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• Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection To Donate 119 Works to Five Museums

  16-06-2017 11:00 via artnews.com
  Four museums in the United States and one museum in Peru will receive parts of a 119-work donation consisting of Latin American colonial art from the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, which was created by ARTnews Top 200 Collectors Patricia … Read More
  
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• Robert Indiana’s Maine Home Is for Sale, Despite Late Artist’s Intentions to Make It an Art Space

  28-08-2026 23:30 via artnews.com
  
  The foundation established by Robert Indiana to preserve his legacy is selling the artist’s longtime home on the Maine island of Vinalhaven, despite instructions in his will that the property be transformed into an art space open to the public.The Star of Hope Foundation, as the foundation is called, listed this week Indiana’s former home, a rambling 19th-century Odd Fellows lodge known as the Star of Hope, for $1.4 million, according to the New York Times. A second building Ind
  
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• Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation Denied Use of Roy Cohn Portrait for New Biography Over Political Concerns

  28-08-2026 23:01 via artnews.com
  
  The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation denied the use of a 1981 portrait by the artist of notorious New York lawyer Roy M. Cohn for the cover of a forthcoming biography, titled American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn’s Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump, because of its negative affiliation with the sitting US president, according to the New York Times.The portrait in question, simply titled Roy Cohn, captures the lawyer’s striking outward stare and scar-split nose head on, surrounded by
  
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• China Pulls Artists from Gwangju Biennale as ‘Taiwan Pavilion’ Moves Forward

  28-08-2026 21:13 via artnews.com
  
  The Chinese ambassador to South Korea has ordered China’s artists to withdraw from the 16th Gwangju Biennale, which opens September 5, in protest of the Gwangju Biennial Foundation allowing Taiwanese exhibitors to participate under the name “Taiwan,” South Korean media reported today. In a meeting with Gwangju Mayor Min Hyung-bae at Gwangju City Hall yesterday, Ambassador Dai Bing expressed his “regret and concern” over the decision to restore the name “T
  
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• Rotterdam’s Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Embroiled in Alleged Bribery Scandal

  28-08-2026 20:28 via artnews.com
  
  Two municipal employees in the Dutch city of Rotterdam have been dismissed following an investigation into alleged corruption involving construction contracts. They include work connected to asbestos removal at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, one of the country’s most important museums.The employees were among three officials investigated after concerns emerged that municipal contracts had been approved at inflated prices. One of the three has since retired, while the other two were suspend
  
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• Ideální Herní Podnik Platební Přístupy: Komplexní Průvodce

  28-08-2026 19:17 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  Když jde o online herní zařízení, jedním z nejpodstatnějších aspektů k úvahám je vyrovnání technika. Jednoduchost a ochrana převádění a získávání finančních prostředků může podstatně ovlivňovat váš celkový video herní zážitek. V tomto krátkém článku
  
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• $4.3 M. Van Cleef & Arpels Necklace Stolen From Vienna Museum

  28-08-2026 18:39 via artnews.com
  
  Two men stole a diamond necklace worth millions of dollars from Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) on Thursday, after entering the museum as ordinary visitors and smashing open a display case.The unidentified men entered the MAK during opening hours and targeted the museum’s current exhibition of jewelry by Van Cleef & Arpels, the Austrian newspaper Kronen Zeitung reported. The men smashed a glass case, grabbed the necklace, and fled. No one was injured. Police
  
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• UK Government Puts Temporary Export Ban on $97.2 M. Rembrandt Painting

  28-08-2026 18:30 via artnews.com
  
  The United Kingdom’s government announced this week that it has put a temporary export ban on a Rembrandt painting valued at £71.7 million ($97.2 million).The painting in question is Rembrandt van Rijn’s Portrait of Catrina Hooghsaet (1657), which has been on view in the UK since the mid-18th century, according to a release. It was most recently on view at the National Museum of Cardiff from 2016 to 2019.Rembrandt’s portrait depicts Catrina Hooghsaet, a wealthy member of
  
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• Chief Executive of Sydney’s Forthcoming $915 M. Cultural Institution Steps Down Amid Ongoing Investigations, 10 Weeks Ahead of Its Opening

  28-08-2026 18:27 via artnews.com
  
  Just 10 weeks prior to the opening of Sydney’s latest cultural institution, Powerhouse Parramatta, its chief executive Lisa Havilah has stepped down amid ongoing “investigations into governance and procurement,” according to a statement released on Thursday from the office of Australia’s Minister for Arts John Graham.Since her 2018 appointment, Havilah has been overseeing the $915 million build of Powerhouse Parramatta—the city’s most significant cultural infr
  
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• Kennedy Center Board Says It Will Delay Adding Trump’s Name to the Center by One Month

  28-08-2026 17:59 via artnews.com
  
  The Kennedy Center board told a federal judge on Thursday that it will halt efforts to add President Trump’s name to the building until at least October 8, delaying its plans by a month.The announcement followed an emergency court hearing prompted by a Justice Department filing this week warning that the Kennedy Center could be demolished and potentially replaced with an outdoor amphitheater if the board is not allowed to close the building for two years for repairs. At the same time, the
  
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• Kennedy Board Says It Will Delay Adding Trump’s Name to the Center by One Month

  28-08-2026 17:59 via artnews.com
  
  The Kennedy Center board told a federal judge on Thursday that it will halt efforts to add President Trump’s name to the building until at least October 8, delaying its plans by a month.The announcement followed an emergency court hearing prompted by a Justice Department filing this week warning that the Kennedy Center could be demolished and potentially replaced with an outdoor amphitheater if the board is not allowed to close the building for two years for repairs. At the same time, the
  
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• Sydney’s Powerhouse Parramatta CEO Steps Down, €4 M. Diamond Necklace Stolen from Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts, £71 M. Rembrandt Portrait Placed Under Export Bar in the UK, and More: Morning Links for August 28, 2026

  28-08-2026 14:58 via artnews.com
  
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  Lisa Havilah, CEO of Sydney’s Powerhouse Parramatta, has stepped down ten weeks before its opening.A €4 million ($4.7 million) diamond necklace has been stolen from the Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna. A £71 million ($96.4 million) Rembrandt portrait has been placed under an export bar in the United Kingdom.The Headlines&n
  
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• Ryan Gander: ‘I want things that surprise me. I want better art’

  28-08-2026 13:00 via ft.com
  The British artist has turned the city of Seoul into a giant treasure hunt and is bringing his playful interventions to Eastbourne’s Towner Gallery
  
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• Nejlepší Hazardní Podnik Online: Průvodce k nalezení Perfektního Video Herního Zážitku

  28-08-2026 12:58 via zouchmagazine.com
  
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• Bitcoin Zakłady Hazardowe Wpłata Korzyść: Cokolwiek, Co Potrzebujesz Wiedzieć

  28-08-2026 12:10 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  Bitcoin odmienił internetowy przemysł hazardowy, używając graczom bezpieczny oraz poufny metodę na stawianie online. Bitcoin kasyna online stały się coraz preferowane, a jedną z największych celów dla graczy jest wpłata zachęta. W tym poście, sprawdzimy wszystko, co musisz dowiedzieć się o bitcoin zakładach hazardowych wpłacie korzyścią.
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• Idealne Wypłaty w Zakładach Hazardowych: Przewodnik dla Graczy

  28-08-2026 11:47 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  Jeśli doceniasz emocje gry hazardowej online, zdajesz sobie sprawę, że znalezienie wiarygodnego i wysoko wypłacającego strony kasynowej online może to zmiana. Jednak przy tak wielu opcjach dostępnych, może to być trudne, aby wyodrębnić najlepiej oceniane od pozostałych. To tutaj przewodnik jest użyteczny. Przeglądaliśmy sieć dla najlepszych płacących przedsiębiorstw hazardowych online, abyś konto
  
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• As Right-Leaning Politicians Attack Cultural Institutions, a Basque Country Museum Director Believes in a Different ‘Vision of the Museum Worth Fighting For’

  28-08-2026 11:15 via artnews.com
  
  Nicknamed the “Little Louvre,” a hidden gem of European masterpieces in France’s Basque Country was given a new lease on life last fall.Founded in 1891, the Musée Bonnat-Helleu in Bayonne is home to some 7,000 artworks spanning antiquity to the early 20th century, and it reopened after 14 years of renovations that doubled its exhibition space. About 10 months before the opening, the museum also got a new leader in Barthélémy Etchegoyen Glama, a 33-year-old
  
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• Why Surrealists Turned to Animals to Plumb the Human Psyche

  28-08-2026 11:00 via artnews.com
  
  Starfish, scorpions, swallows, and sheep—once you look, animals are everywhere in Surrealist paintings. These and many other creatures are the focus of Desmond Morris’sThe Surrealist Menagerie: Strange Beasts & Fantastic Visions, a new book that combines Morris’s longtime study of zoology (he had a doctorate from Oxford) with his own participation in the Surrealist movement. Morris died this April at the age of 98, and his work leaves us with a lingering question:
  
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• Collector and Patron Hasnaine Yavarhoussen Is Determined to Bring Madagascar’s Art Scene to the Rest of the World

  28-08-2026 11:00 via artnews.com
  
  In 2019, just four nations mounted their debut pavilions at the Venice Biennale. Madagascar was one of them, and Hasnaine Yavarhoussen’s sponsorship was largely what made it possible.The year before, the Malagasy art collector and entrepreneur met with artist Joël Andrianomearisoa to discuss the country’s participation and his support. At the time of their meeting, Yavarhoussen had limited knowledge about Malagasy artists; his almost decade-old collection didn’t even inclu
  
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• Slotexo Casino: Short Mobile Sessions for Quick Wins

  28-08-2026 09:12 via zouchmagazine.com
  
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• Burnham retreats from call to return Parthenon sculptures to Greece

  28-08-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  UK prime minister previously called for British Museum to ‘send them back, no strings attached’
  
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• Burnham retreats from backing return of Parthenon sculptures to Greece

  28-08-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  UK prime minister previously called for British Museum to ‘send them back, no strings attached’
  
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• Najlepsze Kasyna, które Akceptują Bitcoin Wpłaty

  28-08-2026 02:55 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  Bitcoin zmienił glob transakcji online, zapewniając zdecentralizowaną i bezpieczną metodę płatność. Z wzmacniającą się popularnością tej elektronicznej pieniądza, kilka przedsiębiorstw hazardowych online rozpoczęło aprobować Bitcoin wpłaty, oferując grającym praktyczny i anonimowy środek na hazard online. W tym poście odkryjemy kilka z najbardziej efektywnych zakładów ha
  
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• Provedor de Roleta: Tudo o que você precisa saber

  28-08-2026 01:49 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  Como um jogador experiente de cassinos online há mais de 15 anos, posso afirmar que a roleta sempre foi um dos jogos mais populares e emocionantes disponíveis. Neste artigo, vou compartilhar informações completas e atualizadas sobre o provedor de roleta, incluindo características do jogo, dicas, vantagens e desvantagens, além de recomendações de cassinos online onde você pode jogar. Vamos mergulhar no mundo da roleta salcriativo.com o
  
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• Riverside Art Museum Appoints Vivian Zavataro as Next Executive Director

  28-08-2026 00:06 via artnews.com
  
  The Riverside Art Museum (RAM) in California has named Vivian Zavataro as its next executive director. She will begin in the role on October 1.Zavataro succeeds Drew Oberjuerge, who served in the top job for more than 13 years and left in June 2025. “The Riverside Art Museum has grown from a beloved community museum into a dynamic cultural institution with an international presence,” RAM board president Patricia Reynolds said in a statement. “I am incredibly proud of the vision
  
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• Idealne placówki hazardowe z PayPal: Kompleksowy przewodnik

  27-08-2026 23:25 via zouchmagazine.com
  
  Kasyna online stały się coraz bardziej znane w ostatnich kilku latach, oferując użytkownikom komfort grania w ich ulubione gry kasynowe w komfortowej atmosferze ich własnych domów. Jedna z używanych sposobów płatności w przedsięwzięciach hazardowych online to PayPal. W tym poście, przyjrzymy się najlepszym możliwym przedsięwzięciom hazardowym online, które przyjmują PayPal jako metodę pł
  
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• For 20 Years, Turkish Media Star Vuslat Made Art in Secret. Now She’s on the Biennial Circuit

  27-08-2026 22:35 via artnews.com
  
  For nearly two decades, Vuslat Doğan Sabancı lived two lives.By day, she was one of the most powerful figures in Turkish media, serving as chief executive of Hürriyet, the country’s largest newspaper. At night—after work, dinner, and putting her children to bed—she went to her studio and made art. “Sometimes I would work until six in the morning,” Vuslat told ARTnews on a Zoom call from Istanbul.The strange thing was that almost nobody saw what s
  
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• As New York Prices Artists Out, New Haven Is Drawing Them In

  27-08-2026 22:22 via artnews.com
  
  Chiffon Thomas discovered pretty quickly that New York wasn’t going to work. An artist and sculptor who moved to the city after three years in Los Angeles, Thomas needed a studio with room to weld metal and a parking spot for his van. New York real estate was prohibitively expensive and he went in search of another solution. Detroit and Philadelphia have recently become outposts for artists as New York becomes ever more expensive. The move Thomas eventually made signals that there is anoth
  
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• Demolition of Tbilisi Arts Complex Sparks Protests

  27-08-2026 21:35 via artnews.com
  
  An arts complex in Tbilisi, Georgia, is being razed despite protests from its architects and some members of the local community. Following approval by Tbilisi’s city government in June, demolition work on the Rike Park Music Theatre and Exhibition Hall—colloquially known as Rike Tubes—began at the end of July and is scheduled to be completed by December. The news was reported by Reuters following a photo-essay documenting the destruction of the complex and that of a second lan
  
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• Neolithic Figure Astride a Leopard Unearthed in Turkey: ‘Unlike Anything Seen Before’

  27-08-2026 21:03 via artnews.com
  
  An 11,000-year-old statue depicting a person on the back of a leopard was unearthed by archaeologists at a Stone Age site in southern Turkey, the country’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced in a statement on August 25. The find from the Neolithic site Karahan Tepe measures about 28 inches tall and would have sat on a platform along the wall of a larger round building roughly 10 feet in diameter. Notably, the style of the composite statue is “unlike anything seen before,&rdquo
  
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