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Bob Monk Dead: Longtime Gagosian Director Dies at 75

01/07/2026

Bob Monk, a Gagosian director who was with the gallery for more than 20 years, working closely with artists such as Ed Ruscha and Richard Artschwager, died on December 15 at 75. His ex-wife, Wendy Monk, said the cause was …

Метки : искусствонью-йоркgagosianхудожникинаследиесовременное искусство

France and Mexico Agree to Exchange Pair of Pre-Hispanic Manuscripts

01/07/2026

In May 2025, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Mexico City. It was Macron’s first official visit to Mexico, and was an important step in Mexico’s recent attempts to bolster trade relations with Europe. While …

Метки : #культурарепатриацияискусствомексикафранциякодексы

Pictures of Venetian Palazzo Painted by Monet Up for Sale

01/07/2026

A Venetian palazzo painted by Claude Monet—with a riderless gondola floating in a fog of coolish hues—is up for sale via Christie’s International Real Estate. The location is on a premier stretch of the Grand Canal, and the price is …

Метки : венецияискусствопродажа.палаццоклод монеистория.

A Paris Art Dealer Is Found Guilty of Harassing Brigitte Macron

01/07/2026

A particularly bizarre strain of conspiracy theory holds that prominent female celebrities, including musicians, athletes, and political figures, are secretly transgender. In a Paris court on Monday, a French art dealer was among 10 people found guilty of online harassment …

Метки : конспирологиябрижит макрононлайн-домогательствасудзнаменитости#творчество

British Museum Seeks Specialist to Hunt Down Missing Treasures

01/07/2026

British Museum Seeks Specialist to Hunt Down Missing Treasures TheBritish Museumis looking for an experienced treasure hunter to track hundreds of Greek and Roman antiquities that went missing from its collection in recent years and were possibly stolen by an …

Метки : #культураантиквариатмузейкражапоиск сокровищновости

Diriyah Biennale Reveals Artists for Third Edition

01/07/2026

Diriyah Biennale Reveals Artists for Third Edition The Diriyah Biennale Foundation has named the more than sixty-five artists set to participate in the third iteration of theDiriyah Contemporary Art Biennale. Titled “In Interludes and Transitions (في الحِلّ والترحال),” the exhibition …

Метки : diriyah biennaleсовременное искусствовыставкахудожникиискусствосаудовская аравия

Defaults on Art-Backed Loans Soar in Tough Market

01/06/2026

Half of non-bank art lenders experienced loan defaults in 2024, up from 17 percent two years earlier, according to the Art and Finance Report 2025, published by Deloitte Private and ArtTactic.That figure, however, is still better than 2020, the first …

Метки : искусствокредитырынокэкономикафинансированиеинвестиции

The US's Only Weather Museum May Have to Close Due to Poor Funding

01/06/2026

The National Weather Museum and Science Center in Norman, Oklahoma, the only US museum dedicated to weather artifacts, said late last month that it is at risk of closing. The nonprofit, launched in the early 2000s, has relied completely on …

Метки : музейпогодафинансированиенорманискусствонаука

Louvre strike targets plan for new Mona Lisa gallery

01/06/2026

Staff at the Louvre in Paris staged another walkout this week, intensifying opposition to a major redevelopment plan that includes a dedicated gallery for Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and a new entrance intended to ease pressure on the museum’s …

Метки : луврискусствозабастовкареконструкциямона лизабезопасность музея

M HKA Says Government Plan to Dissolve Museum Is Illegal

01/06/2026

A plan by the Flemish government to dissolve M HKA, a beloved contemporary art institution in Antwerp, has come under further fire, with a legal review initiated by the museum now claiming that such a move would be illegal. VRT …

Метки : искусствомузейфламандское правительствосовременное искусствоантверпенпротесты

The Egyptologists’ Guide to the Grand Egyptian Museum

01/06/2026

After more than a decade of anticipation, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), the largest museum devoted to a single civilization, has fully opened its exhibitions, including the long-awaited King Tutankhamun halls. Originally announced in 2002, the idea for the museum …

Метки : музейархитектураискусстводревний египет#культураоткрытия

Defaults on Art-Backed Loans Soar in Tough Market

01/06/2026

Half of non-bank art lenders experienced loan defaults in 2024, up from 17 percent two years earlier, according to the Deloitte Private and ArtTactic Art and Finance Report 2025.That said, it’s still better than the chaos of 2020, the first …

Метки : искусствокредитыфинансовый рынокэкономические условияимпрессионизмкредиты под залог

Dib Bangkok Opens at a Critical Turning Point in the Thai Art Scene

01/06/2026

Despite the proximity to the holiday season, about a hundred guests—including many of the contemporary art world’s most influential figures—gathered in Bangkok on December 20 for the highly anticipated opening of Dib Bangkok. Positioned as one of the most significant …

Метки : искусствомузейвыставкатайландсовременное искусствокультурное событие

Long-lost Bertoia Sculpture Is Installed in GM's Global Headquarters

01/06/2026

This past December, following an extensive restoration, a 1970 masterwork by sculptor and designer Harry Bertoia (1915–1978) was installed in the atrium of General Motors’s new global headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. General Motors announced the news in December, and the …

Метки : искусствоскульптурагарри бертонияgeneral motorsдетройтвосстановление