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Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa (1503–1517). Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
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Experts believe the Mona Lisa may have been Leonardo‘s same-sex lover, Salai.
Larry Gagosian is marking Damien Hirst‘s grand return to his gallery with a booth of the artist’s work at Frieze New York.
On the West Coast, the San Francisco art scene is getting a $300 million boost from SFMOMA.
David Geffen recently gifted the New York institution a smooth $100 million.
Across the pond, we identified the best Art Brussels Booths this year.
Perry Rubenstein at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2010. Courtesy DAVID CROTTY/patrickmcmullan.com.
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News of Prince’s death last Thursday broke hearts the world over and inspired numerous tributes. Now, his Minnesota home and studio will become a museum for fans.
In New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced massive cutbacks to counter their $10 million deficit.
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, art dealer Perry Rubenstein was arrested on fraud charges.
Photographer Steve McCurry‘s studio assistant pleaded guilty in the theft of works including a print of the famous Afghan Girl.
A new study suggests that artists share a number of traits with psychopaths.