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A Drawing Said to Be by Michelangelo Will Go to Auction

11/25/2025

A five-inch-tall red chalk drawing of a foot, said to be by Michelangelo (1475–1564), will be offered for sale at Christie’s auction house in New York in February. Christie’s estimates the work to sell between $1.5 million and $2 million. …

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New York Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Names Arts and Culture Committee

11/25/2025

New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, who decisively beat back independent candidate Andrew Cuomo in the election to lead the city earlier this month, has named an arts and culture transition committee. The 28-member group includes curators, art dealers, journalists, …

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Politician Calls for End to Quota System for Grand Egyptian Musem

11/25/2025

Earlier this month, Egyptian Member of Parliament Freddy Elbaiady criticized the Grand Egyptian Museum’s ticketing system, which sets quotas for the total number of tickets sold to foreign tourists and Egyptian nationals separately. Elbaiady’s demand came days after the museum …

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Japanese Museum Refunded for Fake Wolfgang Beltracchi Painting

11/25/2025

A painting determined to be the work of “genius forger” Wolfgang Beltracchi in Japan’s Tokushima Modern Art Museum, it was returned and refunded for 67.2 million yen ($426,000) by an Osaka-based company on Wednesday, November 19, reported the Mainichi. The …

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MSK Ghent Declines to Return Nazi-Looted Painting, Citing Compensation

11/25/2025

The Museum of Fine Arts (MSK) in Ghent has declined to restitute Gaspar de Craye’s Nazi-looted Portrait of Bishop Triest, saying that the painting’s original owner and heirs were previously compensated. Jewish groups in Belgium, however, continue to demand further …

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Antica Terra Winemaker Maggie Harrison Works With Artists for Box Set

11/25/2025

Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, an ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. Maggie Harrison is the head of winemaking at Antica Terra in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, …

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With Trump-Allied Arts Group at Helm, US Artist for 2026 Venice Biennale Is Chosen

11/25/2025

With Trump-Allied Arts Group at Helm, US Artist for 2026 Venice Biennale Is Chosen The US State Department on November 24 announced that Mexico-based American sculptorAlma Allenwill represent the United States at the Sixty-FirstVenice Biennale, to take place May 9–November …

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Okada Museum's Founder Sells 125 Works at Sotheby's

11/24/2025

A total of 125 major works from Japan’s Okada Museum of Art hit the auction block at Sotheby’s Hong Kong on Saturday, achieving white-glove status (meaning all works sold). The sale netted the equivalent of $88 million (plus fees) and …

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Philadelphia Art Museum Accuses Ex-Director Sasha Suda of Theft

11/23/2025

Earlier this month, Sasha Suda, the former director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, filed a civil suit against the institution, alleging wrongful termination, unfair treatment, and abuse. On Thursday, the museum filed its response. In a new …

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Frida Kahlo Painting Commands $54.7 Million at Sotheby’s, Shattering Auction Records

11/22/2025

Frida Kahlo Painting Commands $54.7 Million at Sotheby’s, Shattering Auction Records Frida Kahlo’s 1940 paintingEl sueño (La cama)sold for $54.7 million including fees atSotheby’sExquisite Corpus sale, held the evening of November 20 in New York. The amount is the highest …

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Philadelphia Art Museum Taps Former Met Head Daniel Weiss to Succeed Ousted Director Sasha Suda

11/22/2025

Philadelphia Art Museum Taps Former Met Head Daniel Weiss to Succeed Ousted Director Sasha Suda ThePhiladelphia Art Museum(PhAM) has namedDaniel H. Weiss, a formerdirector and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Artin New York, as its new director and CEO, …

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Lynne Drexler Breaks Auction Record at Christie’s Day Sale

11/22/2025

Day sales are usually where the market’s real temperature is taken—where trends sharpen and the middle market either holds or crumbles. On Thursday, Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art day sale brought in a healthy $88.7 million, with sell-through rates of …

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Philadelphia Art Museum Names New Director as It Navigates Controversy

11/22/2025

With its board having abruptly ousted its director earlier this month, the Philadelphia Art Museum has already found in a new leader in Daniel H. Weiss, the former president and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Weiss left the …

Метки : музейискусствофиладельфиядэниел уайсsasha sudaкультурное наследие

Anonymous Buyer Pays $1 M. for Secret Code to Sculpture at C.I.A.

11/22/2025

In one of the more head-scratching moments of an auction season full of twists and turns, an anonymous buyer won the elusive code to crack the final part of a puzzling sculpture created by artist Jim Sanborn for the Central …

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