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Inside the Buzzy New Private Sales Platform for Collectors
20 January 2026 @ 10:15 pm
Designed to give collectors more control over how they buy and sell art, the Art Marketplace heralds a new approach to private sales.
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Michelangelo Takes Center Stage on Florence’s New Art Trail
20 January 2026 @ 10:06 pm
The tour comes with a merger that brings together seven museums and historic sites in the Italian city.
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Monumental Roman Basilica Identified as Long-Lost Work by Vitruvius
20 January 2026 @ 10:01 pm
It's the first physical building to be attributed to Rome's "father of architecture."
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Gene Hackman’s Sprawling Santa Fe Compound Lists for $6.2 Million
20 January 2026 @ 7:31 pm
The late actor and artist radically remodeled the residence in the late 1990s.
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Surveillance Video of Louvre Heist Goes Public
20 January 2026 @ 6:45 pm
The footage was released as the French museum and its director have come under intense scrutiny.
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Two Rare George Washington Portraits Head to Auction as U.S. Marks 250 Years
20 January 2026 @ 10:46 am
The nearly identical Charles Peale Polk paintings will be offered at Christie’s and Sotheby’s on back-to-back days this month.
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Ming Wong Recasts Saint Sebastian as a Modern-Day Queer Icon
20 January 2026 @ 8:12 am
The artist reflects on the meaning of martyrdom today in his bold new project at the National Gallery.
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3D Tech Reveals New Gladiator Graffiti in Pompeii
19 January 2026 @ 10:00 pm
Researchers also uncovered a declaration of love etched into the ancient stones.
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Prado Museum Moves to Curb Overcrowding
19 January 2026 @ 7:15 pm
“A museum’s success can collapse it," the museum's director warned after it broke its visitor record.
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South Africa’s Culture Minister Investigated After Venice Biennale Claims
19 January 2026 @ 6:54 pm
Ousted artist Gabrielle Goliath said claims of foreign interference are a "deflection" from censorship.
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