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melanie wrote a new post, A New Photography Exhibition at MFA Boston Is Taking Viewers Through the 'Multiple Realities of War' in Ukraine 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
For far too often in the last 11 months has the sky above Ukraine been scarred by gunfire, shells, and explosions. A new exhibition of Ukrainian war photography at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Boston […]
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melanie wrote a new post, In Pictures: A Henry Taylor Retrospective at MOCA Spotlights the Artist's Individual Yet Universal Portraiture 1 day, 1 hour ago
In just about every article, interview, or press release written about Henry Taylor, he is described as “an artist’s artist.” No matter what that term actually means, it’s undoubtedly a complim […]
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melanie wrote a new post, A Keen-Eyed Shopper Paid $700 for a Chandelier in an Antique Store. It Turned Out to Be an Alberto Giacometti Worth Up to $3 Million 1 day, 3 hours ago
A rare chandelier by Alberto Giacometti could fetch up to $3 million at an upcoming Christie’s London sale—a big mark up from the £250 ($700) the owner paid for it back in the 1960s.
The buyer, Brit […]
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melanie wrote a new post, Ariel Pink Used an Artist's Image on an Album Cover Without Her Consent. She Responded With a Series of Blistering NFTs 1 day, 13 hours ago
When Jill Miller found a photograph of her face had been used without her consent on an Ariel Pink album cover, she could have addressed the violation in any number of ways. Calling it out online […]
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melanie wrote a new post, A Historic Golden Railroad Spike Broke New Ground at Christie’s Today, Selling for Over $2 Million—Quadruple Its Pre-Sale Estimate 4 days ago
A steel railroad spike clad in gold and silver, used in the ceremonial completion of the transcontinental railroad, sold for $2.22 million at auction today, smashing its pre-sale estimate of […]
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melanie wrote a new post, Her Art Was Once Viewed as "Obscene." Now Martha Edelheit's Nudes Are Finally Gaining Acclaim After Decades in Obscurity 4 days, 1 hour ago
I am rooting for Martie Edelheit.
At the age of 91, she’s finally emerging from years of obscurity. Her mind is clear and her body agile enough to enjoy every small step of it all—a bustling ope […]
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melanie wrote a new post, New Collectors and Museum Interest Help Drive New York's Old Master Auctions to $150 Million—a High Not Seen in Years 4 days, 2 hours ago
The latest round of Old Master sales at Christie’s and Sotheby’s marked the most robust in recent seasons, bolstered by top-notch private collection offerings (each house could boast a “white glove […]
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melanie wrote a new post, A Gilded-Age Mansion Across From the Metropolitan Museum of Art Has Hit the Market for a Breathtaking $80 Million 4 days, 3 hours ago
Gilded-Age mansions are a rarity nowadays, but on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, several still stand. One such tony establishment is the Benjamin N. Duke House, a palatial limestone-and-brick structure t […]
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melanie wrote a new post, Wet Paint in the Wild: Artist Monsieur Zohore Rode Out His L.A. Gallery Opening Inside a Bespoke Coffin-Turned-Kissing Booth 4 days, 3 hours ago
Welcome to Wet Paint in the Wild, the freewheeling—and free!—spinoff of Midnight Publishing Group News Pro’s beloved Wet Paint gossip column, where we give art-world insiders a disposable camera to ch […]
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melanie wrote a new post, Revel in the Winter Season With These 6 Snowy Works From the Gallery Network 4 days, 16 hours ago
Love it or hate it, snow is a classic hallmark of winter. Whether a smattering of fluffy flakes or a full-on blizzard, snow has long been a favorite motif for artists; either for its symbolism, […]
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melanie wrote a new post, A Geneva Court Has Found Antiquities Dealer Ali Aboutaam Guilty of Illegally Importing Artifacts 5 days ago
Following a lengthy, six-year investigation, a court in Geneva, Switzerland found veteran antiquities dealer Ali Aboutaam guilty of illegally bringing artifacts into the country accompanied, in some […]
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melanie wrote a new post, Chanel Has Tapped French Artist Xavier Veilhan to Confect the Playful Sculptures in Its Latest Couture Collection 5 days, 23 hours ago
Chanel enlisted French artist Xavier Veilhan to craft a menagerie of animals as the set design for its spring 2023 haute couture collection at the Grand Palais Éphémère in Paris today.
The last in a […]
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melanie wrote a new post, Amid a Feverish Market for Her Prismatic Paintings, Japanese Art Dynamo Etsu Egami Is Keeping a Cool Head 6 days, 3 hours ago
It’s only a few weeks into 2023, but Etsu Egami can already confirm that it has been a great year.
The 28-year-old artist just returned home to Chiba, Japan, after her sold-out solo exhibition s […]
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melanie wrote a new post, U.S. Authorities Return Antiquities Worth $19 Million to Italy, Including 27 Objects Seized From the Met 6 days, 12 hours ago
Italy has welcomed home nearly 60 looted artifacts, receiving them from U.S. authorities, who recovered around half of the objects from the holdings of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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melanie wrote a new post, Dealer Francois Ghebaly Is Opening a Second Space in L.A., Joining a Growing Throng of Galleries in Hollywood 1 week ago
Veteran Los Angeles dealer Francois Ghebaly is expanding into a new space in Hollywood.
Next week—not coincidentally just ahead of the latest edition of Frieze Los Angeles—he will open a his seco […]
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melanie wrote a new post, ‘A Face Is Not Just a Face’: Is It Finally Time for the Gay Gaze of Unsung Portraitist Gilbert Lewis? 1 week, 1 day ago
“I didn’t realize until recently what a profound effect he had on my life,” Anthony Rullo said of the Philadelphia-based figurative painter Gilbert Lewis. He first posed for him in 1986, and would […]
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melanie wrote a new post, The Heir of a German-Jewish Collector Is Suing the Guggenheim for the Return of a Prized Picasso Painting—Or $150 Million 1 week, 1 day ago
The heir of a prominent German-Jewish family is suing New York’s Guggenheim Museum for the return of a prized Pablo Picasso painting, which he says was sold under the threat of Nazi persecution 85 y […]
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melanie wrote a new post, An Extremely Intelligent Lava Lamp: Refik Anadol's A.I. Art Extravaganza at MoMA Is Fun, Just Don't Think About It Too Hard 1 week, 1 day ago
“Refik Anadol: Unsupervised” is being touted as Artificial Intelligence’s triumphant arrival in the museum-art canon. So I went to see the splashy installation currently in the Museum of Modern Art’s […]
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melanie wrote a new post, The New ICA San Francisco Opens Its Doors With an Artist-Curated Show About Black Women and Freedom 1 week, 3 days ago
The Bay Area’s newest institution, the ICA San Francisco, celebrated the final phase of its opening last night, unveiling its biggest gallery space with a compelling group show on the importance of c […]
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melanie wrote a new post, An Oil Sketch Found Covered With Bird Droppings in a Farm Shed Is Actually an Early Van Dyck, Now Heading to Auction for $3 Million 1 week, 4 days ago
An oil sketch by Anthony van Dyck, executed early in the Flemish artist’s career and rediscovered in a farm shed some four centuries later, will star in Sotheby’s Master Week series, where it is est […]
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