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Art World Insiders Make Their New Year’s Predictions for 2026

12/30/2025

2025 was a disorienting and destabilizing year, both in the art market and farther afield. But amid all the doom and gloom of gallery closures, tariff announcements, and Trump proclamations, there were hints of brighter days ahead. For every gallery …

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Painter Behind Viral ‘Beast Jesus' Paintnig Restoration Dies at 94

12/30/2025

Cecilia Giménez Zueco, the amateur Spanish painter who butchered an attempt to restore a small-town fresco and became a global phenomenon because of it, has died at 94. Giménez, a lifelong resident of Borja in the province of Zaragoza, vaulted …

Метки : искусствореставрацияхудожник#культурафресказнаменитость

Cornelia Stokes Named Inaugural Assistant Curator of the Art of the African Diaspora at SFMOMA and MOAD

12/30/2025

Cornelia Stokes Named Inaugural Assistant Curator of the Art of the African Diaspora at SFMOMA and MOAD TheSan Francisco Museum of Modern Artand theMuseum of the African Diaspora, also in San Francisco, have announced Cornelia Stokes as inaugural assistant curator …

Метки : искусствокураторыафриканская диаспоравыставкисан-францискокультурные проекты

UK Taxpayers to Pay $1 Billion to InsureBayeux Tapestry for British Museum Loan

12/30/2025

UK Taxpayers to Pay $1 Billion to InsureBayeux Tapestry for British Museum Loan The UK Treasury will rely on the taxpayer-backed Government Indemnity Scheme to insure theBayeux Tapestryfor an estimated £800 million ($1 billion) while it is on loan from …

Метки : искусствомузейбайёгобеленстрахованиеистория.

The Year in Latinx Art: When Art Seems Impossible It Is Still Healing

12/30/2025

2025 has felt especially unrelenting. January brought devastating wildfires to Los Angeles, my hometown. Dozens of artists lost their homes and their work. Altadena, a creative hub of Black creativity for decades and, more recently, a home to many artists, …

Метки : 2025искусствомиграциялос-анджелестрампсоциальные вопросы

Angelina Jolie’s New York Studio Space Runs Into a Legal Challenge

12/30/2025

When actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie took over a Manhattan studio building in 2023 with a plan to offer clothes shopping, Turkish coffee, and Syrian mini pies, and workshops for under-represented tailors and artisans from around the world, part of …

Метки : анжелина джолиискусствоконфликтывыставкимодагуманитарная деятельность

Imperial War Museum Faces Criticism for Medal Gallery Closure

12/30/2025

The Imperial War Museum (IWM) is facing criticism from Lord Ashcroft after the institution closed its long-running gallery of Victoria Cross medals and launched a new virtual tour focused on LGBTQ+ histories. The upper floor of the museum previously housed …

Метки : музейлгбтк+войнаколлекцияэшкрофтискусство

In 2025, Censorship and Firings Defined a Fractured Art World

12/29/2025

In its 2024 Year-in-Review, ARTnews noted a widening schism in the art world, defined by a moral fault: the continued support of Israel amid the destruction of Gaza. A year later—and more than three years into what a UN commission …

Метки : искусствоцензураполитикавыставкисвобода выраженияпротесты

From Pollocks to NFTs: The 12 Cases That Shaped Art Litigation in 2025

12/26/2025

The art world spent much of 2025 not unveiling masterpieces but unsealing court documents, as if the industry had drifted into a year-long deposition. What began as the usual background hum of disputes swelled into something grander: collectors accusing advisers, …

Метки : искусствосудебные разбирательстваприбыль#культурагалереиnft

Leslie Wexner Denies Being Jeffrey Epstein's 'Co-Conspirator'

12/26/2025

A recently released set of files related to Jeffrey Epstein implied that the convicted sex criminal’s ties to collector Leslie Wexner ran deeper than some previously thought, placing new scrutiny on the former Victoria’s Secret CEO. One email from an …

Метки : искусствоновостискандалколлекционерыэпштейнуэкснер

10 Must-See Chapels in Italy

12/25/2025

While most flock to museums to experience world-famous artworks, some of the most influential pieces reside outside institutions—especially in Italy, where, during the Renaissance, a number of wealthy patrons commissioned works of art in smaller chapels. Those chapels were intended …

Метки : искусствоиталияренессанскапеллыархитектураистория.

A Year in Gallery Closures: Collapse or Transition to Smarter Market?

12/24/2025

“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way,” Leo Tolstoy wrote in the opening of Anna Karenina. The line is so iconic that it gave rise to a principle: for success to occur in …

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Ruth Foundation Names 2026 Ruth Award Recipients

12/24/2025

Ruth Foundation Names 2026 Ruth Award Recipients TheRuth Foundation for the Artshas revealed the five winners of its Ruth Award: Yuji Agematsu, Ranu Mukherjee, Will Rawls, Ellen Sebastian Chang, and Anna Martine Whitehead. The prize was inaugurated in 2024 and …

Метки : искусствопремиянаградахудожники#культураобщество

Galerie 1900-2000 Closes New York Branch: ‘Business Was Quite Slow’

12/24/2025

In a multi-year market slowdown, numerous galleries large and small have either gone out of business or retrenched. Galerie 1900-2000, founded in Paris, opened a New York branch on Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side in February 2023 as …

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