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• Brooklyn Museum Dismisses Negative Reviews of Hannah Gadsby’s ‘Pablo-matic’ Show

  02-06-2023 23:01 via artnews.com
  
  The Brooklyn Museum has dismissed negative reviews of “It’s Pablo-matic: Picasso According to Hannah Gadsby,” which opened to the public today after being panned in ARTnews and the New York Times.The show, co-organized by Gadsby and Brooklyn Museum senior curators Catherine Morris and Lisa Small, features more than 100 works. Alongside many Picassos, there are contemporary works by Cecily Brown, Judy Chicago, Renee Cox, Käthe Kollwitz, Dindga McCannon, Ana Mendieta, Marily
  
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• British Museum Ends 27-Year Sponsorship Deal With BP

  02-06-2023 18:46 via artnews.com
  
  The British Museum has ended its partnership with the fossil fuel company BP after 27 years, a move lauded by environmental activists as a victory. This marks a sharp withdrawal by BP from the British art world after decades of philanthropic ties with institutions including the Tate and the National Portrait Gallery.The museum confirmed in a statement first reported by the Guardian that “there are no other contracts or agreements in effect between the museum and BP.” The latest
  
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• A Retired Garbage Man Found 2,000-Year-Old Roman and Etruscan Statues Now on View in Rome

  02-06-2023 18:28 via artnews.com
  
  Last year, archaeologists discovered more than 20 ancient Roman and Etruscan statues near a thermal bath in Tuscany where, for years, experts had unsuccessfully searched for ancient ruins believed to be in the area—all thanks to a retired neighborhood garbageman.Now, according to a report by Reuters Friday, the 2000-year-old statues, after months of cleaning and restoration, will go on view in Rome’s Quirinale Palace starting June 22. When they were first discovered, e
  
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• A Rare Fra Angelico Painting Will Be Offered at Auction for the Second Time Ever

  02-06-2023 18:07 via artnews.com
  
  Fra Angelico, a friar of the Dominican order, painter of the Early Renaissance, and patron saint of Catholic artists, embodied an essential shift in the history of Western painting, mastering perspective and creating more humanistic portrayals of holy scenes. His work has only gone to auction twice in the past century, with his panel Saint Dominic and the Stigmatization of Saint Francis selling at a Christie’s auction last year for $4.7 million. This summer, another work of Fra Angelico wi
  
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• Bakhyt Bubikanova, Kazakh Artist on the Rise, Dies at 38

  02-06-2023 17:41 via artnews.com
  
  Bakhyt Bubikanova, a Kazakh artist whose work is currently featured in the Gwangju Biennale in South Korea, has died at 38. According to Esentai Gallery, Bubikanova had been battling cancer.“Her work was characterised by great energy and humour,” the Almaty-based Aspan Gallery, which also represents her, wrote on Instagram. “We were honoured to work with Bakhyt for many years.”Born in 1985 in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, Bubikanova was considered to be a leading figure in the art
  
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• A New Exhibition Looks at Our Relationship to Milk and Its Role in Society, Culture, and Global Politics

  02-06-2023 17:00 via artnews.com
  
  Milk has long held a critical role in society, even if it’s not immediately apparent. It’s one of our most important food sources, countless people drink it daily, including babies and children to spur their growth, and it’s featured in some of the most memorable ads of the past 25 years (“Got milk?”).It’s anything but basic, and its necessity is currently the subject of a new exhibition, simply titled “Milk,” at the Wellcome Collection in London,
  
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• At Bard, a Cutting-Edge Program Offers Students from Conflict Zones a Path to Art-Making

  02-06-2023 15:30 via artnews.com
  
  At the OSUN Center for Human Rights and the Arts at Bard College, an experiment has just come to an end. The program, meant to support mature activists and artists who live in ongoing crisis zones, and who have experienced persecution, war, surveillance, and poverty, has just matriculated its first graduating class in the master’s program. These students now have a degree in Human Rights and the Arts. At first glance, such a distinction might seem a little precious, like any arts degree, o
  
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• Kasmin Answers What Happens to a Gallery When the Founder Has No Heirs

  02-06-2023 15:00 via artnews.com
  
  Nick Olney is not Paul Kasmin. But that was never his goal. Three years after the enigmatic British gallerist passed away and Olney became president of the 33-year-old Kasmin Gallery, the business has grown and evolved, all while staying true to its founder’s idea of what a gallery should be: large (a kind of mini-mega) but personal, driven by artists as opposed to profits. For the art market, succession plans at major galleries are a hot topic, and where the mega-galleries are concer
  
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• Kasmin After Kasmin: How A Gallery Moves On After Losing its Founder

  02-06-2023 15:00 via artnews.com
  
  Nick Olney is not Paul Kasmin. But that was never his goal. Three years after the enigmatic British gallerist passed away and Olney became president of the 33-year-old Kasmin Gallery, the business has grown and evolved, all while staying true to its founder’s idea of what a gallery should be: large (a kind of mini-mega) but personal, driven by artists as opposed to profits. For the art market, succession plans at major galleries are a hot topic, and where the mega-galleries are concer
  
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• Hunter Biden’s Gallery May Have Been Hacked, Art Collective Duels with Michel Houellebecq, and More: Morning Links for June 2, 2023

  02-06-2023 14:06 via artnews.com
  
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesTROUBLE IN SOHO. New York’s Georges Bergès Gallery, which represents artist and presidential son Hunter Biden, contacted the NYPD on Thursday to investigate a possible hack of its financial records, according to the New York Post. A client reportedly received a fake invoice asking for payment to a non-gallery
  
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