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Disgraced Miami Dealer Begins Selling Labubus—and More Art News

10/21/2025

The Headlines WHINING AND DINING. Greece’s culture minister, Lina Mendoni, blasted the British Museum for allowing 800 or so guests to get merry around the Elgin Marbles during Saturday’s £2,000-a-ticket Pink Ball, dubbed London’s answer to the Met Gala, the …

Метки : этикаискусство#культурагрециябританский музейистория.

French Audit: Parts of Louvre Have No Cameras, Other Security Flaws

10/21/2025

Following the robbery of French crown jewels from the Louvre Museum on Sunday, a government audit leaked to Radio France revealed that the museum’s security system was “outdated and inadequate.” The report, set to be released publicly next month, was …

Метки : луврограблениебезопасностькража#культурарасследование

Egyptian Statue in Met’s ‘Divine Egypt’ Sparks Jokes Over Erect Phallus

10/20/2025

A statue carved more than 5,000 years ago and now featured in “Divine Egypt” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has become the subject of internet mockery after a viral post on X. A user named “microplastics dedicator” shared an …

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Thieves Steal Napoleon-Era Jewels in Daylight Heist at the Louvre

10/19/2025

Professional thieves stole jewels of “incalculable” value—including pieces once belonging to Emperor Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie—in a brazen daylight robbery at the Louvre Museum in Paris on Sunday, according to French officials and a New York Times report. Interior …

Метки : луврограблениедрагоценностинаполеоневгения#культура

What Are This Year's Most Important Museum Donations?

10/18/2025

A look at important gifts from top collectors to global institutions this year, including a trove of 6,500 photographs from German investment banker Arthur Walther to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and over 2,000 French artworks from the 16th to …

Метки : искусствоколлекционерыподарки.выставкифотографии#культура

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kalil House Wins Landmark Status

10/18/2025

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kalil House Wins Landmark Status TheKalil Housein Manchester, New Hampshire, a Usonian Automatic home designed byFrank Lloyd Wright, has been added to theNational Register of Historic Placesby the US Secretary of the Interior. Completed in 1957 as …

Метки : архитектураисторические зданияфрэнк ллойд райтusonian#культураискусство

London’s Courtauld Gallery Receives Historic $40 Million Donation

10/16/2025

London’s Courtauld Gallery Receives Historic $40 Million Donation TheCourtauld Galleryand Institute in London has revealed itself to be the recipient of a £30 million ($40 million) donation, the largest in its ninety-three year history. The gift was made by theReuben …

Метки : искусствоблаготворительностьлондонгалерея#культураистория.

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

Flemish Government’s Plan to Dissolve M HKA Sparks Outrage

10/14/2025

Flemish Government’s Plan to Dissolve M HKA Sparks Outrage The announcement last week by the Government of Flanders that it planned to “reform the landscape of its own museums and the visual arts sector” and strip Antwerp’s Museum of Modern …

Метки : искусство#культурамузейфландрияпротестm hka

India Plots First Venice Biennale Pavilion in Seven Years

10/14/2025

Emerging artists from the Indigenous tribes of India will represent the country at the upcoming Venice Biennale, Indian cultural authorities announced on Friday. The news was announced by Union Culture and Tourism minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who was speaking at …

Метки : искусствовенецияиндийские художникибиеннале#культураинвестиции

Smithsonian Closes Museums Amid Government Shutdown

10/12/2025

The Smithsonian Institution, a Washington, D.C.–based network for museums that has repeatedly been attacked by the Trump administration, suffered yet one more blow this weekend as a continuing government shutdown forced it close for the foreseeable future. It is not …

Метки : смитсоновский институтправительственный штурм#культураискусствополитикатрамп

Cecilia Vicuña Awarded 2025 Roswitha Haftmann Prize

10/11/2025

Cecilia Vicuña Awarded 2025 Roswitha Haftmann Prize Chilean activist, artist, and poet Cecilia Vicuña, known for her quipus—strands of knotted fibers that reference the ancient Andean communication system—has been named the winner of the 2025Roswitha Haftmann Prize. Established in 2001, …

Метки : искусствопремияактивизмженщины#культурачили

Frieze to Inaugurate Abu Dhabi Fair in 2026

10/11/2025

Frieze to Inaugurate Abu Dhabi Fair in 2026 London-based art fair operatorFriezeon October 10 announced the launch ofFrieze Abu Dhabi. The event is being staged through a partnership with the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu …

Метки : искусствоярмаркаабу-даби#культураfriezeсобытия