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Media Missed the Story on Nnena Kalu’s Turner Prize Win. She Won Because She Made the Best Art
11 December 2025 @ 2:27 pm
Her victory isn’t just a positive statement for disabilities in the arts, but for art itself.
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Louvre Security Cameras Captured Heist—But Guards Weren’t Watching
11 December 2025 @ 2:23 pm
An ongoing investigation revealed critical errors in the museum's security response, including directing police to the wrong side of the building.
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Jasper Johns’s Landmark ‘Crosshatch’ Paintings Anchor Major Gagosian Survey
11 December 2025 @ 1:00 pm
The show spotlights the artist's seminal series with loans from museums and the artist's own collection.
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William Eggleston’s Last Analogue Images Shine in a New Monograph From David Zwirner Books
11 December 2025 @ 1:00 pm
"William Eggleston: The Last Dyes" surveys the photographer's last images made using the dye-transfer process, his original method of production.
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The Mysterious Plain of Jars in Laos That Has Stumped Archaeologists
11 December 2025 @ 12:01 pm
More than 2,100 ancient jars can be found scattered through the Xiangkhoang Plateau in Laos, but who made them, and why?
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Do Artists Make Better Dealers?
11 December 2025 @ 8:00 am
When artists become gallerists, sensitivity meets business strategy—and the notion of running a gallery shifts shape.
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You Can Snag a $1 Million Picasso at This Charity Raffle
10 December 2025 @ 10:36 pm
It's the third Picasso raffle over the past decade.
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Lalanne Hippo Bar Sells For Record-Smashing $31.4 Million
10 December 2025 @ 10:35 pm
The hefty sum sets a new auction high for the French sculptor.
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How Galerie de l’Institut Preserves—and Expands—the Art of Printmaking
10 December 2025 @ 10:24 pm
Timed to the gallery's exhibition "Picasso. Dessin. 1903–1972," gallery directors Marc Lebouc and Anne-Gaëlle Lebouc give insight not only into the mission and ethos of the family-run gallery but the artists and projects that have made it what it is today.
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MoMA PS1 Just Dropped Its Admission Fee—So Did These Other Museums
10 December 2025 @ 8:46 pm
The New York institution is just the latest museum to offer free admission.
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