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Sotheby's cancels Viel Castel sale after entire collection is bought by a US collector, source says
The 61 lot sale of art, antiques and works of art was cancelled two and a half hours after its supposed start time following private deal
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Artist builds memorial to the 448 killed in Nicaragua’s civil strife
But because of the continuing unrest in his home country, the work was shown in Guatemala instead
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Es Devlin, Carlo Rovelli and the Multi-Story Orchestra light up Peckham
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Beirut Art Fair gives helping hand to embattled Egyptian galleries
Lebanese event cuts 'special offer' to help Egypt's galleries exhibit abroad and invests $100,000 in outreach to encourage collectors from further afield
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Young pop-up The Auction Collective claims bidding on art is as easy as buying a book on Amazon
No buyer's premium and bidding paddles on your phone, but founder still believes holding physical auctions is key
NewsCensorship
Wolfgang Tillmans and Tania Bruguera pledge support for censored Serralves Museum director
João Ribas has stepped down following censorship row around Robert Mapplethorpe show
NewsMarina Abramovic
Marina Abramovic attacked with painting at exhibition in Florence
An amateur artist hit the artist over the head with framed work on paper
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Art world stalwart Nicholas Pope pops up at The Sunday Painter
about 10 hours agoAn African street café and more by Barthélémy Toguo makes a splash in the Hamptons
Art Mallorca: when Love Island meets the art world
Unseen photography gongs awarded to Jaakko Kahilaniemi and Alexey Shlyk
Ai Weiwei says he is heading to the US—but is too old for New York
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Ambitious project to build replica Berlin Wall blocked by city authorities
Russia film-maker Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s giant installation based on 700 hours of film faces insurmountable bureaucratic hurdles
NewsControversies
Authorities destroy sculptures in the Maldives
Destruction of Jason deCaires Taylor's Coralarium installation came after condemnation by local Muslim leaders and politicians
PreviewExhibitions
Hairy who? The group that put a spell on the 1960s Chicago art scene
Art Institute of Chicago hosts first major survey of the loose artist collective
PreviewExhibitions
Looted ‘cannibal’ bowl served up in Royal Academy of Art’s Oceania show
Artefact is one of around 200 on show in largest exhibition on the region in almost 40 years
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Millennials in mind: Unseen Amsterdam photography event tempts younger collectors
The burgeoning platform for emerging artists includes a 53-dealer fair, special projects, awards and a section for collectives with a conscience
FeatureArtist interview
Hayv Kahraman on the Kurdish exodus—and the trouble with humanitarian campaigns
The Baghdad-born, Los Angeles-based artist talks about the impetus for her new work at Susanne Vielmetter
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The UK’s imminent law against the trade in ivory is a serious threat to liberties, says former Lord Chief Justice
Quintessentially Chinese art gives way to a global identity
Is contemporary art the kale of the art world?
Cryptocurrencies: a moving target for regulators
London's National Portrait Gallery’s contemporary art programme resonates more with the art world than the public
NewsMuseums
Met plans to leave Breuer building, making way for the Frick
The Brutalist structure will house Frick’s historic collection during expansion of its 70th Street home
NewsEconomics
Digital platform aims to help artists get fair pay
Wagency, launched by the group Working Artists and the Greater Economy, has similar goals and methods to a labour union
NewsPrivate Museums
Glenstone’s giant $200m expansion is ready, but will visitors come?
Collectors’ private museum, scrutinised by US Senate for limited access, could draw 100,000 people a year
NewsThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From a show on humour at the South London Gallery's new Fire Station space, to Samuel Courtauld’s Impressionists at the National Gallery
BlogIn the frame
Art Mallorca: when Love Island meets the art world
Event aims to become the Mediterranean’s premier art fair, against stiff competition
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Mystery identity of Van Gogh’s 'gardener' solved
New research reveals name of man in the artist’s finest asylum portrait
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Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s night at the Louvre Museum
Down under: Australian artist Mike Parr buries himself under a road for 72 hours
Livestream: Antony Gormley, Norman Rosenthal and Louisa Buck talk about the genius of Joseph Beuys
'A deeper source of truth than appearances': Antony Gormley on Joseph Beuys
Michelangelo: The Art Newspaper's editor talks about a British treasure
FeatureExhibitions
Beacons of empathy: the forgotten women who brought the Foundling Museum to life
The portraits of men in the London museum's picture gallery are being replaced by portraits of women who supported a vision to protect young children
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Courtauld’s Impressionists. Plus, Armenian treasures at the Met
How Samuel Courtauld’s collection ignited Britain’s passion for Impressionists. Plus, New York’s Metropolitan Museum looks at Armenia, the first country to convert to Christianity. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.
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Under the skin of Jusepe de Ribera’s ‘extreme violence’ at the Dulwich Picture Gallery
First major UK exhibition of Spanish artist aims to show how his brutal realism was informed by classicism
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Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
The power of Black artists resonates at the Brooklyn Museum, while Medieval monsters lurk at the Morgan Library
NewsMuseums
MoCA Toronto set to open in new industrial home that hosts both art and artists
New works by Barbara Kruger, Tania Bruguera and Awol Erizku will be presented in Canadian museum's first year
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Huma Bhabha’s unsettling sculpture will be centrepiece of 2019 Yorkshire Sculpture International festival
Commission is lined up for Wakefield city centre
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Christian Marclay on the physical demands of making The Clock
The Swiss-American artist tells this week’s The Art Newspaper podcast about the effects of the three years’ editing of his masterpiece, now on view at Tate Modern
NewsMuseums
Russian authorities force Gulag museum to close
Volunteer-run organisation has been based in former Soviet secret police headquarters for the past decade
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Berlin blockbuster: from the world's oldest figurative art to sculptures bombed during the war
Survey at Martin-Gropius-Bau boasts a staggering 1,000 exhibits discovered over the past 20 years in Germany
NewsObituaries
Geta Brătescu, Romanian multidisciplinary artist, has died aged 92
She was an important figure of the European country’s avant-garde scene with a career spanning more than six decades, but gained wider international recognition in recent years
NewsArt market
Salvator Mundi’s patchwork provenance now includes a 50-year stop in Louisiana
The work was bought by a Baton Rouge family for about $120 while travelling in London in 1958, the Wall Street Journal reports
BlogIn the frame
Ai Weiwei says he is heading to the US—but is too old for New York
NewsPolitics
Who are the people seeking political asylum in the US?
A floating art project in New York tells refugees’ stories during the UN General Assembly
PreviewArt market
Lebanon’s history revealed in photo show at Beirut Art Fair
Across Boundaries is an exhibition of around 100 works of Lebanese photography from 30 collections
NewsArt market
How two missing legs helped the restitution of an Italian secrétaire worth €2m
The Italian state has a permanent right to confiscate illegally exported work
NewsConservation
German court orders restorer to pay dealer €26,000 after eight-year dispute
Munich-based dealer claimed paintings he sent for cleaning had been ruined
NewsOpenings
Art meets science in new gallery at King’s College London
Free venue joins a growing global network of Science Gallery spaces
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San Francisco show celebrates diversity of Muslim fashion
As debates on the burqa rage worldwide, De Young Museum exhibition explores complexities and range of Islamic dress
NewsArt market
Chinese art and antiquities spared from Trump’s tariffs
Auction houses and art dealers express ‘relief’ even as the US-China trade war escalates
BlogIn the frame
Fly me to the moon? Elon Musk plans to launch Japanese billionaire collector Yusaku Maezawa and eight artists into space
NewsMuseums
Frick collection invites contemporary artist into its permanent galleries for the first time
Edmund de Waal's porcelain creations will open a dialogue with the historic art and furnishings and 'will not shock', curator says
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Art Fund's new student pass scheme offers 500 paid jobs in culture sector
UK non-profit's plan may draw in young crowds which are a target demographic for museums
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Pussy Riot protester Pyotr Verzilov ‘was probably poisoned’, doctors say
Medics in Berlin have not identified substance but are confident Russian will recover
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Portrait of the future at Tate: Steve McQueen plans to photograph every seven-year-old in London
Images of primary school children will go on show at Tate Britain alongside survey of Oscar winner’s work at Tate Modern
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Does Van Gogh's Starry, Starry Night feature the Milky, Milky Way?
On our latest podcast, we explore how a modern reconstruction of the night sky in June 1889 shed light on the artist's late masterpiece
NewsMuseums
South London Gallery unveils new £4m annexe in Victorian fire station
Historic space, transformed by 6a architects, opens with a group show on humour
NewsObituaries
Josh Roth, Hollywood deal-maker who was the head of UTA's fine arts division, has died, aged 40
His death comes just weeks after the opening of the agency's new gallery in Beverly Hills, designed by the artist Ai Weiwei
BlogThe Buck stopped here
Bike baskets welcome: the Art Car Boot Fair grows and moves to London's Kings Cross
PreviewArt market
Object Lessons: from Barbara Hepworth's St Ives bronze to Grant Wood's censored lithograph
Our pick from this week's auctions and fairs
NewsSexual harassment
Belgian culture minister investigates Jan Fabre following allegations of sexual harassment
Twenty dancers sign letter saying that “humiliation” is rife in the artist's Troubleyn troupe
CommentIvory
The UK’s imminent law against the trade in ivory is a serious threat to liberties, says former Lord Chief Justice
Civilians will be allowed to enter your house, break open containers and use “reasonable force”
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