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• $7 M. Paintings by Agnes Martin and Phillip Guston Lead Art Basel Miami Beach Sales

  30-11-2022 23:21 via artnews.com
  At the opening of Art Basel Miami Beach on Tuesday, dealers reported solid attendance from collectors, who showed few signs of reticence to buy new works. Gallerists said they were successful in placing works in institutional collections spanning the U.S. and Europe museums. (Sales are self-reported by galleries, making the data difficult to confirm.)In their sales reports, dealers painted a rosy picture of the action at Art Basel. Some said they sold works valued as highly as $7 million—a
  
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• Growing Claims from Climate Change Will Prompt Art Insurance Rate Increases, Experts Report

  30-11-2022 22:45 via artnews.com
  Art insurance in Florida is in limbo right now. Many art institutions in Florida this year had to consider the risk of climate change to their buildings and collections after Hurricane Ian made landfall in September. No significant art damage claims have been filed in the state after the Category 4 Hurricane, which killed at least 114 Floridians. However, art insurance experts told ARTnews that clients should anticipate increases to the price of premiums and changes to the breadth of coverage ea
  
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• Two Shows at the Bass Ask Us to Look to the Sea and Stars to Solve Climate Change

  30-11-2022 22:18 via artnews.com
  On a hot summer day, the harvest—bushels of wheat—is due. Several men swing sickles through the golden field while, with the same fluid motion, a woman slices bread for lunch. In the background, children kick a ball. Pieter Bruegel the Elder painted this scene in 1565, linking labor and leisure as stops in the cycle of any day. Now on view at the Bass in Miami Beach is a new show of work, titled “The Harvesters” after that painting, by Jamilah Sabur that runs Bruegel&rsqu
  
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• Artist Sung Tieu Searches for Evidence That Havana Syndrome Is Real at Art Basel Miami Beach

  30-11-2022 20:27 via artnews.com
  In August 2021, Vice President Kamala Harris was due to go to Vietnam, but her trip was delayed after two U.S. officials were medically evacuated from Hanoi after experiencing “anomalous acoustic incidents” that led to symptoms associated with the mysterious Havana Syndrome. The Vietnam-born artist Sung Tieu, whose work is centered around warfare and its psychological impact, has been making work about the mysterious illness for years. A year after the alleged Hanoi attack, the artis
  
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• At Art Basel Miami Beach, an ATM That Announces Your Account Balance

  30-11-2022 19:42 via artnews.com
  At art fairs, gallerists have the difficult job of sizing up each person who comes by their booth and trying to answer a simple question: exactly how much money does this person have? But with a new work by the Brooklyn based art collective MSCHF, presented by Perrotin, the guesswork is taken out of the equation. Anyone who wants can approach an ATM that MSCHF set up at the booth and reveal their bank account balance. ATM Leaderboard (2022) is an ATM that MSCHF acquired from an ATM manufacturing
  
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• Rare 1,400-Year-Old Gold Brooch Found Among Early Medieval Tombs in Basel

  30-11-2022 19:03 via artnews.com
  Fifteen graves were uncovered during the excavation of an early medieval burial ground in the Kleinbasel neighborhood in Basel, Switzerland. A rare gold brooch is among the latest finds at the site.The existence of the burial ground has been known since the 19th century; the construction of new utility pipes, however, prompted a rescue excavation.Of the tombs that were unearthed, the most notable discovery was a gold robe clasp belonging to a young woman who died in her twenties during the seven
  
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• Rare 1,400-Year-Old Gold Broach Found Among Early Medieval Tombs in Basel

  30-11-2022 19:03 via artnews.com
  Fifteen graves were uncovered during the excavation of an early medieval burial ground in the Kleinbasel neighborhood in Basel, Switzerland. A rare gold broach is among the latest finds at the site.The existence of the burial ground has been known since the 19th century; the construction of new utility pipes, however, prompted a rescue excavation.Of the tombs that were unearthed, the most notable discovery was a gold robe clasp belonging to a young woman who died in her twenties during the seven
  
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• Suspect Charged for Spraying Fake Blood at Toulouse-Lautrec Painting in Berlin

  30-11-2022 18:24 via artnews.com
  A suspect has been charged for spraying fake blood at a painting by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in Berlin’s Alte Nationalgalerie, according to a report in Monopol. The incident was reminiscent of recent climate actions at European museums, however the prosecutor’s office announced on Tuesday that it has been deemed an isolated attack unconnected to any climate protection group. The suspect, a 53-year-old woman, was arrested on October 30 and has not o
  
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• Ancient Egyptian Amulet Is Unearthed During Field Trip Near Tel Aviv

  30-11-2022 18:19 via artnews.com
  A run-of-the mill field trip in Azor, a town less than five miles away from the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, resulted in the discovery of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian amulet, the Jerusalem Post reports. The artifact was inscribed with symbols that Israeli experts said could signify Egypt’s rule over what was once the land of Caanan.The scarab was discovered by Gilad Stern of the Israel Antiquities Educational Center (IAA), who was guiding a group of eighth-grade students from Azor Middle Sc
  
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• Ashley Bickerton, Indefinable Artist Who Lampooned Consumerism with Passion, Dies at 63

  30-11-2022 16:38 via artnews.com
  Ashley Bickerton, an artist who became the toast of the New York art world in the 1980s, only to depart the scene in a surprise move during the ’90s, died on Wednesday at 63 in Bali, Indonesia. Last year, he was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, which impacts the nervous system and can prove debilitating.A representative for Gagosian, the mega-gallery that began representing Bickerton earlier this year, confirmed his death. Gagosian is planning a show of his wor
  
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• Hammer Museum Preps Expansion Unveiling, Sydney Modern Opens with Gender Parity, and More: Morning Links for November 30, 2022

  30-11-2022 14:13 via artnews.com
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesA DISPATCH FROM DOWN UNDER. On December 3, the Art Gallery of New South Wales will open to the pubic a vast new wing, dubbed Sydney Modern, which doubles its exhibition space. One notable feature of the opening at the SANAA–designed venue, which was built for some AU$344 million (US$231 million), is that just over half&n
  
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• The Best Booths at Art Basel Miami Beach 2022, From Dazzling Abstractions to Urgent Protest Art

  30-11-2022 02:05 via artnews.com
  The beginning of Art Basel Miami Beach each winter heralds the end to the year’s demanding art fair calendar. It always makes for a busy finale, and this time around, the fair, which opened to VIPs on Tuesday, was even more intense than usual, now that it had returned to its pre-pandemic size, both in terms of exhibitors and visitors.Art Basel Miami Beach’s opening was thrumming with people, and a number of sales were reported by galleries over the course of the day. Though last year
  
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