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Coveted and Rare Finds to Seek Out at the Winter Show
21 January 2026 @ 5:12 pm
From Man Ray tapestries to vintage game boards and an ultra-rare market moment for Winnie-the-Pooh.
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How Sotheby’s Institute of Art is Training the Next Generation of Leaders in Luxury
21 January 2026 @ 4:42 pm
Luxury is a fast-growing and multifaceted sector of the market, and Sotheby's Institute of Art is preparing students to become leaders in the field.
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Cultural Trends I’m Watching at the Beginning of 2026
21 January 2026 @ 6:51 am
Quick thoughts on the forces shaping art this year.
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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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