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Fabergé Egg Could Set a New Auction Record at Christie's in December

10/16/2025

Ice is forecast at Christie’s London this winter.A collection of diamond-encrusted Fabergé collectibles, including one incredible rarity known as the Winter Egg, will go under the gavel at the auction house during Classic Week in December.Nicholas II, the last reigning …

Метки : фабержеискусствоаукциондрагоценностиколлекционированиеистория.

The Gulf Art Scene Is Showing Its Global Force

10/16/2025

Competition is a Western concept,” said Qatar’s Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani during a panel discussion at Art Basel this past June. Sheikha Al Mayassa is chairperson of Qatar Museums, one of the largest buyers of …

Метки : искусствоперсидский заливколлекционерывыставки#культураарабские эмираты

The Best Booths at Frieze London 2025

10/16/2025

Frieze London returns with 168 galleries reconfigured under a fresh layout. The fair’s organisers are doubling down on a bet: that the real energy now lies with the emerging spaces, not the marquee names. Under its revamped floor plan, galleries …

Метки : искусствовыставка#культуралондонсовременное искусство

Frieze London 2025: Big Galleries Report Strong Sales by Early Afternoon

10/15/2025

Frieze London is humming under a typically leaden London sky. The fair’s VIP preview kicked off at 11 a.m. and quickly drew a strong crowd—including German supermodel Claudia Schiffer—milling around the fair’s massive tent in Regent’s Park, kissing cheeks, flaunting …

Метки : искусствовыставкапродажигалереилондонсовременные художники

20,000 Medieval Coins Discovered by Man Digging for Worms

10/15/2025

A man digging for worms during a stay at his summer house near Stockholm unearthed something else instead: a cache of up to 20,000 silver coins from the Early Middle Ages, as well as pearls, pendants, and rings. The haul …

Метки : сокровищаархеологияистория.стокгольмсредневековьенаходки

The Art Heist That Inspired ‘The Mastermind,’ Starring Josh O’Connor

10/15/2025

Kelly Reichardt’s new film, The Mastermind, centers around an art heist, and while it does depict a high-stakes caper set at a museum, there’s generally little tension. Anyone who knows anything about Reichardt’s leisurely paced filmmaking understands that that’s not …

Метки : искусствокинокражарейхардтфестивальдрама

William Monk’s New Paintings at Frieze London 2025

10/15/2025

When I arrived at William Monk’s cavernous Brooklyn studio last month, the British painter was putting the finishing touches on a series of paintings soon to be crated up and shipped for Pace’s solo presentation of his work at Frieze …

Метки : искусствоуильям монквыставкаfrieze londonживописькреативность

Courtauld Gallery and Institute receives landmark £30 M. donation

10/15/2025

London‘s Courtauld Gallery and Institute has received a £30 million donation from the Reuben Foundation, which was set up by billionaire brothers and real estate moguls David and Simon Reuben. It’s the largest donation in The Courtauld’s 93-year history. The …

Метки : искусствопожертвованияфондлондонгалереикультурное наследие

Qatar Reveals It's the Owner of Courbet's Famous Self-Portrait

10/15/2025

Qatar revealed this week that it’s the owner of Gustave Courbet‘s famed self-portrait Le Désespéré (The Desperate Man), 1843–45, which went on view today at Paris’s Musée d’Orsay. It’s the first time the work has been on view in France, …

Метки : катарискусствогюстав курбемузеисовременное искусствоколлекционирование

San Francisco May Destroy Vaillancourt Fountain in Redevelopment Plan

10/15/2025

The city of San Francisco is considering destroying a Brutalist fountain by Armand Vaillancourt in a redevelopment of Embarcadero Plaza. In an October 2024 meeting of San Francisco’s Recreation and Park Commission, the commission’s general manager Phil Ginsburg revealed he …

Метки : сан-францискофонтанискусстворедевелопментбрутализмобщественное искусство

Issy Wood Paints Charli XCX—and Her 'Britishness’—for Vanity Fair

10/15/2025

An extended Brat summer came to a close quite a while ago, which may explain why the latest issue of Vanity Fair features a painting of Charli XCX on its cover without even so much as a hint of the …

Метки : искусствочарли xcxисси вудvanitiy fairфан-артбританская арт-сцена

Ireland Is Making Basic Income for Artists Program Permanent

10/14/2025

Several years after launching a trial, Ireland is set to make its basic income for artists program permanent starting in 2026. Under the program, selected artists receive a weekly payment of approximately $375, or about $1,500 per month. There are …

Метки : ирландиябазовый доходхудожникиискусствосоциальные программыэкономика

Family of Inbar Haiman Demands Her Remains Be Returned by Hamas

10/14/2025

As part of the ceasefire deal brokered by the Trump Administration last week, Israel and Hamas finally swapped hostages and detainees on Monday. Hamas returned all 20 remaining living hostages to Israel, along with four of the 28 remaining deceased …

Метки : израильхамасзаложникиграффитиинбар хайманискусство

DuSable Black History Museum Responds to Accusations of Retaliation

10/14/2025

The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center in Chicago, the oldest public museum in the country dedicated to African American visual art, has responded to allegations of a retaliatory termination, following several years of high staff turnover. Weekly newspaper …

Метки : музейувольнениеистория.афроамериканская культурачикагоскандал