A Florida Museum Is Showing What It Claims Is a Trove of Previously Unknown Basquiats, But Experts Remain Unconvinced

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A Florida Museum Is Showing What It Claims Is a Trove of Previously Unknown Basquiats, But Experts Remain Unconvinced

One painting on cardboard features a FedEx logo not used by the company until 1994—six years after the artist’s death.

By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 17, 2022

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After ‘Rigorous’ Review, Tate Has Concluded It Will Keep a Racist Mural on View, But Add a New Interpretation by a Contemporary Artist

The London museum had set up a working group to decide the work's fate.

By Artnet News, Feb 16, 2022

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All the Biggest Museum Exhibitions to See in L.A. During Frieze Week, From Miyazaki’s Animations to an Immersive Pipilotti Rist Retrospective

Plus solo shows for Jamal Cyrus, Ulysses Jenkins, and Judy Baca.

By Sarah Cascone, Feb 15, 2022

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The Cincinnati Museum Will Lend L.A.’s Huntington Library a Robert Henri Painting After Losing a Friendly Wager on the Super Bowl

Museums have been betting on the Super Bowl since 2010.

By Sarah Cascone, Feb 14, 2022

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After Outcry From Mental Health Advocates, the Courtauld Gallery Pulls Severed-Ear Erasers From Its Online Van Gogh Shop

Critics are also blasting the museum for selling a bar of soap for “the tortured artist who enjoys fluffy bubbles."

By Artnet News, Feb 14, 2022

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In an Ambitious Initiative, Artists Around the World Will Create New Work Exploring Mental Health at Five Major Museums

Participating institutions include the Brooklyn Museum, the Gropius Bau in Berlin, and the Museum of Art and Photography in Bengaluru, India.

By Sarah Cascone, Feb 10, 2022

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The Cy Twombly Foundation Is Honoring the Artist’s Special Relationship With the Whitney by Gifting $2.5 Million to the Museum

Over the course of two decades, Twombly played a major role in shaping the direction of the museum's famed conservation department.

By Julia Halperin, Feb 9, 2022

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SFMOMA Has Named Christopher Bedford, Headline-Grabbing Leader of the Baltimore Museum of Art, as Its New Director

Bedford succeeds longtime leader Neal Benezra, who stepped down a year ago during a challenging time for the museum.

By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 9, 2022

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In Pictures: See Why Charles Ray’s Startling Art Continues to Unsettle in Shows in New York, Maryland, and Elsewhere

A slew of international exhibitions are currently highlighting Ray's work.

By Artnet News, Feb 8, 2022

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The First Posthumous Retrospective Dedicated to Designer Virgil Abloh Will Go on View at the Brooklyn Museum This Summer

Two decades of work will be on view.

By Caroline Goldstein, Feb 7, 2022

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Tate Has Become the Latest Institution to Quietly Drop the Sackler Name From Its Walls in the Race to Cut Ties With the Disgraced Family

Signs naming the billionaire family are to be taken down from several institutions across the U.K.

By Vivienne Chow, Feb 7, 2022

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Lost for 40 Years, a Historic Group of Works by Groundbreaking Australian Aboriginal Artists Is Finally Getting a Museum Show

The paintings, which turned up in a shipping crate in 2019, now have their audience.

By Sarah Cascone, Feb 3, 2022

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After Almost Two Years, L.A.’s Underground Museum Reopens With New Leadership and an Emotional Tribute to Its Late Founder

On view is a survey of work by painter Noah Davis, who founded the museum a decade ago—just three years before his untimely death.

By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 1, 2022

More Than 60 Dutch Cultural Institutions Reopened as Nail Salons and Gyms for a Day to Protest Unequal Covid Restrictions

The Mauritshuis, the Van Gogh Museum, and others forged ahead despite warnings from local mayors.

By Sarah Cascone, Jan 20, 2022

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