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The legal successors of Richard Semmel (1875-1950) – the granddaughters of Grete Gross, an acquaintance of the Semmel couple – and the Bührle Foundation as the current owner of the painting ‘La route ...
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) today announced the acquisition of Jeff Koons’s Split-Rocker (2000), a monumental sculpture adorned with living plants and flowers.
Five finalist teams were asked to create a masterplan that would honour and celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s extraordinary life of service and provide the public with a space for reflection. Foster + ...
The Cleveland Museum of Art has acquired Giambologna’s Fata Morgana, the last known marble by the artist held, until now, in private hands.
For the past 100 years, Egyptologists thought that when the powerful female pharaoh Hatshepsut died, her nephew and successor went on a vendetta against her, purposefully smashing all her statues to ...
Held from June 19 to 22, 2025, Art Basel’s 55th edition delivered a dynamic and successful week in Basel.
With the passing of Arnaldo Pomodoro, the art world loses one of its most authoritative, insightful, and visionary voices.
The J. Paul Getty Museum announced today it received the gift of 38 manuscript leaves made by Italian artists from the 12th to 17th centuries.
Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting is the largest major museum exhibition in the UK dedicated to one of the world’s foremost contemporary painters.
A tourist caused damage to a historic painting at the Uffizi Galleries on Friday morning while attempting to take a selfie.
Shipping artwork seems like it should be straightforward - just put it in a box and send it, right? But then you realize you're dealing with something that's fragile, often expensive, and usually ...
Italy is preparing to cut the VAT rate on art sales from 22% to 5%, responding to mounting pressure from the national art market and increased competition from other EU Member States with lower VAT ...