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• Archaeologists Uncover a 2,000-Year-Old Hillfort in Estonia

  08-04-2026 23:32 via ARTnews.com
  A long-lost Estonian Iron-Age fortification has been found, according to Arkeonews. While 19th-century written accounts and oral traditions had long hinted at its existence, the 2000-year-old hillfort was identified this month by archaeologists at the University of Tartu using high-resolution terrain mapping tools.The find, located at Köstrimägi in Tartu County, provides insight into early settlements in the Balkan region. Apparently occupied for only a short period of time, it appears
  
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• 500-Plus And Just Like That… Items Head to Online Auction

  08-04-2026 23:01 via ARTnews.com
  Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills, California, is currently hosting an online auction of various fashion, homewares, and other props from And Just Like That…, the recently ended sequel to HBO’s famed Sex and the City series. The sale closes on April 30.The auction includes more than 500 items related to both show’s three central characters, Carrie Bradshaw, Charlotte York-Goldenblatt, and Miranda Hobbes, as well as the other characters that were introduced for And Just
  
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• Popeye the Art Icon

  08-04-2026 22:51 via NYT > Arts
  Plus: a Milan hotel in a 19th-century mansion, summery, New England-inspired cushions and more recommendations from T Magazine.
  
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• Do We Have Duchamp All Wrong? A Brilliant MoMA Retrospective Reintroduces One of Modernism’s Greats

  08-04-2026 22:13 via ARTnews.com
  Artists are often secretive creatures, hesitant to disclose too much, and none more so than Marcel Duchamp, who spun slipperiness into an art form. But I think Duchamp may have given the game away when he made Genre Allegory (1943), one of the more than 300 works included in his Museum of Modern Art retrospective opening this Sunday. Produced as a commission for an “Americana” issue of Vogue, it’s a star-studded map of the United States turned sideways. Duchamp constructed the
  
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• The Good List: 6 Things to Add Joy to Your Day

  08-04-2026 22:00 via NYT > Arts
  Indispensable emoji, undesirable friends and show notes for your life.
  
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• Wayne Perkins, Guitarist to the Stars, Dies at 74

  08-04-2026 21:18 via NYT > Arts
  Mr. Perkins worked with Bob Marley, Joni Mitchell and many others, almost joined the Rolling Stones and turned down an offer from Lynyrd Skynyrd.
  
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• ‘Ketamine Queen’ Sentenced to 15 Years in Matthew Perry’s Overdose Death

  08-04-2026 21:15 via NYT > Arts
  Prosecutors say Jasveen Sangha’s customers knew her as the Ketamine Queen. She sold the ketamine that killed the “Friends” star in 2023.
  
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• Siri Aurdal, Artist Who Elevated Industrial Materials Into Visions of Shared Humanity, Dies at 88

  08-04-2026 20:41 via ARTnews.com
  Siri Aurdal, a Norwegian sculptor and painter who elevated industrial materials into sleek expressions of art’s social imperative, died on March 31. She was 88. Galleri Riis, her representative, announced her death on social media, writing that she died in Oslo surrounded by friends and family.Though born in 1937 to two prominent Scandinavian artists—Synnøve Anker Aurdal (1908–2000), a textile artist who represented Norway at the 1982 Venice Biennale, and painter Leon Au
  
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• Dealer Known as Ketamine Queen Sentenced to 15 Years Over Matthew Perry’s Death

  08-04-2026 20:29 via NYT > Arts
  Prosecutors say Jasveen Sangha’s customers knew her as the Ketamine Queen. She sold the ketamine that killed the “Friends” star in 2023.
  
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• Bronze Age State Metal-Working Center Unearthed Near China’s Yangtse River

  08-04-2026 19:38 via ARTnews.com
  During China’s Bronze Age (c. 2070 – 771 B.C.), the durable alloy was an indispensable resource, central to the development of early Chinese civilization. Under the Zia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, China developed advanced metallurgy techniques and, along with them, systems for managing them at scale. The Bronze age in China was thus not only characterized by its bronze tools and weaponry, but by its advanced social and political structures.As reported in the China Daily, excavations
  
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• Bronze Age Metal-Working Center Unearthed Near China’s Yangtse River

  08-04-2026 19:38 via ARTnews.com
  During China’s Bronze Age (c. 2070 – 771 B.C.), the durable alloy was an indispensable resource, central to the development of early Chinese civilization. Under the Zia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, China developed advanced metallurgy techniques and, along with them, systems for managing them at scale. The Bronze age in China was thus not only characterized by its bronze tools and weaponry, but by its advanced industrial and political structures.As reported in the China Daily, excavati
  
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• See Comedian Pete Davidson’s Art-Filled New York Home for Sale for $2 M.

  08-04-2026 18:21 via ARTnews.com
  Pete Davidson, the lovable lunk who made his name on Saturday Night Live and went on to star on the silver screen (as well as in the annals of dubious boat-ownership), put his house in suburban Westchester, New York, on the market—while revealing a considerable art collection assembled over the years.The listing with Ginnel Real Estate includes an asking price of $2.28 million for a 2,300-square-foot country house with four bedrooms and three bathrooms on a lot with an idyllic pond and &ld
  
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• Outgoing MCA Chicago Director Madeleine Grynsztejn Offers the Consummate Insider’s Guide to the Windy City

  08-04-2026 17:48 via ARTnews.com
  At year’s end, Madeleine Grynsztejn will leave her post after 18 years as director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, which bills itself as one of the world’s largest museums devoted to the art of today. The museum, which launched in 1967 with a Fluxus happening by John Cage, Dick Higgins, and Allison Knowles, soon expanded its mission to collecting, and its holdings have now grown to include over 2,000 pieces. One early claim to fame: It was the first US building to be wrapp
  
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• Spain’s Culture Minister Rejects Guernica Transfer, but Basque Leaders Refuse to Take No for an Answer

  08-04-2026 17:33 via ARTnews.com
  When the Basque regional government made a formal request last week to Spain’s Ministry of Culture to authorize a temporary loan of Pablo Picasso’s Guernica (1937), the region’s head of government, Lehendakari Imanol Pradales, said he expected more robust discussion on the issue after Easter Sunday.According to El País, that discussion came on Tuesday—and the culture minister, Ernest Urtasun, was unequivocal. During a government oversight session in Spain’s S
  
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• 70 of Stephen Curry’s Game-Worn NBA Sneakers to Be Sold at Sotheby’s, Including a Pair of Nike Kobe 6 Protro ‘Mambacita’

  08-04-2026 17:30 via ARTnews.com
  More than 70 pairs of sneakers worn by Stephen Curry during the 2025-26 NBA season will hit the auction block at Sotheby’s from April 13 to April 28, with proceeds benefiting the Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation.The online sale follows Curry’s announcement last November, that he would enter what he described as “sneaker free agency,” marking the first time in his career he was no longer tied to a single footwear partner. (For the previous 12 years, Curry was signed to Under A
  
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• With a New Director, US Latinx Art Forum Plots Its Future

  08-04-2026 17:15 via ARTnews.com
  A decade ago, Latinx art within the US didn’t have as much visibility as it has now. One of the key organizations advocating for this increased prominence in mainstream institutions is the U.S. Latinx Art Forum (USLAF), founded in 2015 by a group of scholars who wanted to ensure that Latinx artists would not gain not just recognition but canonization too.Now, USLAF is charting its next steps. At the end of last year, the organization appointed artist, archivist, and curator Josh T. Franco
  
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• Can a Slimmed-Down Expo Chicago Still Throw Its Weight Around?

  08-04-2026 17:00 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.Ask incoming Expo Chicago fair director Kate Sierzputowski what her city’s art scene is like, and you get a couple of very illuminating examples to illustrate its nature, which she describes as “distinctly collaborative.” For many years, dealer Rhona Hoffman hosted an August ping-
  
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• Duke Ellington and John Adams: Titans of Classical Americana

  08-04-2026 16:55 via NYT > Arts
  Recent performances by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and the Philadelphia Orchestra offered music by Duke Ellington and John Adams.
  
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• Non-European Artists Are Sorely Under-Represented in Paris Galleries, Spanish Minister Officially Rejects ‘Guernica’ Loan Request by Basque Government: Morning Links for April 8, 2026

  08-04-2026 15:01 via ARTnews.com
  To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter.The HeadlinesREALITY CHECK. Timed with the opening of Art Paris this week, a new study on the diversity of Parisian galleries has revealed some striking findings, reports The Art Newspaper France. Led by curator and author Louise Thurin alongside César Lévy, founder of 193 Gallery, the study surveyed 108 established galleries across the French c
  
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• Matisse is a Crowd-Pleaser. Here’s What the Crowds Rarely Get to See

  08-04-2026 15:00 via NYT > Arts > Art & Design
  The Acquavella Galleries in Manhattan offer more than 50 works, many from private collections. The show caps a surge of exhibitions on the great painter.
  
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• An Audacious $724 Million Building Reinvents LACMA

  08-04-2026 12:00 via NYT > Arts > Art & Design
  Two decades in the making, the David Geffen Galleries will offer an unconventional approach to art history and cement the director Michael Govan’s legacy.
  
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• This Audacious Film Festival Should Be Better Known

  08-04-2026 11:01 via NYT > Arts
  Year in and year out, New Directors/New Films showcases inspired work worth your attention. The latest edition is especially impressive.
  
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• Modern Love: My Husband’s Breakdown Was My Breakthrough

  08-04-2026 11:01 via NYT > Arts
  Stefanie Gunning had to reach her lowest point to realize what she needed for herself.
  
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• ‘Euphoria’ Creator Sam Levinson Talks Tragedy, the Internet and the End of the Show

  08-04-2026 11:01 via NYT > Arts
  Ahead of the Season 3 premiere on Sunday, the show’s creator discussed his reputation, the loss of Angus Cloud and the soul-searching that followed.
  
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• Frankie Muniz Refuses to Stay in His Lane

  08-04-2026 11:00 via NYT > Arts
  At 40, he is a father, a NASCAR driver and back as the star of a “Malcolm in the Middle” revival. “I have unfinished business,” he said.
  
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• ‘Faces of Death’ Set the Bar for Hardcore Horror. It’s Baaack.

  08-04-2026 11:00 via NYT > Arts
  A remake of the cult horror movie raises questions about the approach to viewing disturbing videos in a new era.
  
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• 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Detroit Jazz

  08-04-2026 11:00 via NYT > Arts
  The city’s music is spiritual, searching and defiantly local, even when it spreads worldwide. Hear tracks from Yusef Lateef, Geri Allen, James Carter and other Detroit jazz greats.
  
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• Late Night Puzzles Over Trump’s ‘Mixed Message’ on Iran

  08-04-2026 08:24 via NYT > Arts
  “Everyone, most notably the people of Iran, were wondering if their civilization was going to die tonight. Well, good news, it didn’t,” Jimmy Kimmel said after a cease-fire was announced.
  
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• Elisabeth Waldo, 107, Who Fused Indigenous and Western Music, Dies

  08-04-2026 05:47 via NYT > Arts
  A classically-trained violinist, she incorporated traditional instruments native to Latin America in Western-style scores to create an atmospheric hybrid.
  
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• Fanciful and Fabulous: ‘Cats: The Jellicle Ball’ on Broadway

  08-04-2026 03:00 via NYT > Arts
  For their 10th life, the cats strut and duckwalk in a reappraisal of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1981 musical, which has shifted to the queer ballroom scene.
  
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• Arts in Bloom comes to Downtown McKinney for a weekend of art and wine - North Texas e-News

  08-04-2026 02:48 via news.google.com
  Arts in Bloom comes to Downtown McKinney for a weekend of art and wine  North Texas e-News
  
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• Enjoy Activities and the Arts in New Hope with This Special Day Trip Itinerary - BUCKSCO.Today

  08-04-2026 02:45 via news.google.com
  Enjoy Activities and the Arts in New Hope with This Special Day Trip Itinerary  BUCKSCO.Today
  
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• Contemporary Arts Center names new curator - Cincinnati CityBeat

  08-04-2026 02:02 via news.google.com
  Contemporary Arts Center names new curator  Cincinnati CityBeat
  
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• First children's visual arts museum opens in Detroit to fuel creativity, inspire young people - WXYZ Channel 7

  08-04-2026 01:51 via news.google.com
  First children's visual arts museum opens in Detroit to fuel creativity, inspire young people  WXYZ Channel 7
  
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• Taylor Frankie Paul Files Competing Court Petition Against Dakota Mortensen

  08-04-2026 01:50 via NYT > Arts
  The reality star and her former boyfriend, Dakota Mortensen, have filed dueling court petitions that paint each other as the main aggressor in a recent altercation.
  
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• L'Alliance New York Will Present COMIC ARTS FEST in April - BroadwayWorld

  08-04-2026 01:12 via news.google.com
  L'Alliance New York Will Present COMIC ARTS FEST in April  BroadwayWorld
  
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• Sarasota Opera House celebrates 100 years of arts and entertainment - ABC7 WWSB

  08-04-2026 01:02 via news.google.com
  Sarasota Opera House celebrates 100 years of arts and entertainment  ABC7 WWSB
  
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• Creative arts in rural Maine - Bangor Daily News

  08-04-2026 00:57 via news.google.com
  Creative arts in rural Maine  Bangor Daily News
  
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• Council holds off on approving arts grants amid questions on budget shortfalls - WLBT

  08-04-2026 00:38 via news.google.com
  Council holds off on approving arts grants amid questions on budget shortfalls  WLBT
  
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• Singing Waiter: Surviving a Life that’s Arts-Adjacent | Bohemian | Sonoma & Napa Counties - bohemian.com

  08-04-2026 00:32 via news.google.com
  Singing Waiter: Surviving a Life that’s Arts-Adjacent | Bohemian | Sonoma & Napa Counties  bohemian.com
  
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• Nathan Farb’s Roving Lens

  08-04-2026 00:22 via NYT > Arts
  An immersion in the wide-ranging work of a photographer who has died at 85.
  
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• Nathan Farb, 85, Dies; Photographed Hippies, Siberians and Mountains

  08-04-2026 00:22 via NYT > Arts
  His camera captured subjects as diverse as New York City during the Summer of Love in 1967, Siberia under Soviet rule and the Adirondacks in upstate New York.
  
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• In Luxury Arts Publishing, Artists Are Reclaiming the Narrative - observer.com

  08-04-2026 00:09 via news.google.com
  In Luxury Arts Publishing, Artists Are Reclaiming the Narrative  observer.com
  
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• Lionel Popkin named dean of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture - Newsroom | UCLA

  08-04-2026 00:06 via news.google.com
  Lionel Popkin named dean of the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture  Newsroom | UCLA
  
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• Kotex Launches "Arts Missing Period" Campaign Today - Roastbrief US

  08-04-2026 00:05 via news.google.com
  Kotex Launches "Arts Missing Period" Campaign Today  Roastbrief US
  
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