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A Forgotten Fra Angelico Fresco Has Been Restored After Centuries of Neglect
4 July 2025 @ 6:00 pm
Hidden away in a hilltop convent and once covered over by white paint, the work could be one of the earliest by the Florentine Renaissance master.
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Dealer Nikolaus Leskovar on Pop Art Master Roy Lichtenstein’s Enduring Appeal for Collectors
4 July 2025 @ 4:00 pm
We break down the importance and impact of Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein with Leskovar Fine Art.
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Ancient Babylonian Hymn, Overflowing With Praise, Resurfaces After Millennia
4 July 2025 @ 2:00 pm
The 3000-year-old ode was identified using A.I.
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Billionaire Breakup at Glenstone! And José Freire’s Latest Art-World Melee—Kenny Schachter Reports
4 July 2025 @ 1:23 pm
Our columnist dishes on the private museum world’s most powerful split—and the Team Gallery founder’s latest skirmish.
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An Attic Discovery Reveals the Moment Man Ray Went Avant-Garde
4 July 2025 @ 9:31 am
The 1913 watercolor sketch offers rare insight into the Surrealist icon’s early artistic breakthrough. It heads to auction this week.
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Countdown to America’s 250th: The Museum Shows Mapping the Country’s Past—and Future
4 July 2025 @ 8:00 am
No mere flag-waving exercises, these shows deeply explore the meaning of independence, then and now.
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Re-Air: The Rise of the Red Chip Art World
3 July 2025 @ 9:54 pm
On the heels of Adrien Brody's exhibition in New York, we revisit the rise of the red chip art world.
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Karl Lagerfeld’s Low-Key Villa Outside Paris Just Sold for $5.5 Million
3 July 2025 @ 9:35 pm
Lagerfeld never stayed in the villa, preferring to sleep in the pool-side house.
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Of All Things, U.S. Homeland Security Just Shared a Thomas Kinkade Painting
3 July 2025 @ 9:02 pm
He's the "painter of light," but it's a moment of darkness for our nation.
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Who Was Diana de Rosa? The Baroque Prodigy Just Smashed Records at Auction
3 July 2025 @ 5:39 pm
Influenced by Caravaggio, she broke barriers for women artists in the 17th century—but many of her works have been misattributed.
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