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43 Looted Antiquities Are Returned to Turkey

12/24/2025

Reflecting growing pressure by New York prosecutors on museums and private collectors, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and an American collector have returned dozens of looted antiquities to Turkey. As reported by the New …

Метки : античные предметырепатриацияпрокуратурамузеитурциядемосфен

Pathbreaking Austrian Postwar Painter Arnulf Rainer Dies at 96

12/24/2025

Pathbreaking Austrian Postwar Painter Arnulf Rainer Dies at 96 Arnulf Rainer, whose work provided crucial inspiration to the Viennese Actionists, died on December 18 at the age of ninety-six. His death was confirmed by gallery Thaddaeus Ropac, which represents him. …

Метки : искусствоавстрийские художники#творчестворайнернаследиеискусствоведение

White House Intensifies Funding Threats Against Smithsonian

12/24/2025

White House Intensifies Funding Threats Against Smithsonian The Trump administration, whichthis past August announced that it would reviewcurrent and forthcoming Smithsonian exhibitions “to assess tone, historical framing and alignment with American ideals,” has reiterated its threat to pull funding if …

Метки : смитсоновский институтадминистрация трампафинансированиеистория.автономиягражданские инициативы

In Memoriam 2025: Notable Art-World Figures Who Died This Year

12/23/2025

Each December, we remember the art-world figures we have lost in the past year. This year, our list includes the famous and the not-so-famous, insiders and outsiders, those who had long careers and those whose lives were cut tragically short. …

Метки : искусствопамятихудожникивлияниепотеринаследие

MoMA Acquires 16 Onchain Artworks

12/23/2025

The Museum of Modern Art in New York has added eight CryptoPunks and eight Chromie Squiggles to its permanent collection. The acquisition, which comes via donations from multiple collectors, is the latest acquisition by a major museum of on-chain art …

Метки : искусствокриптоискусствоnftmomaколлекцияцифровое искусство

Louvre Installs Bars on Notorious Window at Center of Art Heist

12/23/2025

While the Louvre was closed on Tuesday, the museum continued beefing up its security, this time by installing bars on the window through which thieves entered the institution in October and stole bejeweled objects, most of which still have not …

Метки : луврбезопасностьискусствограбежмероприятия#культура

Rome Introduces Entry Fee to See Famous Trevi Fountain Close-Up

12/23/2025

Rome has unveiled its latest tactic to curb over-tourism: a €2 ($2.35) entrance fee for close-up access to the Trevi Fountain. The measure will take effect on February 1 and be enforced daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Rome …

Метки : римтуризмфонтан тревивходные сборы#культураохрана памятников

Sotheby’s to Host Its Second Auction in Saudi Arabia in January and This Time Only Art will Be Sold, No Luxury

12/23/2025

Sotheby’s has announced it will hold its second auction in Saudi Arabia on January 31, 2026. The house hosted the kingdom’s first international auction in February, selling a mix of art, luxury goods, and sports memorabilia in the hyper-gentrified town …

Метки : sotheby'sсаудовская аравияаукционсовременное искусствоискусстворынок коллекционирования

New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Signs Open Letter Supporting Met Museum Union

12/23/2025

New York City Mayoral-Elect Zohran Mamdani has signed an open letter in support of roughly 1,000 workers of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York who filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board in November to approve …

Метки : искусство#культурапрофсоюзынью-йоркметрополитен-музейработники

New Banksy Murals Look to Stars but Point to Problems On the Ground

12/23/2025

For the third time this year, Banksy has created a new work of street art. The new piece has been confirmed in the anonymous British artist’s customary fashion, with an Instagram post. The artwork shows two children lying on their …

Метки : бэнксиuличное искусствосимволизмбездомностьлондонсовременное искусство

Uruguay’s Only Art Fair Wagers That It Can Be a Regional Market Force

12/23/2025

“There’s a before and after Este Arte,” Uruguay’s first and only art fair, according to its founder, Laura Bardier. The professionalization of Uruguay’s art market could read as Bardier’s biography—the curator who, through sheer insistence, converted a quixotic dream into …

Метки : искусствоуругвайярмарка#культурасовременное искусствоколлекционирование

Jeffrey Epstein Files Reveal Artists Denounced Him 20 Years Ago

12/23/2025

Federal authorities, journalists, and Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers have spent years scrutinizing the financier’s properties and possessions, piecing together an aesthetic world that often seemed to mirror the abuses he committed. Reporting by ARTnews, the New York Times, Artnet, and other …

Метки : эпштейнискусствоскандалтайныпреступленияобвинения

UK Museum Calls for Santa to Be ‘Decolonized'

12/22/2025

The HeadlinesOASIS OF ART. Located near the cracked, dried remnants of the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan, the I.V. Savitsky State Art Museum (aka the Nukus Museum) in Nukus is a hidden treasure. As the Art Newspaper reports, it houses nearly …

Метки : искусствоузбекистанмузейкультурный туризмсантадеколонизация

Arnulf Rainer Dead: Abstract Austrian Artist Dies at 96

12/21/2025

Arnulf Rainer, the Austrian artist whose relentless drive for experimentation made him a key figure of Europe’s postwar scene, died on December 18 at 96 at his home in Austria. His death was confirmed by his gallery Thaddaeus Ropac. Born …

Метки : арнульф райнерискусствоабстракцияэксперимент#творчествохудожник