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Artist duo Hesselholdt & Mejlvang says Danish museum did not pay them

December 27, 2018

The Art Newspaper - One of Denmark’s most prominent museums, Aros Aarhus Art Museum in the country’s second city, has drawn criticism for not paying exhibiting artists. Responding to a radio interview in Novemb...

Man hospitalised after falling in Anish Kapoor installation

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August 22, 2018

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The Art Newspaper - A visitor to the Anish Kapoor exhibition at the Serralves museum in Porto was hospitalised this week after falling inside one of the British artist’s installations, which features a 2.5-metr...

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

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August 22, 2018

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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...

Tate blockbuster to prove Pierre Bonnard was a great Modern painter

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July 24, 2018

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The Art Newspaper - Bonnard’s place in Modern art has long been debated. Picasso delivered a particularly damning verdict on him. “That’s not painting, what he does,” he said, accusing him of producing “a potp...

Philippe Vergne Resigns as Director of Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles

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June 1, 2018

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NY Times - After four years in the job and two months of intense speculation about his employment status, Philippe Vergne has confirmed that he is leaving his post as director of the Museum of Contemporary Art...

How Museums Handle Forgeries in Their Collections

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May 12, 2018

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Artsy - Art forgeries are surprisingly common, to the point that scandals hit the news regularly. No one is safe from deception—forgers can be skilled enough to dupe experts at some of the world’s most prestigi...

MoMA Upends Its Collection to Celebrate Late Careers

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December 29, 2017

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MoMA - Interestingly, as the aura and familiarity of MoMA-anointed landmarks ebbs and flows, you may find yourself on your own, responding in less filtered ways to what you see. This should occur more frequentl...

Why the Getty Center’s Art Stayed Put as Fires Raged Nearby

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December 16, 2017

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The New York Times - Visitors come to the Getty Center in Los Angeles to see Vincent van Gogh’s irises and other great works. What they don’t see is the reason that these masterpieces could stay put while thous...

Tate Modern, Hepworth Wakefield and John Soane’s museum shortlisted for Art Fund’s Museum of the Year award

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April 28, 2017

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The Art Newspaper - The Art Fund’s Museum of the Year shortlist has been announced with the Lapworth Museum of Geology in Birmingham; the National Heritage Centre for Horseracing & Sporting Art, Newmarket; ...

What Happens to Whitney Biennial Curators after the Show’s Over?

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March 15, 2017

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Artsy - Inclusion in the Whitney Biennial—the influential and sometimes controversial snapshot of contemporary American art that takes place every two years—has launched or resuscitated many an artist’s career....