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Paris, the new capital of NFT
Oct 25, 2022
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Benoit Couty and Thuy-Tien Vo grew up around paintings and art books, so they decided to focus on this thriving ecosystem.
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Miami Beach: The Global Capital of Art and Creativity
Nov 26, 2024
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Miami Art Week 2024 will bring together major art fairs like Art Basel Miami Beach, Design Miami, and Art Miami, showcasing international galleries, bold design pieces, and exceptional artistic diversity.
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A street art festival in Rabat awakens the Moroccan capital
Nov 26, 2021
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Jidar, Rabat's annual street art festival, attracts international attention from all over the world. The festival hosted over 20 artists from Morocco and around the world.
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Maastricht Transforms into the Capital of Art for TEFAF 2025
Mar 15, 2025
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From March 15 to 20, 2025, the city of Maastricht will host the new edition of TEFAF Maastricht, the world’s most prestigious art and antiques fair. Held at the Maastricht Exhibition & Conference Centre (MECC), TEFAF is recognized as the global benchmark for ancient, modern, contemporary art, and high-end design...
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Affordable Art Fair Berlin 2025: accessible art returns to the German capital
Mar 21, 2025
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After the great success of its inaugural edition in 2024, the Affordable Art Fair Berlin returns for its second edition in June 2025, reaffirming itself as an unmissable event for contemporary art lovers...
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Major art facility and residence program has opened in the Angolan capital of Luanda
Nov 5, 2021
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The Nesr Art Foundation intends to counter under-representation of African art. Angola hosted a pavilion at the Venice Biennale for the first time in 2013, but infrastructure for artists remains scant. The foundation will provide studio and living space for eight artists per year, working in pairs, in four sessions lasting three months each.
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Gagosian in Paris: the largest art gallery in the world opens a third gallery in the French capital
Sep 16, 2021
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Gagosian, the world's biggest art gallery, will open a new location in Paris. Historic Hotel Lotti will host the brand's newest gallery location. Gagosian's other Paris locations will simultaneously have a new Calder show and two monumental pieces on display.
Art History
The bust: comparing stories
Oct 16, 2022
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Although the bust originated in Hellenistic Greece and reached its peak popularity in the ancient Roman world, it has undergone interpretative variations throughout the centuries, re-presenting itself even in contemporary times, a time when, thanks to the latest technology, it has also taken shape in a 3-D version...
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Masterpieces explained: Maurizio Cattelan's Middle Finger
Sep 20, 2021
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Monumental, ancient, and angry: what's the story behind this middle finger facing the Milan Stock Exchange? Today, Artmajeur brings you to the discovery of a public artwork, as curious as it is audacious: L.O.V.E by Maurizio Cattelan.
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Banksy: Provocateur Extraordinaire and Cultural Icon
Jun 24, 2024
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Banksy, a pseudonymous British street artist and filmmaker, gained global prominence since the 1990s with provocative, politically charged artworks. Known for his satirical street art and social commentary through stencils, he challenges norms on capitalism, conflict, and societal injustice, blurring the line between vandalism and high art, disrupting established institutions.
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A huge new contemporary art center opens in Moscow a stone's throw from the Kremlin
Dec 9, 2021
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Despite Putin's attack on artists, Russia's richest man develops a massive modern art center. The center provides new prospects for Russian artists, as long as they stay away from politics.
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Argentina's new president Disbands Culture Ministry in Sweeping Government Reform
Dec 13, 2023
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Argentina's new president, Javier Milei, has drastically reduced the government's size, including disbanding the Ministry of Culture. These reforms are part of his commitment to address the nation's economic challenges and overhaul the political system.
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Argentina's new president, Javier Milei, swiftly abolishes the culture ministry within 24 hours of assuming office
Dec 18, 2023
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The newly elected far-right president demonstrated his authority by cutting the government ministries in half and devaluing the peso by 50% in response to the nation's economic challenges...
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When Contemporary Art wraps the Arc de Triomphe
Aug 19, 2021
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It was the dream of a couple like no other: on September 18, a real piece of the French heritage will get a second ephemeral skin. For two weeks, Parisians and tourists will be able to rediscover this symbol of history draped in silver blue and tied with red ropes.
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Beeple unveils his $29 million sculpture at the Crystal Bridges Museum
Jul 28, 2023
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The $29 million sculpture of Beeple is on display at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, marking its first public appearance in the United States since it was purchased by Swiss venture capitalist Ryan Zurrer. The artwork titled HUMAN ONE depicts humanity's first steps into the digital Metaverse with ever-moving screens and also offers a scavenger hunt experience for visitors to unlock NFTs related to the artist.
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The new name of the fair that replaces the FIAC is Paris +
Mar 28, 2022
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'Paris+' is the name of France's new art fair. FIAC has occupied the cathedral-like exhibition hall for a week each October. While the historic Grand Palais is closed for renovations, FIAC relocated last year to a temporary location near the Eiffel Tower. Paris+ will begin in the temporary site of the Grand Palais in 2022.
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Frida Kahlo Corp. Sues Amazon Sellers for Trademark Breach
Mar 8, 2024
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The Frida Kahlo Corporation has filed lawsuits against Amazon sellers for trademark infringement, alleging unauthorized use of Kahlo's image and art. This legal battle underscores the ongoing efforts to protect Kahlo's brand and legacy, amidst complex familial and political dynamics.
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One cigarette too many: Hockney banned from the Paris metro
Apr 7, 2025
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A poster for David Hockney's Paris exhibition has been banned from the metro because it depicts the artist holding a cigarette, in violation of French tobacco advertising laws. This censorship has rekindled the debate between artistic freedom and regulation in public spaces, even as the exhibition celebrates 70 years of his provocative career.
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Cildo Meireles: Brazilian Conceptual Artist and Installation Pioneer
Sep 27, 2024
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Cildo Meireles, born in Rio de Janeiro in 1948, is a leading figure in Brazilian conceptual and installation art. Known for his politically charged works, Meireles often explores themes of resistance against Brazil's military dictatorship and broader socio-political oppression...
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Ellen Gallagher: Afrofuturism and Identity in Art
Oct 10, 2024
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Ellen Gallagher is an American contemporary artist known for her multimedia works that explore themes of race, identity, and history, often blending abstraction with cultural narratives. Her art spans painting, works on paper, film, and video, and is featured in major museum collections worldwide.
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Masterpieces damaged by rioters in Brasilia
Jan 10, 2023
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Rioters in Brazil's capital damaged modernist masterpieces as they broke into government buildings.
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Isa Genzken's Take on Modern Consumer Culture Through Art
Nov 18, 2024
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Isa Genzken is a groundbreaking German contemporary artist known for her innovative sculptures, installations, and multimedia works that explore themes of modernity, urban life, and consumer culture. Her art is characterized by the use of diverse materials and found objects, often blending high and low culture to create thought-provoking, avant-garde pieces.
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Artists and Curators Rally Behind Palais de Tokyo Amid Criticisms of 'Wokeism'
May 14, 2024
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Nearly 200 artists, curators, and critics have supported the Palais de Tokyo after a patron denounced the museum for a Palestine-related exhibition, claiming it promoted "wokeism." The support came through an open letter published in Le Monde, emphasizing the importance of freedom for cultural institutions to engage in the exchange of ideas.
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FIAC: in Paris, the heart of art is building again!
Oct 20, 2021
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The French capital is ready to welcome visitors back to FIAC with a new location, new exhibitors, and a new status as an art marketplace.
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Inaugural Art Week Tokyo aims to unify and internationalise the city's art scene
Nov 4, 2021
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Inaugural Art Week Tokyo aims to unify and internationalise the city's art scene. The event, featuring 50 of the Japanese capital's galleries and museums, soft launches this November. It is supported by Art Basel and Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs. Six museums are participating, with Mori Art Museum showing 16 groundbreaking women artists from around the world. Commercial galleries include Taka Ishii, Ota, SCAI the Bathhouse and Mujin-to Production.
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Beirut builds a museum to hold a hidden collection of art
Jan 17, 2023
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The Beirut Museum of Art is being built in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, two years after an explosion caused billions of dollars of damage.
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The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts loses a bequest of $500,000
Dec 1, 2022
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Anne Bartley gave $500,000 to the Arkansas Arts Center's $22 million capital campaign. The new building will open on April 22, 2023. She gave up the pledge, which was part of her will, when she found out the new building won't have a gallery named for her mother.
Art History
Lisbon: the city's history illustrated by art
Aug 10, 2022
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Lisbon, Portugal's most important and largest city, situated on seven hills at the mouth of the Tagus River and facing the Atlantic Ocean, has more than 500,000 inhabitants, as well as a history that can be traced back, approximately, as far as 300,000 years ago. In fact, the westernmost capital of continental Europe turns out to be one of the oldest cities in the world, so much so that it would have even been founded by Ulysses...
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With Artmajeur Leasing, 100% tax exemption on all your art purchases
Apr 5, 2024
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Discover the Artmajeur Leasing offer for your purchases of works of art: Competitive, Available everywhere, optimized in tax terms, it allows you to build up capital while transforming your premises and enhancing the image of your company
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Woke college students are ‘chocked’ by supposedly ‘phallic’ abstract sculpture
Aug 5, 2022
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Imperial College Union has put out a motion to stop the work from being put up, saying that it could be seen as "exclusive."
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Kyrylo Bondarenko, experimental and social art
Feb 16, 2022
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Kyrylo Bondarenko is an artist always ready to experiment, involved in multiple artistic projects at a time, sometimes made in order to help the most difficult situations that surround him...
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How to obtain tax benefits when purchasing artworks in Spain?
Jul 19, 2023
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In Spain, there is no specific tax exemption for artwork purchases, but factors such as personal use, capital gains tax, inheritance and gift tax, and cultural heritage deductions can potentially reduce the tax burden, and consulting a tax advisor is advisable to navigate the complex regulations and explore potential benefits.
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Surrealist Art References in Squid Game
Oct 8, 2021
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The new South Korean series that beats all the audience records on Netflix is full of details of all kinds and is skilfully inspired by surrealist artists such as Rene Magritte, Salvador Dali or MC Escher: short overview of the artistic references hidden in the series. Spoilers Warning!
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Art and science united for the planet: an innovative project in Finland
Feb 18, 2025
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In Finland, the Climate Clock Oulu project brings together artists and scientists to raise awareness about climate change through an immersive public art trail , which will be inaugurated in June 2026 as part of Oulu 2026, European Capital of Culture.
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Nicolas Berggruen, a billionaire collector, has purchased his second Venetian palace
Mar 17, 2022
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Palazzo Diedo, which is set to open in 2024, will house an exhibition and artist residency space.
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Big pink stuffed animals invade the buildings of our cities
Feb 24, 2023
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Andrés Reisinger is one of the most talented digital artists in the world, using his innovative and one-of-a-kind creations to challenge our understanding of reality by "installing" fluffy and flossy pink drapes on buildings in key international capitals.