennedy Center

  • Art Basel Qatar Marks an Important Moment for Arts and Culture in Doha

    This is a special edition of Breakfast with ARTnews, to coincide with Art Basel Qatar. To receivethe newsletterin your inbox every weekday,signup here. Here inDoha, it is nearly impossible not to know thatArt Baselis in town. Red banners announcing the fair line the streets of the Msheireb district, where it will open on Tuesday across read more

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    Art Basel Qatar Marks an Important Moment for Arts and Culture in Doha

  • What Shows to See in Doha During Art Basel Qatar

    Art Basel’s first edition in Doha arrives with expectations: new collectors, cautious galleries hoping to land institutional interest, and a city briefly reorganized around a fair schedule. What distinguishes the week is not just the fair, but how clearly Doha’s museums are using the moment to make a case for depth. Rather than flooding the read more

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    What Shows to See in Doha During Art Basel Qatar

  • How Richard Wright Shaped John Wilson’s Protest Art

    With 1940’s explosive Native Son, the novelist Richard Wright lit a fire in American literature, the embers of which still glow today. One of the most influential writers of the 20th century, he inspired many, including a young John Wilson, born in 1922 to Guyanese immigrants in the working-class neighborhood of Roxbury, Massachusetts. Wright, who read more

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    How Richard Wright Shaped John Wilson’s Protest Art

  • Swedish startup Berget AI lands €2.1M as demand grows for sovereign AI in Europe

    Swedish AI company Berget AI has raised €2.1 million (SEK 24 million) in funding. The investment comes at a time when AI is rapidly becoming critical infrastructure, while increasing regulatory requirements, geopolitical tensions, and the EU’s new AI legislation are driving growing demand for local control of data and AI workflows. Berget AI was founded read more

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    Swedish startup Berget AI lands €2.1M as demand grows for sovereign AI in Europe

  • Chicago’s Volume Gallery Triples in Size with a Move to West Town

    The last couple of years have seen many art galleries close in art hubs around the world amid a struggling market. But one in Chicago is tripling in size with a move to a new neighborhood. Volume Gallery will open on February 13 in a 3,500-square-foot space designed by co-founders Claire Warner and Sam Vinz read more

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    Chicago’s Volume Gallery Triples in Size with a Move to West Town

  • 'Sarah Stone’s Unseen World' Highlights Avian Paintings by an 18th-Century Talent

    Decades before the advent of photography, when European scientists and explorers were undertaking global expeditions and collecting flora and fauna from around the world, art and science converged in fields of medicine, anthropology, and natural history. During the Enlightenment, artists like Elizabeth Blackwell, John Gould, and Elizabeth Gould—among many, many others—documented botanicals, avians, insects, marine read more

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    'Sarah Stone’s Unseen World' Highlights Avian Paintings by an 18th-Century Talent

  • Fleet opens its capital at a €100M valuation after seven years of bootstrapping

    Fleet, a French scale-up specialising in IT fleet management, equipment, and security for SMEs, announces the entry of ISAI Expansion into its capital through its ISAI Expansion III fund at a €100 million valuation. After seven years of existence and having been entirely bootstrapped to date, Fleet is opening its capital to external investors for read more

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    Fleet opens its capital at a €100M valuation after seven years of bootstrapping

  • Menotracker wants to fix menopause symptom tracking — without selling user data

    Menotracker, the AI-powered menopause-tracking app, has launched in partnership with the privacy technology company ConsentKeys consentkeys.com to become the first and only women’s health application that will never store users’ personal data. The Menotracker app transforms perimenopause and menopause symptoms into personalised insights and support. I spoke to the startup’s CEO, Sonja Rincón, to learn read more

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    Menotracker wants to fix menopause symptom tracking — without selling user data

  • Incard closes £10M Series A to expand its financial platform

    London-based Incard, a financial platform for high-growth digital companies, has raised £10 million in Series A funding led by Smartfin, with participation from Founders Capital, MountFund, and angel investors. Incard was founded to address limitations in traditional business banking, which often requires founders to manage cash flow, invoicing, and spending across multiple disconnected tools. Created read more

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    Incard closes £10M Series A to expand its financial platform

  • Constructor Capital closes $110M Fund I for science-first founders

    Constructor Capital, the Swiss venture arm of the Constructor Group ecosystem, has closed its first fund at $110 million to invest in seed and Series A startups across deeptech, software, and edtech. The fund follows a science-focused approach to sourcing, due diligence, and company support, drawing on a network of more than 50 universities and read more

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    Constructor Capital closes 0M Fund I for science-first founders

  • Biorce raises $52M to support global rollout of its AI clinical trial platform

    Barcelona-based Biorce, a health AI company focused on clinical trial design and execution, has closed a $52 million Series A round. The financing includes new investment from DST Global Partners, with existing investors Norrsken VC and YZR Capital increasing their participation, alongside Mustard Seed Maze. The round also includes angel investors such as Arthur Mensch, read more

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    Biorce raises M to support global rollout of its AI clinical trial platform

  • February 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

    Every month, we share opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies. Make sure you never miss out by joining our monthlyOpportunities Newsletter. Open Calls The Other Art Fair Brooklyn Spring 2026(International)From May 14 to 17, 2026, The Other Art Fair returns to Brooklyn and seeks applications forgeneral boothsand theNew Futuresprogram, read more

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    February 2026 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists

  • More European SPAC IPOs to come, says Einride boss

    The CEO of Swedish autonomous truck startup Einride believes more European startups will follow Einride and go public via a SPAC. Einride is going public on the New York Stock Exchange via aSPAC(Special Purpose Acquisition Company), a vehicle which isdesigned as an alternative route for companies to go public. The SPAC IPO values Einride at read more

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    More European SPAC IPOs to come, says Einride boss

  • Pop Surrealist Todd Schorr Paints the Unusual & The Arcane – Hi-Fructose Magazine

    “I think the general uneasiness that seems to have gripped the planet over the last few years has definitely crept into my work,” says artist Todd Schorr. A look to one of Schorr’s most recent works, “Gullibles Travels,” reveals this in greater detail. The painting is classic Schorr. We find an ape—one of his most read more

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    Pop Surrealist Todd Schorr Paints the Unusual & The Arcane – Hi-Fructose Magazine

  • Pedro Pedro transforms The Everyday into Vibrant Inanimate Portraits – Hi-Fructose Magazine

    At 72″ x 63”, “Cakes with Watermelon and Éclair” offers more than a mouthful of delights with frosting dripping off an array of cakes, most cut open to reveal their layers, cream oozing from an éclair. Comparable in size is “Plates with Oysters, Lobsters, Fish, Sandwiches, and Charcuterie,” a veritable feast where fruits and olives read more

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    Pedro Pedro transforms The Everyday into Vibrant Inanimate Portraits – Hi-Fructose Magazine

  • The tech gender gap in the UK will not be equal until 2060

    The UK loves to congratulate itself on innovation. We have world-class universities, globally admired research and a spinout ecosystem that, compared to many other countries, does a respectable job of turning ideas into companies. Ministers talk up ‘science superpower’ ambitions, vice-chancellors celebrate exits and investors marvel at the density of talent clustered around our campuses. read more

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    The tech gender gap in the UK will not be equal until 2060

  • Carne Group secures strategic investment from Permira at a €1.4B valuation

    Carne Group, Europe’s largest independent third-party management company and a provider of fund regulation and governance services, has agreed to sell a significant minority stake to funds advised by Permira at an enterprise valuation of €1.4 billion. As part of the transaction, Vitruvian Partners will exit its minority stake acquired in 2021, alongside several other read more

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    Carne Group secures strategic investment from Permira at a €1.4B valuation

  • Mos Health secures $1.1M to expand personalised health offerings

    Mos Health, a Polish-American startup developing an AI-based health platform for personalised protocols and supplements, has raised $1.1 million in a pre-seed round co-led by SMOK Ventures and Movens Capital, with participation from Tomasz Karwatka, Piotr Karwatka, Anna Lankauf, and others. Mos Health is a preventive health and lifestyle wellness company focused on making health read more

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    Mos Health secures .1M to expand personalised health offerings