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Here Are 9 Affordable Works We Love at the Portal Fair on Governor’s Island, New York’s Least Pretentious Art Fair

August 30, 2019
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Labor Day weekend marks the start of the newly rechristened art fair Portal: Governors Island, the free annual event that takes over the deteriorating brick mansions that once housed officers on New York’s Governors Island, a quirky historic destination that has recently expanded its offerings to include glamping and an oyster bar. Long before well-heeled art collectors

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From Cold War Steve’s Hot Art to Nan Goldin’s Arrest Outside Governor Cuomo’s Office: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week

August 30, 2019
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BEST Gilliam’s Fine Form – How do you approach abstract art? Ben Davis offers a step-by-step guide to looking at Sam Gilliam’s sumptuous new show at Dia:Beacon. Cold War Steve’s Hot Art – How one man went from civil servant to viral artist, thanks in large part to the UK’s love of hating Boris Johnson. Bawdy Broomsticks

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A Republican Congressional Candidate Cancelled an ArtPrize Showcase of Drag Performers With Down Syndrome, Saying He Fears a ‘Spectacle’

August 30, 2019
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A Michigan Republican running for Congress has found himself at the center of controversy after barring a collective of drag performers with Down syndrome from performing in a new arts and culture center he owns.  Drag Syndrome, a London-based troupe that includes members with disabilities, was scheduled to perform next week on the opening night

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One Year After a Devastating Fire, the National Museum of Brazil Has Announced Plans for a Partial Reopening

August 30, 2019
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Last year, the world looked on in horror as the National Museum of Brazil—the oldest and most significant historical and scientific museum in the country—was consumed by flames. Now, a year after the tragedy, the institution has announced plans for a partial reopening, aiming to open its doors in three years. The news comes from

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A Paris Court Has Denied Restitution Requests From Heirs of Prominent French Art Dealer and Holocaust Victim René Gimpel

August 30, 2019
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A Paris court has denied a request by Claire Touchard, a descendant of the Jewish French dealer René Gimpel, to return paintings she says were stolen from him during World War II. The court ruled that there was not enough evidence to determine whether the three paintings, all by Fauvist painter André Derain, had been

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How One Artist Helped Invent a Paint That Can Be Used to Detect Cancer, Diabetes, and High Blood Pressure

August 30, 2019
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Not every artist can say that his or her work is helping in the fight against cancer. But over the past several years, Joseph Cohen has done just that, working to develop a new, high-tech paint that can be used not only on canvas, but also to detect cancers and medical conditions such as hypertension and diabetes.

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An Old Volvo Truck Could Fetch $2 Million at a Bonhams Car Auction—Thanks to a Banksy Mural

August 30, 2019
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Despite his prankish beginnings, Banksy has earned himself a place of renown in the mainstream art world. His coveted murals are sold by lucky landlords and then turn up at high-end art fairs and exhibitions around the world. Now, Banksy seems poised to conquer the luxury car market too—sort of. A work that the artist

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Art Industry News: Virgil Abloh’s MCA Chicago Exhibition Is Drawing Almost as Many Visitors as David Bowie’s + Other Stories

August 30, 2019
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Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know this Friday, August 30. NEED-TO-READ Dealers Prepare for a No-Deal Brexit – As Boris Johnson moves to suspend Parliament in order to force through Brexit by October 31,

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An Enterprising Group of Paris Dealers Are Teaming Up With Non-Profits to Expand Into the City’s Suburbs. But Will Visitors Come?

August 30, 2019
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A group of eight Parisian galleries and institutions are inaugurating a new complex for arts and culture this fall under the name Komunuma (Esperanto for “community” or “commune”). But the new hub, set to open during the FIAC art fair in mid-October, won’t be in any of the Parisian neighborhoods that saw an influx of

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An Artist’s Creepy Effigy of Donald Trump Has Upset Some Villagers in a Tiny Slovenian Town

August 30, 2019
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Move over Lady Liberty and enter… Pez Trump? A local artist has built a disturbing effigy in the likeness of US president Donald Trump to haunt the hillside of a sleepy village in Slovenia. The figure has a fierce look in his eyes and his right arm raised in the air, mimicking the pose of

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