August 10, 2024
European Art

The US, Europe, and the art of vassalisation

Although European leaders have stepped up in many ways to support Ukraine, the war has also laid bare Europe’s profound dependence on the United States. This reality was at the heart of French president Emmanuel Macron’s recent call for more “strategic autonomy”, which stirred a new debate over the transatlantic power imbalance. It was also

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European Artists

The Milwaukee Art Museum Strengthens its Renowned European Art Program Thanks to $4.4m Gift from Bader Philanthropies

The Milwaukee Art Museum has established the Isabel and Alfred Bader European Art Program Endowment Fund. The Endowment Fund bolsters the Museum’s ability to serve as an essential civic, cultural, and educational resource for its community, including providing permanent support for the Museum’s Isabel and Alfred Bader Curator of European Art. Additionally, the gift supports

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European Artists

Bader Philanthropies gives $4.4 million to Milwaukee Art Museum

Thanks to a $4.4 million gift from Bader Philanthropies, the Milwaukee Art Museum has started an endowment fund to support its collection and exhibition of European artwork, including related scholarship. The Isabel and Alfred Bader European Art Program Endowment Fund, named for longtime MAM patrons, will provide permanent support for the museum’s curator of European

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European Art

Bader Philanthropies gives $4.4 million to Milwaukee Art Museum, strengthening its European art program

Milwaukee Art Museum The Milwaukee Art Museum announced Thursday that it has received a $4.4 million gift from Bader Philanthropies, Inc. and has established the Isabel and Alfred Bader European Art Program Endowment Fund. Honoring the late Drs. Isabel and Alfred Bader, the endowment fund provides permanent support for the museum’s Isabel and Alfred Bader

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European Fine art

Arts & Collections Wins in European Magazine of the Year Awards

Arts & Collections magazine has won top awards in two categories in the prestigious European Magazine of the Year Awards 2023. The magazine, published by Damson Media in the UK and distributed internationally, won in the Lifestyle, Fashion and Beauty and the Cover Concept categories of the European Publishing Congress annual European Magazine Awards. The

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Art Investment

Investing in Art-Backed Debt: How Non-Artists Can Build Portfolios

In May 2022, Andy Warhol’s portrait of Marilyn Monroe sold for $195 million—the most expensive artwork ever publicly sold by an American artist. Getty Images Investing in art-backed debt is among the least understood ways that people make money investing in art. It is also the best way to get started as an art investor. 

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Art Investment

Portrait of the Artist as an Investment Opportunity

A corpulent banker with a gold-encrusted hat frowns at a group of ailing and maimed figures in a caricature by Albert Hahn. The protagonist of Emile Zola’s novel “L’Argent” (“Money”) — the manuscript of which is on display — is a powerful and scheming banker who destroys lives through stock-market speculation. In the case of

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European Artists

European Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2023: All results, qualifiers, scores and medals

European Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2023: Day 1 apparatus finals Men’s floor exercise1 Luke Whitehouse GBR 14.9002 Artem Dolgopyat ISR 14.6663 Milan Hosseini GER 14.2004 Harry Hepworth GBR 14.2005 Benjamin Osberger FRA 13.8006 Illia Kovtun UKR 13.7337 Lucas Desanges FRA 13.3668 Noe Seifert SUI 12.800 Women’s uneven bars results1 Coline Devillard FRA 13.8002 Asia D’Amato ITA

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European Artists

How Forger Wolfgang Beltracchi Stole Nearly $1 Million From Steve Martin

Portrait of Helene and Wolfgang Beltracchi. Image courtesy of Vera Hartmann/13 Photo/Redux. Wolfgang Beltracchi, the now 72-year-old German-born artist and collector, is widely considered to be the most successful art forger in modern European history. In consort with his partner-in-crime and wife, Helene Beltracchi, he raked in millions by selling hundreds of knock-off works by

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Art Investment

Art Institutions Invest in Publishing

It’s not uncommon for galleries and museums to maintain publishing teams to produce the print catalogs, replete with scholarly analysis, that accompany their exhibitions. But as these institutions seek to reach new audiences and remain relevant, book and magazine publishing have increasingly become important avenues for interdisciplinary conversations. “I think the power of the publishing

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