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Es Devlin Is Creating a Living Portrait of the Entire U.K.
15 May 2026 @ 9:38 pm
The project brings the faces of everyday people into London's National Portrait Gallery.
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Wet Paint Does Frieze Week: The Dinosaur Dealer Downtown, David Zwirner Tribeca, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip
15 May 2026 @ 8:56 pm
Plus, which gallery directors are behind one of the toughest tables in town?
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Landmark Works Lead Cowley Abbott’s Sale of Indigenous and International Art
15 May 2026 @ 8:49 pm
Cowley Abbott's major spring sale brings together work by canonic European and iconic Canadian artists alike—we take a closer look.
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A Delayed Art Dubai Opens With Fewer Galleries—but Buyers Abound
15 May 2026 @ 7:53 pm
The fair's postponed 'Special Edition' drew strong local support as the Gulf navigates an uneasy ceasefire and economic uncertainty.
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For Carly Glovinski, Art and Gardening Grow Side by Side
15 May 2026 @ 7:40 pm
Carly Glovinski on how gardening, women writers, and the New England landscape inspired her new exhibition at Morgan Lehman Gallery.
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Sotheby’s Posts $433 Million Haul, as Trophy Lots Continue to Carry the Market
15 May 2026 @ 7:16 pm
An $85.8 million Rothko and a heavily guaranteed lineup powered Sotheby’s strongest May sale in years.
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Valie Export, Avant-Garde Icon and Feminist Trailblazer, Dies at 85
15 May 2026 @ 6:47 pm
The pioneering performance artist caused—and conquered—controversy.
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Borghese Gallery Faces Pushback Over New Building Plan
15 May 2026 @ 5:41 pm
The Borghese Gallery is set to offer details of the project on May 19.
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Inside the Unlikely Bond Between Lucian Freud and Kate Moss
15 May 2026 @ 4:54 pm
The new film 'Moss & Freud' dramatizes how the artist came to paint the model—and the bond that emerged between them.
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The Works, Trends, and Artists Artnet Specialists Can’t Stop Thinking About
15 May 2026 @ 3:03 pm
From the role of artist estates and foundations to the growing importance of private sales, here's what's top of mind this month.
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