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Leon Black and Ronald Lauder Joined Forces to Buy Masterpieces, Epstein Files Show
6 February 2026 @ 8:43 pm
The billionaires smashed auction records and used an LLC named—what else?—Friends Ventures.
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How the Mayor Gallery Has Helped Define Contemporary Art for 100 Years
6 February 2026 @ 8:41 pm
Established in 1926, the London gallery is marking its 100-year anniversary with an exhibition series that traces the defining artists and movements of 20th-century art history.
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MFA Boston Denies Targeting Employees of Color in Layoffs
6 February 2026 @ 8:23 pm
Many critics are citing the fact that the layoffs were made 'conveniently during a DEI free Trump era.'
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Haiti’s Hand-Painted Winter Olympics Uniforms Are a ‘Story of Resistance’
6 February 2026 @ 5:59 pm
Edouard Duval-Carrié, the artist behind the portrait that inspired them, will represent Haiti at the Venice Biennale later this year.
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Gerhard Richter’s $8 Million Landscape to Lead Christie’s London Sale
6 February 2026 @ 4:23 pm
The 'Haybarn' scene is just one of three canvases headlining the auction house's March sales in the U.K. and Hong Kong.
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Royals Passing Notes and Back Room Deals: Inside Sales at Art Basel Qatar
6 February 2026 @ 4:00 pm
Sales looked a little different at the Doha debut of Art Basel, where regional artists took center stage and David Beckham was everywhere.
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How the Debates Over Art, Race, and Tech Have Changed
5 February 2026 @ 10:50 pm
Aria Dean talks about theorizing the post-internet era and digging into Black art history for 'The Color Scheme.'
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You Can Win a Free Bob Ross Painting This Super Bowl Sunday
5 February 2026 @ 10:44 pm
The giveaway is part of a gameshow hosted by MrBeast on live marketplace Whatnot.
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Gagosian Director Andisheh Avini on Working With Artists While Being One, Too
5 February 2026 @ 8:53 pm
Avini looks back on the defining moments of his decades spent at the mega gallery, and what went into preparing for the inaugural edition of Art Basel Qatar.
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The World Has Too Much Art. What Will Happen to It?
5 February 2026 @ 7:04 pm
The number of galleries and fairs has exploded in recent decades. Now a reckoning has come.
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