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• Chekhov Plays for an Un-Chekhov Time

  03-04-2026 17:40 via NYT > Arts
  The directors Michael DeFilippis, Dmitry Krymov and Aleksandr Molochnikov all infuse their current productions with a burning, modern rage.
  
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• Even German Bidders Can Now Pitch In to Support US Public Television, with the Country’s First Auction of a Bob Ross Painting

  27-10-2026 21:26 via ARTnews.com
  
  For the first time, a Bob Ross painting will come to auction in Germany. The painting comes to the block on December 5 at auctioneer Ketterer Kunst in Munich, from the collection of American Public Television (APT). Proceeds will benefit the organization as part of a charitable initiative dreamed up by Joan Kowalski, president of Bob Ross, Inc., to support public television stations in the US following cuts of $9 billion to previously approved government funding by a Republican-dominated Congres
  
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• Researchers Trace Vincent van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ to a Specific Dark Sky in 1889

  27-10-2026 21:24 via ARTnews.com
  
  The storied Starry Night that has mesmerized countless eyes since Vincent van Gogh painted it may have been cribbed from an actual night sky over France in July 1889.As reported by the Associated Press, “A South Korean team reported Thursday that after years of forensic astronomy and research into the Dutch artist, they have matched his masterpiece to a predawn sky over France’s Saint-Remy de Provence right around July 22, 1889. That’s a month later than the long-accepted time frame for th
  
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• Christie’s First Abu Dhabi Art Auction to Be Accompanied by Exhibition of $60 M.–$80 M. Kandinsky

  27-10-2026 21:23 via ARTnews.com
  
  The competition in the art world for business in the Gulf is heating up. Next week Christie’s is set to host its first fine art auction in Abu Dhabi, featuring some 70 lots of modern and contemporary Middle Eastern art.The sale, dubbed “MAWASIM: 20 Years of Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art,” features works by Turkish abstractionist Fahrelnissa Zeid, one of the first women to attend art school in Turkey; Iraqi painter Faisel Laibi Sahi; Egyptian modernist painter Mahmoud Saïd; an
  
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• Plans to Make Microdrama Out of an Old Margot Robbie Show Stir Debate

  27-10-2026 21:10 via NYT > Arts
  The group that produced “Neighbours” more than a decade ago plans to carve some episodes into micro-bits, generating more debate around TV shows in the digital age.
  
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• Auction of Nazi-Looted Torah Fragment Canceled After Outcry and Israeli Government Intervention

  27-10-2026 21:01 via ARTnews.com
  
  After an auction house in Norway attempted to sell a fragment of a Torah scroll looted by the Nazis, a public outcry ensued. Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar also intervened and, according to a ministry spokesperson, asked the Israeli embassy in Norway to prevent the sale, reports the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA). “Thanks to the embassy’s efforts, the auction was canceled, and the parchment will be donated to a Holocaust remembrance organization in the United States,” a foreig
  
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• Plans to Make Microdrama Out an Old Margot Robbie Show Stir Debate

  27-10-2026 20:59 via NYT > Arts
  The group that produced “Neighbours” more than a decade ago plans to carve some episodes into micro-bits, generating more debate around TV shows in the digital age.
  
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• In Vienna, a Celebration of Handmade Ceramics and Iconic Austrian Design

  27-10-2026 20:35 via NYT > Arts > Art & Design
  The women behind the housewares brand Carolina Irving & Daughters invited friends to a dinner to mark the launch of their new Wiener Werkstätte-inspired collection.
  
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• Susan Saint James, Emmy Winner Who Starred in ‘Kate & Allie,’ Dies at 80

  27-10-2026 20:21 via NYT > Arts
  In a long career, she was best known for starring opposite Jane Curtin in “Kate & Allie,” a 1980s sitcom about two divorced women raising three children in New York City.
  
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• Dutch Art Historian and Curator Rudi Fuchs Dies at 84

  27-10-2026 19:24 via ARTnews.com
  
  Dutch art historian and curator Rudi Fuchs has died at the age of 84 in Amsterdam. His family announced his death on Sunday to the Amsterdam daily newspaper Het Parool.Born in 1942 in Eindhoven, Rudolf Herman “Rudi” Fuchs studied art history from 1967 to 1975 at Leiden University. In 1975, at the age of 32, he was appointed director of the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven; at the time he was the youngest museum director in the Netherlands. It was the beginning of a storied career as one of Europe
  
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• Pace Gallery Reports Losses of 35.5 Percent for 2024 With ‘Real Change’ Underway

  27-10-2026 19:21 via ARTnews.com
  
  It has been a summer of change for Pace Gallery, and its 2024 accounts that were filed 10 months late with Companies House, the British government’s business register, reflect that. The group’s turnover totaled $67.69 million in 2024, a 35.5 percent drop from 2023, which cashed in $104.95 million. A pre-tax loss of $2,429 was recorded for 2024 compared to a $6.8 million profit for 2023. (The mega-gallery’s UK registered company, The Pace Gallery Limited, serves as the umbrella company for
  
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• Nanotyrannus Skeleton ‘Jodi’ Is Auctioned for $47.3 Million

  27-10-2026 19:10 via NYT > Arts
  The T. Rex cousin is the latest dinosaur fossil to fetch a high price at an auction, this time at Sotheby’s.
  
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• Milwaukee vs. Tampa: A World Series Playlist

  27-10-2026 19:00 via NYT > Arts
  Play songs by artists from both cities, including Violent Femmes, Al Jarreau, Doechii and more.
  
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• Christie’s Will Offer $8 M. in Works from Mickey Cartin’s Collection, from Netherlandish Painting to Contemporary Art to Rare Books

  27-10-2026 19:00 via ARTnews.com
  
  Widely respected Connecticut collector Mickey Cartin will offer selections from his collection, begun in 1988, at Christie’s. Upward of 80 objects, estimated to fetch as much as $8 million, will be spread over more than 10 auctions in London, Paris, and New York, from this November until July 2027.In 1971, Cartin began working at Connecticut’s Capitol Light and Supply Company, which had been started by his grandfather in 1918. He ultimately became the company’s president and grew it from a
  
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• Before the Plaza’s Glow-Up, One More ‘Gilded’ Party

  27-10-2026 18:14 via NYT > Arts
  Cast members from HBO’s “The Gilded Age” snacked on cheese tortelloni and duck shawarma and had their portraits sketched at the Plaza Hotel on Monday night.
  
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• Before the Plaza’s Glow-Up, One Last ‘Gilded’ Party

  27-10-2026 17:29 via NYT > Arts
  Cast members from HBO’s “The Gilded Age” snacked on cheese tortelloni and duck shawarma and had their portraits sketched at the Plaza Hotel on Monday night.
  
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• Sotheby’s Dinosaur ‘Jodi’ Sells for $47.3 M., More Than Five Times Its High Estimate

  27-10-2026 16:38 via ARTnews.com
  
  The dinosaur market has produced another monster sale.“Jodi,” a 67-million-year-old Nanotyrannus skeleton, sold Tuesday at Sotheby’s New York for $47.3 million, including fees, more than five times its $9 million high estimate. The skeleton hammered at $40.5 million, making it one of the most expensive dinosaur fossils ever sold at auction.The result comes just three months after Sotheby’s sold “Gus,” a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton, for a record $50.1 million. That July sale, which car
  
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• Ursula von Rydingsvard, Sculptor of Gigantic Cedar Forms, Dies at 84

  27-10-2026 16:24 via ARTnews.com
  
  Ursula von Rydingsvard, a sculptor who responded to the austerity of Minimalism with monumental cedar sculptures that had a distinctly human touch, died in New York on Tuesday following a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was 84, according to the New York Times.Frequently using 4×4 cedar beams, von Rydingsvard crafted towering forms that appear to undulate and shift. Made of organic material, they at times even looked as though they were alive, spinning through the air like mysterious anim
  
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• In a New Video, Mayor Mamdani Touts the Met Museum as an Early Voting Site

  27-10-2026 16:06 via ARTnews.com
  
  Ahead of a hotly contested group of midterm elections that include a heated gubernatorial race for New York State, New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani shared a new video on social media encouraging voters to vote early—with a twist.“Only in New York City can you vote in places like the Metropolitan Museum of Art,” Mamdani says as he walks through the recently refurbished Rockefeller Wing, home to its holdings of art from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.“I just voted here on the fi
  
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• Skeleton of Nanotyrannus ‘Jodi,’ T. Rex’s Cousin, Is Auctioned for $47.3 Million

  27-10-2026 15:30 via NYT > Arts
  The Nanotyrannus specimen is the latest dinosaur fossil to fetch a high price at a private auction, this time at Sotheby’s.
  
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• Former Stedelijk Museum Director Rudi Fuchs Has Died at 84, V&A Plans Cuts to Academy Program, 100 Years of Marisa Merz, and More: Morning Links for October 27, 2026

  27-10-2026 15:07 via ARTnews.com
  
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  Acclaimed art historian and former director of the Stedelijk Museum, Rudi Fuchs has died at 84.The Victoria and Albert Museum is planning to downsize its adult-learning program, the V&A Academy, amid broader threats of staff cuts.A recently attributed 16th-century painting by Giorgio Vasari, Transport of Christ to the Tomb,will be put up for sale tomorrow in Milan.The Headlin
  
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• Tatiana Trouvé’s Art Is All About Getting Lost and Found and Lost Again

  27-10-2026 15:06 via ARTnews.com
  
  “I spend my time making maps,” Tatiana Trouvé told me as we ambled through her first exhibition with Brussels-based gallery Xavier Hufkens. Map-making is a rather curious obsession for Trouvé to have, given how keenly she wants to experience the feeling of being lost and “disoriented,” she explained.Contradictions like these are a hallmark across the artist’s oeuvre. Objects aren’t quite what they appear to be. Installations blur the line between archival documentation and fiction.
  
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• What Makes Andrew Scott So Good at Tragedy in ‘Sea Wall’ and Other Works?

  27-10-2026 15:00 via NYT > Arts
  The actor says he is no more tragic than anyone else, but in the one-man play “Sea Wall,” he’s the soul of a sadness machine.
  
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• Gagosian to Sell Works from Mr. Chow’s Art Collection, Including Paintings by Warhol, Basquiat, Hockney, and More

  27-10-2026 15:00 via ARTnews.com
  
  Larry Gagosian has spent decades entertaining artists, collectors, and assorted celebrities at Mr. Chow. Now he’s returning the favor, helping his longtime friend Michael Chow sell a selection of artworks that have decorated the restaurateur’s famous dining rooms for years.The gallery will present “Friends and Legends: The Collection of Michael Chow,” an exhibition of 11 works from Chow’s collection, including portraits of the restaurateur by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, David Ho
  
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• A Women’s HBCU Will Sell a Record-Smashing Aaron Douglas Painting of Harriet Tubman to Support Women’s Health Programs

  27-10-2026 15:00 via ARTnews.com
  
  A monumental painting by a leading artist of the Harlem Renaissance, showing a legendary figure from the struggle for African American liberation, will come to auction at Sotheby’s New York next month. Aaron Douglas’s painting Harriet Tubman (1931) is expected to sell for between $2.5 million–$3.5 million, the highest estimate ever placed on a work by Douglas. The painting will go to the block as part of the house’s marquee modern art auction on November 18. The first example by the arti
  
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• Ursula von Rydingsvard, Sculptor of Monumental Forms, Dies at 84

  27-10-2026 13:49 via NYT > Arts > Art & Design
  Working with four-by-four cedar beams, she created towering sculptures that evoked cave walls, frozen waves, seashells or the folds of a giant’s brain.
  
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• Hillary Clinton Visits Yayoi Kusama Sculptures on Naoshima Island Ahead of 37th Praemium Imperiale Awards Ceremony

  27-10-2026 13:08 via ARTnews.com
  
  As the US midterm elections loom closer, former First Lady Hillary Clinton is turning to art for peace of mind. She is in Japan for the 37th Praemium Imperiale awards ceremony taking place on Wednesday at Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo.Clinton serves as US advisor to the prestigious global arts prize and on Monday posted photos on Instagram from a visit to Naoshima, one of Japan’s most well-known art islands. She posed with two of Yayoi Kusama’s pumpkin sculptures and observed that “in a sometime
  
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• Art Basel Qatar Returns for Second Edition With 82 Galleries Under Artistic Direction of Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Aims to ‘Deepen Collector Relationships’

  27-10-2026 12:00 via ARTnews.com
  
  Art Basel Qatar is returning for its sophomore edition from January 28 to 30 to three venues in Msheireb Downtown Doha: Barahat Msheireb, M7, and Doha Design District. The fair features 82 galleries from 37 countries, with 50 percent of the artists hailing from the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia, while more than a third of the participating galleries operate within these regions.The fair has teamed with Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), QC+, and Visit Qatar as official partners to “de
  
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• Could ‘You Can See Everything’ Be Up for Best Picture but Not Documentary?

  27-10-2026 10:04 via NYT > Arts
  The popular nonfiction film is eligible for several Oscars. But the academy’s documentary branch may not be receptive to its unconventional approach.
  
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• Lewd, Leering and Reveling in Opera’s Queerness

  27-10-2026 10:01 via NYT > Arts
  Heartbeat’s Drag Opera Extravaganza, a yearly event around Halloween, is an off-color pastiche of opera and pop culture. This year: “Queeney Todd.”
  
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