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  04-05-2016 05:00
  
  What do Ben Affleck and Miss Universe have in common with the Frieze art fair? Quite a lot, it seems, given that all three now have ties to the entertainment and sports branding group WME IMG. In the run-up to Frieze New York’s fourth edition, which opens to VIPs on 4 May, the fair and the mega-agent announced a “new strategic partnership” last month.
  Few details are available, although parties close to the deal dismiss the view that it is an immediate, long-sought sale of the
  
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• Fort Lauderdale Still Fighting Removal of Rainbow Crosswalks: ‘We Are the Last Man Standing’

  19-03-2026 19:56 via artnews.com
  The legal battle between Fort Lauderdale and state officials over a recent crackdown on street art may conclude in May, when both parties may have a one-day final hearing.The crackdown began in August 2025 under Governor Ron DeSantis, with roughly 100 public artworks across Florida slated for removal under his Safe Streets program in collaboration with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT).The directive reportedly stems from an FDOT memo prohibiting painted pavement featuring “so
  
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• San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum Plans to Sell Building

  19-03-2026 18:52 via artnews.com
  The Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) in San Francisco announced this week that it will look to sell its building in the city’s Yerba Buena Gardens neighborhood, which also includes some of the city’s other top cultural organizations.The decision to sell is part of “a series of strategic steps to ensure a sustainable and impactful future for The Museum,” according to a release, which includes stabilizing the organization’s finances and ensuring that its endowments ar
  
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• Lauren Halsey’s Long-Awaited LA Sculpture Park in South Central Is Finally Here—See Inside

  19-03-2026 18:51 via artnews.com
  Almost two decades ago, while she was an architecture student at El Camino College, Lauren Halsey began conceiving a sculpture park for South Central, the Los Angeles neighborhood where she grew up. At long last, that sculpture park has finally arrived and is now open to the public.Curated by Christine Y. Kim and organized by the arts organization Los Angeles Nomadic Division, the park is officially titled sister dreamer lauren halsey’s architectural ode to tha surge n splurge of south cen
  
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• Art Dubai Postpones Fair to May Amid Wider Middle East Conflict

  19-03-2026 18:50 via artnews.com
  Art Dubai is the latest fair to be upended by the ongoing conflict between the US, Israel, and Iran. With Iran continuing to stirke the United Arab Emirates, leading to eight dead and 157 injured and damage to Dubai International Airport, the emirate’s leading art fair announced that its upcoming ediiton will not be held as planned in April.Instead, the fair said in a statement Thursday that it will be moving foward in an “adapted format” on May 14 to May 17 at the resort Madin
  
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• National Women’s History Museum Annonuces Seven-Figure Donation from Meryl Streep

  19-03-2026 17:45 via artnews.com
  Earlier this week, the National Women’s History Museum—a nonprofit that organizes mostly virtual exhibitions that “illuminate the stories of women who have shaped our past and who continue to inform our shared future”—announced that Meryl Streep made a seven-figure donation to the Washington, D.C.-based institution.According to a statement, the Academy Award-winning actor has been a long-time supporter of the National Women’s History Museum, which was founded
  
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• ‘The Sopranos’ Set Photos and Archives Part of Show at the Museum of the Moving Image

  19-03-2026 17:24 via artnews.com
  The wildly popular TV series “The Sopranos” aired its much-hyped season finale almost 20 years ago. The critically acclaimed show, starring the late James Gandolfini as troubled mob boss/family man Tony Soprano, premiered on HBO in 1999 and ran for six seasons. “The Sopranos,” often credited with initiating a golden age of prestige television, is now the subject of an exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image.“Stories and Set Designs for The Sopranos” is on
  
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• Emmanuel Di Donna Mounts Major Salvador Dalí Show as Final Exhibition in Madison Avenue Space

  19-03-2026 17:19 via artnews.com
  As Emmanuel Di Donna prepares to leave his Madison Avenue gallery, the veteran dealer is returning to the artist most people think they already understand.This spring, Di Donna Galleries will mount one of the most significant exhibitions of Salvador Dalí seen in New York in decades. “Dalí: The Great Years, 1929–1939,” on view from April 16 through June 13, brings together more than two dozen paintings, sculptures, and works on paper focuse
  
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• Emmanuel Di Donna Closes His Madison Avenue Chapter With a Major Salvador Dalí Show

  19-03-2026 17:19 via artnews.com
  As Emmanuel Di Donna prepares to leave his Madison Avenue gallery, the veteran dealer is returning to the artist most people think they already understand.This spring, Di Donna Galleries will mount one of the most significant exhibitions of Salvador Dalí seen in New York in decades. “Dalí: The Great Years, 1929–1939,” on view from April 16 through June 13, brings together more than two dozen paintings, sculptures, and works on paper focuse
  
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• Our Critics Say the New Museum Finally Has a Building to Match Its Ambitions

  19-03-2026 15:45 via artnews.com
  Almost two years ago to the day, the New Museum in New York closed its doors to the public, leaving behind a void—this is one of the country’s few major museums that is focused solely on contemporary art, after all. Now, following an expansion overseen by OMA, the museum is finally back and ready to welcome visitors once more. Ahead of the public opening on Saturday, the museum hosted a press preview on Wednesday to show off its refreshed digs, which are occupied almost entirely
  
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• Meryl Streep Makes Big Donation to National Women’s History Museum, Musée d’Orsay Receives Collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Fan Paintings: Morning Links for March 19, 2026

  19-03-2026 14:48 via artnews.com
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesSTREEP DIGS DEEP. Actor Meryl Streep has made a seven-figure donation to the National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) in Washington D.C., reports Artnet News. As thanks, she gets her own, eponymous Educator Award in her honor, while the donation, the amount of which is unspecified, will fund storytelling projects and digital programming.
  
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• Tate Liverpool Director Helen Legg Appointed to Lead Royal Academy of Arts

  19-03-2026 13:02 via artnews.com
  Helen Legg, the current director of the Tate Liverpool, has been appointed as artistic director of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, the institution announced Wednesday. Legg will start in the role in June and will be responsible for the institution’s exhibitions, collection, and public programs.Legg’s tenure at the Tate Liverpool began in 2018. Under her leadership, the museum has undergone a $46 million renovation, closing in 2023 to the “reimagining” of the building
  
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• Sotheby’s and Gagosian Veteran Publishes a History of the Art Market, From the Renaissance to Today

  19-03-2026 13:00 via artnews.com
  When Valentina Castellani was invited to teach a class at New York University on the history of the art market from the Renaissance to today, she came up against one obstacle in her preparation of the syllabus, even despite her expertise in the matter, with longtime art market experience at both Sotheby’s and Gagosian.“I couldn’t find a book that actually covered all this span,” she said in a phone interview. “There are excellent books and academic studies on many o
  
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• Monet Once Pledged His Paintings to Secure a Loan, a Letter Reveals

  18-03-2026 22:41 via artnews.com
  Paintings by Impressionist artist Claude Monet (1840–1926) are some of the most valuable artworks in the world; in 2019 his Meules (Haystacks) soared to $110.7 million at Sotheby’s New York, setting an auction record for an Impressionist painting that still stands today. From glowing haystacks painted at different hours of the day to his monumental Nymphéas (Water Lilies) canvases and ethereal Venetian cityscapes, Monet’s work has attracted a global f
  
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• Paris Dealer Kamel Mennour Buys Galerie Malingue, Founded Over Five Decades Ago 

  18-03-2026 22:34 via artnews.com
  The baton is being passed from an elder generation of French art dealer to a younger one, with the purchase of Galerie Malingue by dealer Kamel Mennour, who will take over Malingue’s 4,300-square-foot showroom at 26 Avenue Matignon in Paris’s Matignon district.“Located in a space with a long history in modern art, formerly Galerie Malingue, this new venue reflects Mennour’s continued growth while setting out a clear direction: the showcasing of significant works by modern
  
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• Christie’s Turns Pop Culture Into a Stadium Event With $94.5 M. Jim Irsay Sale

  18-03-2026 22:12 via artnews.com
  For a few days in March, Christie’s Rockefeller Center galleries felt less like an auction house than a public exhibition of 20th-century mythmaking. Fans came to see Kurt Cobain’s guitar, Jerry Garcia’s “Tiger,” and John Lennon’s piano from “Sgt. Pepper” and Ringo Starr’s “Ed Sullivan” drum kit up close. Then the sales began, and what had been a museum-like display turned into something louder, faster, and far more competitive.Ac
  
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• Online Casino Sites That Accept Neteller: A Comprehensive Guide

  18-03-2026 21:57 via zouchmagazine.com
  Online casinos have obtained tremendous popularity in recent years, giving players with the convenience and excitement of playing their preferred gambling establishment games from the convenience of their own homes. One of one of the most popular settlement approaches made use of by gamers worldwide is Neteller. In this article, we will discover the leading online casino sites that approve Neteller and talk about the advantages of utilizing this payment approach.
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• The Cecilia Chorus of NY, Carnegie Hall, April 17.

  18-03-2026 21:53 via artsjournal.com
  The Cecilia Chorus of New York, Mark Shapiro, Conductor, presents the world premiere of A Call for the Battle to Cease by Robert Sirota and Victoria Sirota, featuring pianist Simone Dinnerstein; the New York premiere of Grammy-nominated Mass in Exile by Mark Buller, Leah Lax, and Beth Greenberg, featuring guitarist David Leisner, baritone Shavon Lloyd, and Every Voice Children’s Chorus; and excerpts from Haydn’s Mass in Time of War. Saturday, April 17 at 8 PM in Carnegie Hall.MORE
  
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• Dizzy, Nauseous Columbus Art Museum Workers Issue Complaints About Chemical Fumes

  18-03-2026 21:00 via artnews.com
  Workers at the Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio have complained to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) about headaches, nausea, and dizziness thought to be caused by a chemical sealant used on gallery floors.As reported Tuesday by the Columbus Dispatch, the museum used the floor sealing product GT 275 during recently commenced renovation work on its Ross building, and employees have complained about fumes throughout the institution in the weeks since work began. A former galle
  
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• Major Corporate Sponsor Withdraws from Sydney Biennale, Citing Alleged Hate Speech

  18-03-2026 20:26 via artnews.com
  A major corporate sponsor of the Sydney Biennale, Australia’s biggest art exhibition, has withdrawn following allegations of antisemitism involving a DJ in its program.On Tuesday, the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies filed a police complaint over comments allegedly made by US electronic music producer Zubeyda Muzeyyen, who performs as DJ Haram, during a set at the Biennale’s opening night party last week at White Bay Power Station, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. Muzeyyen is accused
  
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• Man Causes ‘Catastrophic Damage’ to Chihuly Glass Museum in Seattle

  18-03-2026 20:03 via artnews.com
  A man caused $240,000 in damage to the Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum in Seattle late on Monday night, according to a report by the local police.The Seattle Police Department did not name the man, saying only that he was 40 and that he was arrested for assault. The blotter report described the vandalism as “catastrophic damage.”According to the report, the man destroyed several sculptures of plants located on the museum’s grounds. Those sculptures are by Dale Chihuly, whose gl
  
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• St. Paul Chamber Orchestra Adds Another Artistic Partner: Violinist Alina Ibragimova

  18-03-2026 20:02 via thestrad.com
  The Russian-British violinist joins five current artistic partners: harpsichordist and conductor Richard Egarr, pianist Richard Goode, cellist Abel Selaocoe, conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy, and violist Tabea Zimmermann. Ibragimova’s term begins next season. – The Strad
  
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• Praise Shadows’s New Sales Director and Para Site Names Executive Director: Industry Moves for March 18, 2026

  18-03-2026 19:35 via artnews.com
  Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday.Happy Wednesday! Here’s a round-up of who’s moving and shaking in the art trade this week.Praise Shadows Hires Rebecca Hayes as Sales Director: Hayes will lead sales at the Boston gallery’s new downtown space. She previously held roles at the Museum of Modern Art and the Addi
  
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• A Sea Change In Australian Orchestra Programming

  18-03-2026 19:31 via limelight-arts.com.au
  Overall, works by women made up 14.6 percent of programming in 2025, an increase on 2024’s 11.9 percent after a dip from 13.2 percent in 2023. – Limelight
  
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• Gen Z Is Returning To The Movie Theatre

  18-03-2026 19:15 via startribune.com
  Gen Z is buying up a higher percentage of movie tickets, rising from 34% of the overall box office in 2019 to 39% last year. – The Star-Tribune
  
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• The Weathermen Who Have Left Broadcast TV For Streaming

  18-03-2026 19:04 via cjr.org
  “From New Jersey to California to Louisiana, weather journalists are leaving traditional TV newsrooms to form all-digital platforms. … The Digital Weather Network, … which started in 2022, now has nineteen members, … working from well-equipped studios or from their homes,” with dozens more interested in joining. – Columbia Journalism Review
  
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• Wine and Spirits Sales at Sotheby’s Grew 12% Last Year to $127.5 M.

  18-03-2026 19:00 via artnews.com
  The news has not been great for the global spirits marketplace, as we’ve reported many times over the past year. Still, despite distilleries pausing production and corporate sales figures slipping, one bright spot seems to be in the auction market for rare and expensive whiskeys. One of the leading auction houses, Sotheby’s, released its 2025 Wine & Spirits Market Report late last week, and it details a bevy of information showing how it is out
  
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• Inclusivity And The “Elitist” Problem

  18-03-2026 18:44 via msn.com
  Many advocates of culture today would proudly describe themselves as anti-elitist. They argue that art should be inclusive. They promote the doctrine of diversity. The reality could not be more different. – The Telegraph (MSN)
  
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• Congress Moves to Expand Holocaust Art Restitution Claims

  18-03-2026 18:35 via artnews.com
  Congress has moved to give new life to a law meant to help families recover art stolen during the Holocaust, while at the same time reopening a long-running battle between heirs and the institutions that still hold those works.The US House of Representatives on Monday approved an extension of the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act, a 2016 law designed to make it easier for victims’ descendants to bring restitution claims decades after the fact. The measure, according to the&nbs
  
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• Can Wisdom Be Taught?

  18-03-2026 18:31 via knowablemagazine.org
  The study of wisdom dates to antiquity, but only in the past 40 years have researchers begun to apply the scientific method to probe what wisdom is and how it develops. – Knowable
  
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