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Found guilty in 1995 of embezzling investors’ money, Roberto Polo resurfaces in role of art benefactor in Spain

August 22, 2018

The Art Newspaper - The art world has a short memory, or is it just forgiving where the prospect of having more art to display is concerned? Havana-born Roberto Polo signed an agreement on 25 July with the loca...

Dealer Monique Meloche Is Thriving—Even After a Mega-Gallery Wooed Away Her Biggest Stars. Here’s Why

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August 22, 2018

Art and Society

Artnet - In the art world today, the middle may be the most awkward place to be. Chicago dealer Monique Meloche—who operates squarely in the tenuous “middle-tier” of the market and in the Midwest—knows very wel...

5 Essential Tips for Collecting Prints

Artery

August 22, 2018

Art and Society, Art Collecting

Artsy - Artist have long supplemented their larger practice by making prints: original works, usually on paper, created in numbered editions and produced in collaboration with some kind of press. For would-be c...

Italy scraps free Sundays at cultural sites like Pompeii and the Colosseum

Artery

August 22, 2018

Art and Society, Museum News, Museums

The Art Newspaper - The new culture minister of Italy’s populist coalition government, Alberto Bonisoli, has sparked mixed reactions with the announcement that a monthly free-entry initiative at the country’s m...

The Political Art that Shaped Cold War Hungary

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August 21, 2018

Art and Society

Hyperallergic - If you are looking for a chance to explore the material culture, art, and politics that shaped Hungary in post-World War II, look no further than Promote, Tolerate, Ban: Art and Culture in Cold ...

Discovering King Tutankhamun’s tomb: Harry Burton’s photographs

Artery

July 25, 2018

Archeology, Art and Society

BBC - It was one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries of the 20th Century. But what was it like to first point a lens into the 3,000-year-old tomb of King Tutankhamun? That job fell to Harry Burto...

Will Robert Indiana’s legacy get stuck in a legal battle

Artery

July 25, 2018

Art and Society, Art and the Law, Artists

The Art Newspaper - What will become of Robert Indiana’s legacy, and who will be in charge of preserving it? The answer might only come out of a closely-watched legal battle over the artist’s estate and his rec...

Some of the World’s Most Striking iPhone Images

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July 25, 2018

Art and Society

Hyperallergic - Finalists from the 11th annual iPhone Photography Awards were released on Friday. Photographers across the world — based in over 140 countries — sent in their most awe-striking creative and docu...

‘Junk’ art stash may yield multi-million dollar masterpieces

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July 24, 2018

Art and Society, Art Market, Artists

DW - New York gallery owner David Killen believes he has uncovered six paintings by Dutch-American abstract master Willem de Kooning, which — if verified — could be worth tens of millions of dollars. The wo...

Elon Musk and artist settled their copyright dispute over an image of a farting unicorn.

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July 24, 2018

Art and Society, Trending

Artsy - The feud started in February 2017, when Musk tweeted out, “maybe my favorite mug ever,” with a link to Edward’s mug, on which he’d painted a unicorn farting energy into a car. For Edwards, whose father ...