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Art Dealer Phillip Bruno Donates 74 Art Works To Hunterian
Long-time art dealer Phillip A. Bruno made news by donating a huge portion of his art collection to the Hunterian Art Gallery in Scotland. The 74 works he donated to the museum include artists like Lee Gatch, David Levine, William Dole,…
National Gallery of Art inducts Darren Walker, Mitchel Rales in the Board
The National Gallery of Art, located in Washington, went through a big shuffle recently. Darren Walker was included into the board of trustees while Mitchell Rales was elected the president of the institution. This shuffle occurred after…
Gold Toilet Stolen From Gallery In England
The piece in question was America, a famous artwork of Maurizio Cattelan. The gold toilet was opened to public view on Thursday in Blenheim Palace. However, on Saturday morning, the official Twitter handle of the gallery posted that the…
Veteran Director of Key Berlin Museums, Udo Kittelmann, will step down next year
Just yesterday, we reported about veteran leader stepping down from her leadership position at a reputed gallery. Now, we have another news of a veteran director stepping down from his role at Key Berlin Museums. We are talking about none…
Veteran of Pace Gallery and Paul Kasmin, Monica King, is opening her new gallery
We know that Monica Gallery has worked for the Pace Gallery as well as Paul Kasmin for several years. She has also become the veteran but has now decided to join the ever-growing number of dealers. She is looking to target Tribeca with a…
RM Sotheby’s $22 Million sale of ‘First Porsche’ got botched due to its auctioneer
We have seen historic sales which are often done at auctions, public or private. However, there are also instances where historic sales get botched due to an individual or the entire organization itself. A similar incident has occurred at…
Liverpool World Museum reveals they used facial recognition technology on its visitors last year
We have seen that the use of facial recognition technology is becoming more and more common nowadays. This technology is being used on airports, public transport facilities and other places where people need to be scanned. With the help of…
Artwork that was banned by Japan’s Aichi Triennale will become the centrepiece of a new museum
You must have heard about the Aichi Triennale that made news all around the world. The reason being that it banned one of the sculptures to be displayed in the Triennale. This sculpture showcased Japan's history of slaves in the past and…
Olafur Eliasson show at Tate Modern criticized by Wheelchair user over rampless work
In recent times, we have seen that most of the Art institutions around the world including exhibitions have been providing ramps for wheelchair users. This is to make the art accessible to everyone and not only those who can walk.
For…
Mead Art Museum at Amherst College get 170 works from an Anonymous Donor
We have seen that there are some major donations such as the donations of photographs done by institutions including Getty Foundation recently. However, we now have a major donation from someone who has opted to remain anonymous. In this…