The Art World This Week: Art Institute Acquires 2,000+ French Works, Art Basel Announces Exhibitors, Gallerist’s Husband Charged in Murder Plot, and More
Everything you need to know about the most important headlines from the world of art in the last seven days
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Feb 13, 2025
Art Institute of Chicago Acquires Over 2,000 French Artworks
The vast Neoclassical collection will bring a rare “300-year panorama of French art” to the American art museum.
Art Basel 2025 Announces Exhibitors, New ‘Premiere’ Sector
The legacy fair is introducing an exclusive space for ten galleries to present 'cutting-edge' works made in the past five years.
Husband of Prominent Gallerist Is Charged With Hiring His Killer
Federal officials said Daniel Sikkema was part of a murder-for-hire conspiracy that resulted in the stabbing death of the art dealer Brent Sikkema. His lawyer denied the charges.
Brooklyn Museum Faces Cuts Due to $10 Million Budget Deficit
Last week, Anne Pasternak, the Director of the Brooklyn Museum, announced the implementation of staff and salary cuts to curb the institution’s budget deficit that is expected to reach $10 million by the end of the current fiscal year.
Rare Wolfgang Tillmans Photographs to Come to Market for First Time
Fifteen works from a private collection will be for sale at Christie's Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale in London this March.
Mexico City's Zona Maco Fair Offers Something for Everyone
From emerging artists to Modern art and antiquities, by way of design and photography, around 220 exhibitors span seemingly every collecting category.
Experts Say They’ve Found a Portrait of a Mysterious Businessman Hidden Beneath a Titian Masterpiece
When the Renaissance artist painted his famous “Ecce Homo” around 1570, he covered up a portrait of an “an unknown professional man” standing at a desk
Walter Robinson, Gimlet-Eyed Critic and Sharp-Sighted Painter, Dies at 74
Walter robinson, whose singular paintings and pithy writings made him a cornerstone of the New York art scene, has died at 74.
Two Mystery Figures Discovered Beneath Picasso Blue Period Painting
Conservators at London's Courtauld Institute used x-ray and infrared images to reveal the previously unseen works.
Thousands of Artists Demand Christie’s Cancels AI Art Sale: ‘AI Models Exploit Humans’
Thousands of artists have called on Christie’s to cancel an upcoming auction of art made by artificial intelligence.
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