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• Sotheby’s steals a march with Churchill’s paintings

  11-12-2014 08:44
  
  Items offered are from the estate of the prime minister’s daughter Mary Soames
  
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• After Leadership Shakeup, Telfair Museums Names Caitlín Doherty as Next Director

  20-08-2026 20:33 via artnews.com
  
  The Telfair Museums in Savannah, Georgia, has announced that Caitlín Doherty as its new executive director. She will assume the post in October.Doherty is the director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville in Florida. She joined the institution joined the instiuttion in 2017, following a tenure as chief curator at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum in Michigan. At the time of her appointment to MOCA Jacksonville, its board said she possessed an “X factor, that rare quality
  
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• Visitors to the Walker Art Center Encounter Olalekan Jeyifous’s Digital Artwork and Wrongly Brand It ‘AI Slop’ 

  20-08-2026 18:51 via artnews.com
  
  Minneapolis’s Walker Art Center and the artist Olalekan Jeyifous are refuting accusations by some museum visitors that his work was made using generative AI, reports MPR News. Jeyifous, born in Nigeria and living in New York, is also an architect and designer, and uses some of the digital tools that are often employed in those fields. His first museum solo, “Hydricosmic Litanies,” is organized by the Walker’s associate curator for visual arts, Taylor Jasper.The show, whic
  
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• ‘Amateur Artist’ Charged in $80K Theft From Minneapolis Painter’s Studio

  20-08-2026 18:38 via artnews.com
  
  Minneapolis police have identified one of two people they believe stole roughly $80,000 worth of artwork from the studio of 80-year-old artist Leon Hushcha, in a burglary that involved a UPS vest, a handcart, and, apparently, another artist.Ricardo Andres Bassat, 56, has been charged with felony burglary and is due in Hennepin County District Court on Monday, according to the Minnesota Star Tribune. Police are still looking for his alleged accomplice. Court records, the Star Tribune&nb
  
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• Gagosian to Show New Jordan Wolfson Works at His First Show With the Gallery in New York

  20-08-2026 18:17 via artnews.com
  
  Gagosian sent out a decidedly sparse press release about Jordan Wolfson’s first show with the gallery in New York, set to open September 18 at its 555 West 24th Street space in Chelsea.The description of the new work to be shown, in its entirety, reads: “A selection of new uniformly scaled sculptures incorporates emblematic color and black-and-white photographs, sourced online and from personal and academic archives, that resonate with art history, popular culture, and Wolfson’
  
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• Taiwan Calls Renaming of National Pavilion at Gwangju Biennale ‘Political Censorship’

  20-08-2026 17:02 via artnews.com
  
  The controversy surrounding the renaming of the “Taiwan Pavilion” at the upcoming edition of the Gwangju Biennale, opening next month, has escalated to an international diplomacy dispute. The self-governed island’s culture ministry says it “strongly protests” the Korean biennial scrubbing the agreed-upon name from its presentation, vowing to take “necessary action” if the exhibition’s organizers breach the agreement.“[Taiwan] will firmly part
  
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• MoMA PS1’s Newest Restaurant Will Be Symone, French African Cafe by DeVonn Francis

  20-08-2026 16:00 via artnews.com
  
  The restaurant space at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens, will soon have a new tenant: Symone, by chef DeVonn Francis, will open in early October. The space’s menu will also be previewed during Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair, running September 24–27.With daytime dining offered during the museum’s operating hours, Symone will be Francis’s first restaurant, serving French African–inspired cuisine that uses seasonal ingredients and draws on Francis’s
  
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• MoMA PS1’s Newest Restaurant Will Be Symone, a French African Cafe by DeVonn Francis

  20-08-2026 16:00 via artnews.com
  
  The restaurant space at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens, will soon have a new tenant: Symone, by chef DeVonn Francis, will open in early October. The space’s menu will also be previewed during Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair, running September 24–27.With daytime dining offered during the museum’s operating hours, Symone will be Francis’s first restaurant, serving French African–inspired cuisine that uses seasonal ingredients and draws on Francis’s
  
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• A Hidden Gallery at London’s Natural History Museum Reopens After 80 Years, Rediscovered Bernini Painting On View in Vienna: Morning Links for August 20, 2026

  20-08-2026 15:30 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.Good Morning!A hidden gallery at London’s Natural History Museum will reopen to the public for the first time since 1943.Trump’s administration is escalating its campaign to reshape how the Smithsonian presents American history.A long-overlooked painting has been identified as a genuine Bernini and is set to go on display at the Kunsthistorisches
  
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• Armory Shows Announces Two Museum Acquisition Prizes, Launching at September Fair

  20-08-2026 15:00 via artnews.com
  
  The Armory Show in New York has announced two museum acquisition prizes that will launch at its upcoming edition, slated to run September 24–27.The first is the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) Acquisition Prize, which will allot $20,000 at each edition of the Armory Show toward acquisitions for the museum’s permanent collection and for the Green Family Foundation Caribbean Cultural Institute. The PAMM Acquisition Prize will select work on view from the Focus section, which this
  
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• Armory Show Announces Two Museum Acquisition Prizes, Launching at September Fair

  20-08-2026 15:00 via artnews.com
  
  The Armory Show in New York has announced two museum acquisition prizes that will launch at its upcoming edition, slated to run September 24–27.The first is the Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) Acquisition Prize, which will allot $20,000 at each edition of the Armory Show toward acquisitions for the museum’s permanent collection and for the Green Family Foundation Caribbean Cultural Institute. The PAMM Acquisition Prize will select work on view from the Focus section, which this
  
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• How Asad Raza Makes a Show: By Creating Public Art for New York Rats

  20-08-2026 13:40 via artnews.com
  
  One hot August afternoon on New York’s Lower East Side, artist Asad Raza led this reporter through his new, unconventional public art show. Without him, you and I certainly would never have noticed it, but then it’s not really for us.“I’ve made a lot of works for people, trying to create experiences of different kinds that, a lot of the time, dealt with living elements of the environment around them,” said Raza, whose projects have included exhibiting live trees in
  
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• How Asad Raza Makes a Show, by Creating Public Art for New York Rats

  20-08-2026 13:40 via artnews.com
  
  One hot August afternoon on New York’s Lower East Side, artist Asad Raza led this reporter through his new, unconventional public art show. Without him, you and I certainly would never have noticed it, but then it’s not really for us.“I’ve made a lot of works for people, trying to create experiences of different kinds that, a lot of the time, dealt with living elements of the environment around them,” said Raza, whose projects have included exhibiting live trees in
  
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• How to start an art collection

  20-08-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Begin with your gut . . . and other advice from the experts
  
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• David Hockney’s life-defining friendship — and the art it inspired

  20-08-2026 06:00 via ft.com
  Longtime friend Betty Freeman was an LA art collector and a repeated subject of the painter’s work over the years
  
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• Crushing Heat Waves Threaten Monet’s Gardens in Giverny

  20-08-2026 00:06 via artnews.com
  
  France has endured record-breaking successions of heatwaves this summer, which have led to massive wildfires and a spike in the normal death rate, according to French public health services. Gardeners are also struggling with the scorching heat, including at one of the country’s most cherished landmarks: Claude Monet’s gardens in Giverny, Normandy.“It’s incredibly sad,” Rémi Lecoutre, deputy head gardener at the Claude Monet House and Gardens museum, told Fra
  
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• Crushing Heat Waves in France Threaten Monet’s Gardens in Giverny

  20-08-2026 00:06 via artnews.com
  
  France has endured record-breaking successions of heatwaves this summer, which have led to massive wildfires and a spike in the normal death rate, according to French public health services. Gardeners are also struggling with the scorching heat, including at one of the country’s most cherished landmarks: Claude Monet’s gardens in Giverny, Normandy.“It’s incredibly sad,” Rémi Lecoutre, deputy head gardener at the Claude Monet House and Gardens museum, told Fra
  
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• Artists, Collectors, Dealers Accuse San Francisco Dealer Jonathan Carver Moore of Nonpayment

  19-08-2026 22:22 via artnews.com
  
  Jonathan Carver Moore says he cashed in his own retirement account to start his gallery on the edge of San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood in 2023. He has mounted strong presentations at art fairs from Chicago to Miami. But artists, collectors and dealers say he has been guilty of chronic non-payment and withholding artworks, according to an extensive report in the San Francisco Standard. Nine artists and gallery representatives who have done business with Moore say they have thou
  
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• Sandy Lerner Cat-Themed Art Collection is Out of the Bag

  19-08-2026 22:06 via artnews.com
  
  The cat’s out of the bag. This September and October, Bonhams is selling items from one of the most extensive private collections of cat-related artworks, decorative objects, jewelry, and collectibles: the Sandy Lerner Cat Collection. In all, Sandy Lerner, co-founder of tech company Cisco Systems and founder of cosmetics label Urban Decay, is parting with nearly 1,000 lots spanning centuries from her Ayrshire Farm estate in Virginia. Not all are feline-focused, however.The fall sale of the
  
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• Speed Art Museum in Kentucky Is Repatriating 24 Objects to Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes

  19-08-2026 21:23 via artnews.com
  
  The Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky, has surrendered 24 objects from its collection to their Native American communities of origin, the US Department of the Interior announced in May.The items in question are considered “sacred objects” or “objects of cultural patrimony,” according to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). According to the notice, the official handover of the objects, which belong to the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes b
  
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• Bruce Museum Names New Chief Curator, Yusaku Maezawa’s Art-Filled $350 M. Yacht, and More: Industry Moves for August 19, 2026

  19-08-2026 21:15 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.Industry Moves Connecticut’s Bruce Museum Names Chief of Curatorial Affairs and Experience: Kathy Fredrickson joined the Greenwich-based institution on August 3, after having served as a curatorial strategy consultant to the Bruce since October 2025. She previously held the role of direc
  
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• Christie’s and Sotheby’s Are Duking It Out to Secure Eccentric Collector Herbert Lust’s $60 M. Art Holdings

  19-08-2026 21:00 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.As summer turns to fall, the November auctions in New York are just over the horizon. And while much of the art world might be signing off for the next few weeks, the rainmakers at Christie’s and Sotheby’s are fighting over consignments, including what remains of the art collection of Herber
  
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• Fakes Proliferate as South Asian Art Market Booms, Dealers Warn

  19-08-2026 20:53 via artnews.com
  
  South Asian modern art is having a very good run. Auction sales topped $100 million last year, records have tumbled, and Christie’s and Sotheby’s have both made a show of the category in London this summer. There is, however, a problem with all that new money: forgeries.Dealers and specialists say forgeries are proliferating as prices for artists including S.H. Raza, M.F. Husain and Sadequain have climbed, according to the Financial Times. Dadiba Pundole, whose Mumbai galle
  
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• New York Museums Reportedly Get a Pass on Fines Resulting From Fire Code Violations

  19-08-2026 20:36 via artnews.com
  
  Some of New York’s most prominent cultural institutions reportedly are getting off the hook on paying fines for fire code violations. Gothamist reports that the city is not collecting fines from institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Museum of the City of New York. A reporter reviewed dozens of summonses the Fire Department (FDNY) issued to these museums between 2023 and 2025, the vast majority of which are for fire alarms sou
  
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• MIT Study Finds that Most AI-Generated Images Can’t Be Traced Back to Their Sources

  19-08-2026 18:29 via artnews.com
  
  A new study from researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) suggests that the more data a generative model is trained on, the less likely an AI-generated image is to be traced back to a source image. They call this phenomenon attribution decay.“If you take away a piece of data and the output of the model doesn’t change, then that piece of data didn’t affect the output,” said Zheng Dai, a former MIT CSAIL researcher and the l
  
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• MIT Study Finds that AI-Generated Images Often Can’t Be Traced Back to Their Sources

  19-08-2026 18:29 via artnews.com
  
  A new study from researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) suggests that the more data a generative model is trained on, the less likely an AI-generated image is to be traced back to a source image. They call this phenomenon attribution decay.“If you take away a piece of data and the output of the model doesn’t change, then that piece of data didn’t affect the output,” said Zheng Dai, a former MIT CSAIL researcher and the l
  
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• Free Slots Offline: The Ultimate Guide for Gambling Enterprise Enthusiasts

  19-08-2026 16:49 via zouchmagazine.com
  
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• Gen Z and Millennials are Rejecting AI for Plein Air, Sydney City Council Stirs Censorship Debate: Morning Links for August 19, 2026

  19-08-2026 16:28 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.Good Morning!The Headlines WARNING, WARNING! Sydney artist Osvaldo Budet has clashed with Maitland City Council over his artwork examining a century-old statue of an African American boy, ABC News reported. Budet’s work argues that the statue reflects racist stereotypes and the legacy of slavery, while the council cons
  
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• Marfa’s Chinati Foundation Plans Major Restoration of Artillery Sheds, Home to Donald Judd’s Iconic Aluminum Works

  19-08-2026 16:10 via artnews.com
  
  The Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas, has revealed its plans for a two-year restoration of the Artillery Sheds, which house Donald Judd’s iconic 100 untitled works in mill aluminum (1982–86). During this period, beginning in October, the 100-piece installation will be removed from view.The restoration will address several issues affecting the Artillery Sheds, including repairing the roof and gutters, creating a passive cooling system, and replacing the glass windows that surround t
  
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• The Best Blackjack Casino Online: A Comprehensive Guide

  19-08-2026 14:00 via zouchmagazine.com
  
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