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Marissa Merz Show Canceled Over Documenta’s New Code of Conduct—and More Art Industry News
8 December 2025 @ 9:51 am
Plus, Hauser and Wirth plans a new Palermo gallery and a $4.1 million Rembrandt set a new record for an Old Master print at Christie's.
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Demand for Digital Art Soars in Miami
8 December 2025 @ 9:16 am
Plus, three art-world heavyweights launch a new gallery together.
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Diego Marcon’s Uncanny Films Will Haunt You Long After They’re Finished
8 December 2025 @ 6:21 am
In his work, tension lingers, violence is implied, and a resolution never comes.
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Rembrandt Portrait Sets New Record for Old Master Prints
7 December 2025 @ 11:53 pm
"Arnout Tholinx, Inspector" last appeared at Christie's in 1924.
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These Galleries Dropped Out of Art Basel Miami Beach. Here’s What Happened Next
7 December 2025 @ 11:01 pm
Exhibitors who cancel can be on the hook for big fees. But waitlisted peers sometimes get their big break.
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What You Need to Know About Helen Frankenthaler, Abstraction’s Uptown Acolyte
7 December 2025 @ 6:25 pm
Helen Frankenthaler pioneered new possibilities for abstraction. Now, a spate of museum exhibition take a closer look at her legacy.
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Belgian Authorities Return Gilded Sacrophagus to Egypt
7 December 2025 @ 12:16 pm
Originally seized in 2015, it is part of a wider restitution effort concerning looted and illegally trafficked artifacts.
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How This Fairytale Painting of Doomed Lovers Became a Victorian Sensation
7 December 2025 @ 8:00 am
Frederic William Burton's 19th-century masterpiece "Hellelil and Hildebrand, the meeting on the turret stairs" illustrates one of the most tragic medieval love stories.
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The 3,000-Year-Old Clay Tablets That Redefined Ancient Egypt’s Place in the World
6 December 2025 @ 12:00 pm
The Amarna Letters contain records of ancient lords and rulers seeking to establish diplomatic ties with Egyptian pharaohs.
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Frank Gehry, Architect of Innovation and Incredulity, Dies at 96
5 December 2025 @ 11:10 pm
Gehry produced iconic buildings like the Guggenheim Bilbao, Fondation Louis Vuitton, and Los Angeles’s Walt Disney Concert Hall.
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