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New York’s Neue Galerie to Merge with Metropolitan Museum of Art in Major Expansion
The Neue Galerie, a private museum in New York’s Upper East Side run by collector Ronald S. Lauder, will merge with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, making yet another major expansion of the latter institution’s modern art offerings. The New York Times reports that the merger will take place in 2028 and that the Neue read more
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Loïc Gouzer’s Auction Platform Fair Warning to Sell Major Banksy at Tiffany’s Flagship Store
Loïc Gouzer doesn’t think the art world understands Banksy. In fact, he thinks it’s scared of him. On May 20, Gouzer’s auction platform Fair Warning will sellGirl and Balloon on Found Landscape, a painting from Banksy’s“Crude Oils”series, in an invitation-only live auction staged inside Tiffany & Co.’s Fifth Avenue flagship. The work, which modifies a read more
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Venice Diary Day 2: “In Minor Keys” Is a Major Statement on Perseverance and Play
“In Minor Keys” is the only biennial in memory that’s made me find a dark corner to cry in. The Arsenale opens with a poem on the wall by Refaat Alareer, written before he was killed by the Israeli military in Gaza in 2023. “If I must die / you must live,” he writes, “to read more
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Diego Rivera’s Grandson Donates 150,000 Objects to Major Mexico City Museum
Mexico City’s Museo Anahuacalli is set to receive more than 150,000 objects from Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera, the grandson of Diego Rivera, in a donation that significantly expands the museum’s holdings and renews attention on the artist’s original vision for the site. As first reported byThe Art Newspaper, the gift spans centuries, from 16th-century ceramics read more
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EU Inc. marks major win for startups as Commission unveils 28th regime proposal
It’s great news for the European startup ecosystem, as today the European Commission presented its proposal forEU Inc., a new single set of corporate rules that will serve as the cornerstone and starting point for the EU’s 28th regime. The announcement represents a major milestone for EU–INC, a policy movement backed by over 22,000 signatories, read more
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Vancouver Art Gallery Announces Major Gift of Stephen Shore Photographs
The Vancouver Art Gallery announced this week that it has received a gift of more than 800 works from American photographer Stephen Shore’s series “Uncommon Places.” The donation comes from the Vancouver-based Chan family, which has long supported the museum. Taken on road trips across North America between 1973 and 1981, “Uncommon Places” is considered read more
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Four Major Works by Bacon, Freud, and Kossoff from Lewis Collection to Hit Auction Block at Sotheby’s London in March
Sotheby’s will offer four major works from the Lewis Collection next month, spearheaded by a 1972 self-portrait by Francis Bacon, in what the auction house described as a markedly stronger market than a year ago. The group, which includes two portraits by Lucian Freud and a rare swimming pool scene by Leon Kossoff, will be read more
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A Major Survey in Paris Chronicles Leonora Carrington's Esoteric Surrealism
Multiple-headed deities, strange woodland feasts, plants with sprite-like faces, and worlds floating on animals’ backs are just a few of the dreamlike occurrences in the work of Leonora Carrington (1917-2011). The British-Mexican artist, born into an upper-class family in Lancashire, was fascinated by the notion of “other.” She immersed herself in fairytales and folk stories read more
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ICA San Francisco to Stage Major Public Art Commission by Jeffrey Gibson For Super Bowl LX
While the San Francisco 49ers may have blown their chance at a hometown Super Bowl win, that hasn’t stopped the Bay Area from getting into the festivities. On Thursday, the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco announced that it will stage a major new public art commission by Jeffrey Gibson. The work—an adaptation of Gibson’s read more
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Germany unifies deeptech funding: DTCF to join HTGF in major VC platform overhaul
The German Federal Government plans to consolidate and strengthen financing for technology startups and scaleups. The DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF) will be continued under the umbrella of High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). By integrating DTCF into HTGF, a seamless financing architecture will be established – from foundation to exit. The existing funds will continue investing in read more
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