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• Portions of Anselm Kiefer Work Worth $1 M. Stolen in France

  04-12-2023 17:55 via artnews.com
  Parts of an Anselm Kiefer sculpture that are thought to be collectively worth around $1 million were stolen from the artist’s warehouse in the French town of Croissy-Beaubourg, prosecutors said last week.The pilfered portions are thought to be large lead books. It wasn’t clear which work was targeted, but other Kiefer works, like The High Priestess/Zweistromland (1985/86), have previously relied on these heavy faux tomes in service of explorations of postwar German trauma. That sculp
  
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• Schoelkopf Gallery Announces Exclusive Representation of the Thomas Hart Benton Trust

  04-12-2023 17:50 via artnews.com
  
  Schoelkopf gallery announced Monday that it will exclusively represent the trust of Regionalist painter Thomas Hart Benton, with the aim of raising the artist’s profile internationally as a major influence in 20th century Modernism.Schoelkopf, which recently moved to Tribeca, will kick off the representation at this week’s edition of Art Basel Miami Beach with six lavish Benton pictures executed between 1925 and 1973, two years before the artist passed away in his studio while w
  
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• Artist Norberto Roldan Collages the Philippines’s Past and Present

  04-12-2023 15:15 via artnews.com
  
  “Being an artist, to me, is not just producing works in your studio,” the artist Norberto Roldan said during a recent video interview from the Philippines. “I think there is so much that is expected of us, as part of our communities, as part of our society.”Roldan, a trim and youthful 70, was sitting inside Green Papaya Art Projects, a multifarious art space he cofounded that embodies that ethos. It began in 2000 in Metro Manila, and it is now the longest-operating artist
  
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• 5 Shows to See in Miami During Art Basel Miami Beach

  04-12-2023 14:30 via artnews.com
  
  As the latest edition of Art Basel Miami Beach touches down in South Florida this week, local galleries and artist-run spaces have put on a visual feast across Miami, claiming their space as a self-standing arts ecosystem and beacon in its own right. These shows are unique to Miami, ranging from major showcases for Caribbean, Latinx, and Black artists to exhibitions on some of the city’s most pressing issues like rising real estate prices and climate gentrification crisis. Some of these lo
  
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