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Massive 40-Year-Old Sculpture Demolished for Battery Park City Resiliency Project

Massive 40-Year-Old Sculpture Demolished for Battery Park City Resiliency Project

Artist Secretly Hangs AI Work in Welsh Museum, Calling It ‘Participation Without Permission’

Artist Secretly Hangs AI Work in Welsh Museum, Calling It ‘Participation Without Permission’

An 18th-Century Painting of St. Francis Is Returned to a Mexican Church, 24 Years After a Nighttime Heist

An 18th-Century Painting of St. Francis Is Returned to a Mexican Church, 24 Years After a Nighttime Heist

Protesters Storm Campus of Nigeria’s Museum of West African Art, Forcing Abrupt End to Preview

Protesters Storm Campus of Nigeria’s Museum of West African Art, Forcing Abrupt End to Preview

Christie’s Hauls in .2 M. at Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art Auction, Setting 8 Artist Records

Christie’s Hauls in $5.2 M. at Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art Auction, Setting 8 Artist Records

Philadelphia Art Museum to Mount Exhibition of Two Van Gogh ‘Sunflower’ Paintings

Philadelphia Art Museum to Mount Exhibition of Two Van Gogh ‘Sunflower’ Paintings

Sara Friedlander Promoted to Chairman of Post-War & Contemporary Art, Americas at Christie’s

Sara Friedlander Promoted to Chairman of Post-War & Contemporary Art, Americas at Christie’s

Raquelín Mendieta, Longtime Administrator of Ana Mendieta Estate, Dies at 79

Raquelín Mendieta, Longtime Administrator of Ana Mendieta Estate, Dies at 79

Neanderthals May Have Created Ochre Tools for Drawing, New Study Finds

Neanderthals May Have Created Ochre Tools for Drawing, New Study Finds

‘Vast’ Cremation Site Unearthed in France Reveals Roman Burial Practices

‘Vast’ Cremation Site Unearthed in France Reveals Roman Burial Practices

Investigators Believe Oakland Museum of California Heist Was ‘Crime of Opportunity, Not a Targeted Theft’

Investigators Believe Oakland Museum of California Heist Was ‘Crime of Opportunity, Not a Targeted Theft’

Paul Taylor Gala to Honor Alex Katz, Painter Who Made Movement Appear Still

Paul Taylor Gala to Honor Alex Katz, Painter Who Made Movement Appear Still

Rarely Seen Matthew Wong Paintings to Appear in Venice During Biennale

Rarely Seen Matthew Wong Paintings to Appear in Venice During Biennale

Christie’s Website Impacted by Global Microsoft Outage

Christie’s Website Impacted by Global Microsoft Outage

Christie’s to Offer Canaletto Masterpiece in February Old Masters Sale

Christie’s to Offer Canaletto Masterpiece in February Old Masters Sale

Wooden Tomb Complex Uncovered in South Korea Shows Evidence of Human Sacrifice

Wooden Tomb Complex Uncovered in South Korea Shows Evidence of Human Sacrifice

Two Suspects Arrested in Paris Over Louvre Heist

Two Suspects Arrested in Paris Over Louvre Heist

Art Basel Has Been Offering Discounts to Some New Galleries at Its Fairs