‘Fake art’: Donald Trump ‘boasts he has original Renoir
The Telegraph - Donald Trump reportedly claims to own an original Renoir painting - despite a gallery in Chicago insisting there is only one real ver...
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Lost masterpieces found at Carmarthenshire County Museum
BBC - The portraits of the Earl and Countess of Carbery at Carmarthenshire County Museum had been attributed to Sir Peter Lely and 'artist unknown' re...
The new generation of Chinese collectors shaking up the art world
CNN - Michael Xufu Huang is hard to miss. In March of this year, the Chinese art collector turned heads at a Guggenheim party by showing up in a white...
China archeologists dig up world history
Shanghai Daily - On a sunny, humid morning at an open area of tropical forest in Honduras, a group of 16 locals and two Chinese men are on an archeolo...
What Sold at Frieze London and Frieze Masters
Artsy -If London’s 15th Frieze Week is any indication, the top of the art market appears to be humming along, while dealers in other sectors feel stuc...
Three artists awarded MacArthur “genius” grants
The Art Newspaper -Three visual artists—Dawoud Bey, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, and Trevor Paglen—are among the 24 recipients of the MacArthur Foundation...
Google creates an online exhibit for contemporary art
Engaget - Some artists actually like it when you say "my four-year-old could do that," because it means you've a) questioned whether a work is art, an...
Defending Tor – gateway to the dark web
BBC -I give him the benefit of the doubt - his arguably blasé attitude, I think, is a symptom of being consistently called upon to defend his creation...
Why Edvard Munch Began Painting Portraits of the Soul
Hyperallergic — In early October 1889, Norwegian painter Edvard Munch left the city of Kristiania (now Oslo) for Paris. At age 25, he was more than ...
Arlene Gottfried, Photographer Who Found the Extraordinary in the Ordinary, Dies at 66
The New York Times - Arlene Gottfried, whose arresting images of ordinary people in New York’s humbler neighborhoods earned her belated recognition a...