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Pakistan Names London-Based Artist for Venice Biennale
29 January 2026 @ 11:00 pm
Sculptor Belu-Simion Fainaru has called for "dialogue, not exclusion."
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The Round-Up: A Venice Biennale Meltdown, the Prado Is Too Popular, and a $2.7M Speed Painting
29 January 2026 @ 10:14 pm
Editor-in-chief Naomi Rea joins to talk about the art news of the month.
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Leading U.S. Museums and Galleries Join Nationwide Strike Protesting ICE
29 January 2026 @ 9:14 pm
Galleries are calling on ICE to leave Minneapolis.
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Chinese E-Commerce Giant JD.com Plans Shenzhen Museum—and a Rundown of the Latest in Asia’s Art World
29 January 2026 @ 6:49 pm
Plus, a debrief on the fair and auction action in Singapore.
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A Darkly Spellbinding Booth at the Winter Show
29 January 2026 @ 6:10 pm
From Old Master still lifes to gothic visions, French and Company stages the fair’s most haunting tableau.
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To Understand the Gulf’s Growing Art Market, Leave Old Assumptions Behind
29 January 2026 @ 4:43 pm
As Art Basel Qatar debuts, dealers want to counter narratives that the region is 'cash-rich with little substance.'
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This New Advisory Wants to Help Artists Master Their Money
29 January 2026 @ 3:56 pm
Artist Money Matters promises to offer artists the financial advice and tools that will help them navigate the increasingly volatile art economy.
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An Infamous Rembrandt Makes a Cameo in the New ‘Knives Out’
29 January 2026 @ 2:04 pm
In Netflix's "Wake Up Dead Man" a reproduction of one of the Gardner Museum's missing Rembrandts makes a fleeting cameo.
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What Are ‘Lackskins’? The Experimental Art of André Thomkins Explained
28 January 2026 @ 9:00 pm
Through the lens of the his proprietary Lacksins, a solo show dedicated to the artist at Galerie Michael Haas explores his underpinning, experimental approach to artmaking.
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From Warhol to Haring—Every Lego Art Set, Ranked
28 January 2026 @ 6:39 pm
On International Lego Day, an art critic and a superfan put the company's art kits to the test.
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