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Inside New York’s Grolier Club, Where the Rare Book World Is Open to All
25 January 2026 @ 12:20 pm
The current exhibition, dedicated to Jane Austen, shows her trajectory from obscurity to the original "chick-lit" star.
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Is a ‘Strategic Pause’ the Art World’s Version of Quiet Quitting?
24 January 2026 @ 2:00 pm
Dealers and fairs alike are announcing breaks in their programming.
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Why Bailly Gallery Is Betting Big on Paris
24 January 2026 @ 11:00 am
Charly Bailly delves into the why and how of the gallery's expansion in the City of Light.
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Nicolas Party’s New Miniature Paintings Are a Hit. Will They Reset His Struggling Auction Market?
23 January 2026 @ 10:55 pm
Only a fraction of the works were for sale in the artist's latest show. They're all gone.
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Bad Bunny Crossing the Delaware: How an Artist Recast an American Masterpiece
23 January 2026 @ 10:23 pm
Conservatives said Bad Bunny wasn't American enough for the Super Bowl. A new painting celebrates Puerto Ricans' contributions to U.S. culture.
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Warren Isensee’s Pulsating Abstractions Put the Act of Looking to the Test
23 January 2026 @ 9:58 pm
New at Miles McEnery Gallery, Warren Isensee’s latest paintings amplify simultaneous contrast, pushing patterned color into buoyant spatial play.
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Decoding the Visual Poetry of the Met Opera’s Beloved Chagall Murals
23 January 2026 @ 9:25 pm
To shore up finances, the Metropolitan Opera says it may sell the iconic paintings—though they'd remain in place.
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Apple Founding Document Nets $2.5 Million in Blockbuster Sale of American Artifacts
23 January 2026 @ 8:45 pm
The 1976 partnership agreement joined founding-era rarities in an auction that realized a collective $35.5 million.
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$12 Million Claude Lorrain Masterpiece Barred From Leaving the U.K.
23 January 2026 @ 8:12 pm
The export bar allows time for a U.K. institution to acquire the work, now hanging in Woburn Abbey.
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Tupac’s Earliest Recording, a Historic Pokémon Card—and Other Collectibles Up for Grabs
23 January 2026 @ 5:14 pm
Also, a comic book goes for a record-smashing $15 million.
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