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From the Incredible Rise of Yayoi Kusama to Europe’s Biggest Jewel Heist: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week

November 29, 2019
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BEST Getting Better With Age – The old adage about good things coming to those who wait has proven true—at least with these eight female artists who found success after 80. Dream Closet – The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s latest Costume Institute show has opened, striking envy in the hearts of clothes horses everywhere. Art Therapy

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Have You Seen a Benin Bronze in an Art Museum? The Guardian Launches a Campaign to Locate and Return African Art

November 29, 2019
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The British Museum and other UK institutions with Benin bronzes in their collections are facing growing pressure to return them to Africa. Now, the Guardian newspaper has increased the heat by launching a public appeal to map the location of sculptures looted by the British in the late 19th century. The campaign focuses on the bronzes

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See Basketball-Themed Art and Slo-Mo Dunk Videos at the NBA’s Exhibition During Art Basel Miami Beach

November 29, 2019
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Sports and art don’t often mix, but basketball is something of an exception. Shaquille O’Neal curated two art shows (“Size DOES Matter” and “Shaq Loves People” in 2010 and 2014, respectively) pulling in big-name artists like Ellen Gallagher, Ron Mueck, and Cindy Sherman. Former NBA stars Amar’e Stoudemire, Grant Hill, and Elliot Perry are big-time

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Art Industry News: Police Announce a $550,000 Reward to Hunt Down Dresden’s Jewel Thieves + Other Stories

November 29, 2019
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Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Friday, November 29. NEED-TO-READ The Rubells Open a New Museum and Plan Another – Miami’s leading collectors Mera and Don Rubell are opening their new space

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Our Handy Guide to the 13 Key Art Fairs During Art Basel Miami Beach Week 2019

November 29, 2019
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Art Basel Miami Beach is back, as are the many satellite fairs joining it, bringing some 70,000 visitors to town when it opens next week. But since even the most seasoned fair goers may find themselves overwhelmed by the action, we’ve rounded up nearly all the fairs opening in Miami this month, from the main

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Experts Discover the Secrets of a Dutch Old Master After Nearly 400 Years

November 29, 2019
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When the Dutch Old Master Pieter de Hooch painted a woman weighing gold and silver coins, he signed his canvas in an unusual place. Nearly 400 years later an eagle-eyed conservator spotted the artist’s name slyly incorporated into the frame of an open window within the painting.   It is one of three intriguing discoveries made by

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‘I Was Just Stunned. And Humbled’: In a New Book, Debbie Harry Reflects on the Time Andy Warhol Took Her Portrait

November 29, 2019
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I’ve been thinking about Andy Warhol and what an impact he had on my life. Andy was the master of blurring the line between art and commerce. His art played with the conventions of commerce—marketing, mass production, branding, popular culture, advertising, celebrity. He also blurred the line between serious and playful. He was very serious

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A Fabulous New Play Stages the Stormy Relationship Between Impressionist Masters Edgar Degas and Mary Cassatt

November 29, 2019
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When we meet Mary Cassatt in playwright Chris Ward’s new production, The Independents, playing now off Broadway at the Jerry Orbach Theater, she is at her studio awaiting a visit from Edgar Degas. A fervent admirer of his work, Cassatt is eager to impress him at their first meeting. But things don’t go exactly as she planned. After

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See 11 Powerful Artworks From a New Book Celebrating the Greatest Women Artists in History

November 29, 2019
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When the art historian Horst Waldemar Janson’s History of Art was first published in 1962, the book—which has since become the definitive art history textbook in the West—did not name a single female artist. The omission was not rectified until the 1986 edition was released. In recognition of that historical imbalance, Phaidon has teamed up with Kering, the

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See 11 Powerful Works From a New Book Celebrating the Greatest Women Artists in History

November 29, 2019
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When the art historian Horst Waldemar Janson’s History of Art was first published in 1962, the book—which has since become the definitive art history textbook in the West—did not name a single female artist. The omission was not rectified until the 1986 edition was released. In recognition of that historical imbalance, Phaidon has teamed up with Kering, the

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