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$24.3 M. Michelangelo Sells at Christie’s in Paris, Denmark’s ARKEN Museum Gets New Director, and More: Morning Links for May 19, 2022

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines THE BEAT GOES ON. Despite the absolute slaughterhouse in the stock market on Wednesday, Phillips held an evening auction of 20th-century and contemporary art in Manhattan that saw all 36 lots sell (one was withdrawn pre-sale), including an $85 million Jean-Michel Basquiat. That all rang up a record…

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The Best Soy Wax for Candle Making

Soy wax, which is simple to melt down and mix with essential oils, is a popular option for making candles. Derived from soybean oil, it’s a cleaner alternative to paraffin wax and has a longer burn time too. Not all soy wax is equal, however, although it might all look the same. Depending on your…

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Madonna and Beeple Link Up for NFT Project, Barbara Kruger Creates ‘Post-Roe’ Response, and More: Morning Links for May 10, 2022

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines RECORDS FALL. On Monday night at an auction at Christie’s in New York, dealer Larry Gagosian won Andy Warhol’s storied painting Shot Sage Blue Marilyn (1964) for $195 million (with fees included), a record for a 20th-century artist on the block, Angelica Villa reports in ARTnews. That was almost double Warhol’s previous high mark…

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Federal Judge Rules for MFA Houston in Suit Over 18th-Century Painting Brought By German Jewish Owner’s Heirs, Who Claim Work Was Sold ‘Under Duress’ in 1938

A federal judge has ruled in favor of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, allowing the Texas institution to keep an 18th-century painting that was being contested in a suit by the heirs of its original German Jewish owner. The work in question, Marketplace at Pirna (ca. 1764) by Italian painter Bernardo Bellotto, was once owned…

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Art Gallery of Ontario Names Architects for Expansion, MOCA Detroit ‘Parts Ways’ With New Director, and More: Morning Links for April 28, 2022

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines NEWS FROM THE GREAT WHITE NORTH. The Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto has hired a trio of architecture firms—Selldorf Architects, Diamond Schmitt, and Two Row Architect—to create a design for a new 50,000-square-foot building that will be devoted to global modern and contemporary art. Selldorf has been…

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UNESCO Postpones Meeting in Russia, MoMA Plans Käthe Kollwitz Survey, and More: Morning Links for April 25, 2022

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines THE ENVELOPE, PLEASE. After a whirlwind opening week, the Venice Biennale named the winners of its prizes. In a first, both of its highest honors went to Black women, Alex Greenberger reports. Sonia Boyce, who was representing Great Britain with a video installation that channels and celebrates the…

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Venice Diary: The National Pavilions

View of the Russian pavilion at the Giardini. As far as I can tell, Ladbrokes isn’t taking bets on the winner of the Golden Lion for best national pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale, but if it were, my money would be on Ukraine. (Ukrainian flags are ubiquitous around the Biennale and environs, including, as…

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The Best Light Boxes for Detail-Oriented Work

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, ARTNews may receive an affiliate commission. If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission. A light box is one of the most useful tools you can have…

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