Every week, Artnet News brings you The Gray Market. The column decodes important stories from the previous week—and offers unparalleled insight into the inner workings of the art industry in the process. This week, caught in the middle… An Ocean Between Us Despite sharp differences of opinion, opponents in the debate about how artificial
There had been nothing unusual about Delft on the morning of October 12 1654. The shops were open, craftsmen went about their work, domestic staff went about their duties, people chatted in the street and some of them would have nodded at a civil servant named Cornelis Soetens as he passed on his way to
Dealers across the European Union are lobbying their governments to seize the window of opportunity offered by an EU law to reduce value-added tax rates for art. The new directive, passed on 5 April 2022, aims to contribute to a single EU-wide VAT system that still gives member states the right to set their own
This illustration picture shows icons of Google’s AI (Artificial Intelligence) app BardAI (or ChatBot) and other AI apps on a smartphone screen in Oslo, on July 12, 2023. (Photo by OLIVIER MORIN / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER MORIN/AFP via Getty Images) WILL BIG TECH COMPANIES accept independent audits—not just of their financials, but of everything
Add to your saved stories Save Richard Barancik, the last living member of a special Allied unit whose mission to safeguard the artistic patrimony of Europe amid the destruction and plunder of World War II was dramatized in the Hollywood film “The Monuments Men,” died July 14 at a hospital in Chicago. He was 98.
Standing Rock 2016, 2018. Oil on canvas. The Minnesota Artist Fund, the Michael Bennes Endowment for Art Acquisition, the Karl Thomas Opem Acquisition Fund, the Shared Fund, and the Driscoll Art Accessions Endowment Fund, 2022.17 © Jim Denomie Photo: Minneapolis Institute of Art Bright colors. Dark subjects. Jim Denomie’s vivid paintings tell stories of colonialism,
The Algerian Brazilian director Karim Aïnouz’s new film, “Firebrand,” which debuted at Cannes in May, takes place at a vast country estate where members of the British elite have retreated to avoid a rapidly spreading plague. Inequality has reached new heights, the role of religion in public life is a matter of urgent debate, political
Born into a cultured family in 1876 in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, but raised in nearby Tenby, Gwen John was one of four children, two of whom became artists. Her younger brother Augustus, named after their artistically talented mother Augusta, would become, at least until recently, the better-known of the two siblings. But many contemporaries thought more
What makes an art museum visit more exciting? It is all about detailed information, according to EU-backed researchers. Society © Africa Studio/stock.adobe.com A study led by the University of Florence has shown that visitors to a modern art museum feel more excited and positive about the artworks they see when they have full information about
From 10 to 16 July 2023, on the occasion of the 28th anniversary of Republic of Moldova’s accession to the Council of Europe, the Office in Chisinau, together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, organised a “Council of Europe Week 2023”. The programme was put together within the framework of the Council of