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Yayoi Kusama’s Global Artistic Legacy
The artist, who died aged 97, transformed dots and infinity into a universal visual language.
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Extreme Heat Threatens Museums and Masterpieces
Heat is affecting not only visitors but works by Bonnard, Picasso, Modigliani and Matisse.
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Two Paintings Stolen in New York in 1978 Found by Chance
Two paintings by Eastman Johnson have returned to their owners nearly half a century after an antiques dealer visiting an estate to inspect bronzes…
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Cadell Painting Bought for Under $100 Sells for £189,200
A painting bought near New York in 1966 for under $100 emerged as an important F.C.B. Cadell interior after AI helped decipher the signature…
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£71 Million Rembrandt Portrait Receives an Export Bar
The portrait of Catrina Hooghsaet renews tension between national heritage and private property.
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The Bayeux Tapestry Reconnects a Thousand Years of History
The account of the Norman conquest shows how fragile heritage can be shared across borders.
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One Portrait, Two Verdicts: The El Greco Attribution Debate Returns
A male portrait sold in New York as attributed to El Greco has become a striking attribution case because of a later-added chain and…
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Seizure of 22,000 Objects Exposes the Scale of Heritage Trafficking
The discovery of tens of thousands of objects renews attention on provenance research worldwide.
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A Century of Silence Ends as Berruguete’s Annunciation Reappears
The Annunciation, painted around 1485–1490, emerged in Bilbao with its original colour, gilding and spatial depth restored after a six-month conservation campaign.
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Correggio’s Great Altarpiece Returns after Restoration
Nearly four years of work have recovered the depth of the circa-1524 painting.
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Debate Returns over the Opera Ceiling Hidden beneath Chagall
Lenepveu’s 19th-century painting still survives beneath Chagall’s colourful Paris Opera ceiling.
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Buckingham Palace Picture Gallery Reopens with 120 Paintings
The gallery’s once-in-a-generation transformation brings together Rubens, Caravaggio, Rembrandt and Vermeer.
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Stolen Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse Works Recovered
Italian police have recovered three works stolen in March.
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India Before Photography: Patna Kalam Reconsidered
Paintings of barbers, craftspeople and street life in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Patna are being reconsidered as an exceptional visual archive of India before photography.
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‘Taiwan Pavilion’ Dispute Shakes Gwangju Biennale
China’s withdrawal pits artists’ right to name their presentation against state policy.
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Dedicated Foujita Sale Highlights a Legacy between East and West
A collection built over thirty years follows the School of Paris painter’s fusion of ink and oil.
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Frieze Seoul Takes the Cautious Pulse of the Global Art Market
Opening sales beat expectations while collectors remain selective amid economic uncertainty.
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Iran’s Heritage Experts Race to Save Damaged Sites
With renewed conflict still possible, specialists are documenting fragments, securing structures and carrying out emergency repairs at Golestan, Chehel Sotoun and the Trans-Iranian Railway.
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