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Deux nouveaux tableaux français du XVIIIème siècle pour le Musée Fabre

The Musée Fabre in Montpellier has acquired two 18th-century French paintings at auctions held by Artcurial in September 2025. The first is an "Allégorie de la Poésie" (1774) by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, purchased for €250,000 with support from the museum's corporate foundation and a special grant from the Fonds du patrimoine. The painting, which depicts the early struggles of the future portraitist, was previously owned by Henry and Catherine Robert and had been exhibited in a major retrospective at the Grand Palais a decade ago.

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fashion nike shoe designer wilson w smith

Wilson W. Smith III, Nike's first Black designer and a 41-year veteran of the company, retired this winter and gave one of his first interviews to CULTURED. Smith, who designed shoes for Michael Jordan, Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, and Serena Williams, began his career as an architect at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill before moving into shoe design under Tinker Hatfield in 1985. He reflects on his journey from architecture to footwear, his early projects like the Nike factory store in North Portland, and his role in shaping iconic sneakers such as the Air More Uptempo and the Air Alarm for Agassi.

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architecture stephen alesch garden design

Stephen Alesch, co-founder of the design firm Roman and Williams, shares hand-drawn plans and sketches of his Hamptons orchard, called “the fruit loop,” in CULTURED magazine’s latest Hamptons issue. The orchard, located at the Montauk home he shares with his wife and business partner Robin Standefer, features rings of fruit trees inspired by classical labyrinth gardens and historic botanical drawings, including a 21st-century interpretation of an apple diagram.

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Looking for art, culture? See the latest Central Illinois exhibits

Central Illinois is hosting a diverse array of art and cultural exhibitions across several key institutions and galleries this spring. Highlights include the "Art on the Offense" group show at the Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, the "Lights, Camera, Fashion!" exhibition featuring the Lois Jett Historical Fashion Collection, and multiple annual student showcases at University Galleries and Merwin & Wakeley Galleries. Local spaces like the McLean County Arts Center and Eaton Studio Gallery are also actively engaging the community through regional artist spotlights and educational outreach for local students.

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Indah Gallery Art Exhibition: Mark Russell Jones “Hearing the Quiet”

Mark Russell Jones, a Central Coast native, presents his large-scale ethereal paintings in an exhibition titled "Hearing the Quiet" at Indah Gallery, located within the Roblar Winery vineyard in a converted hay barn in Santa Ynez Valley. The artist describes his work as exploring the space between abstraction and representation through layering and reduction, evoking memory and atmosphere rather than fixed depictions.

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South Coast Artists exhibition brings 112 works to Gallery X

The 2026 Members’ Invitational Exhibition organized by South Coast Artists Inc. is now on view at Gallery X in New Bedford, Massachusetts, through May 16. The show features 112 works by 61 artists selected from nearly 200 active members, spanning media such as photography, fiber, encaustic, porcelain, cyanotype, pastel, acrylic, oil, watercolor, mixed media, printmaking, digital art on metal, and found-object assemblages. Awards were presented at the opening reception on April 25, with first place going to Dot Bergen, second to Serena Parente Charlebois, and third to Robert Abele; juror’s choice awards were given to Diana Azevedo-Carns, Lindsey Epstein, and Heather Stivison, selected by independent juror Catherine Carter.

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Kim Kardashian’s Maximalist ‘All’s Fair’ Wardrobe Is Up for Grabs

Kim Kardashian auctioned 24 outfits worn during the first season of the Hulu legal drama 'All's Fair' through her Kardashian Kloset platform, raising $247,200 for the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. The sale was dominated by two high-value archival designer sets, one by Dior and one by John Galliano, each selling for over $100,000, though a bidding glitch temporarily inflated one lot to $80 million. Ten unsold outfits remain available for immediate purchase at their original starting prices.

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Desmond Williams obituary

Architect Desmond Williams, known for designing modern Catholic churches, has died at age 93. His work, which includes four listed churches, was celebrated for its innovative integration of liturgical function, architectural ambition, and artistic collaboration, placing him among the leading figures of postwar British architecture.

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Glasgow arts hub tenants condemn ‘unsustainable’ rent rises by landlord

Tenants at Glasgow's Trongate 103 cultural hub are protesting what they call "unsustainable" rent and service charge increases imposed by City Property, an arm's-length organization managing buildings for Glasgow City Council. Organizations like Transmission Gallery, Street Level Photography, and Glasgow Print Studio face potential displacement after receiving notices to quit or demands for significant cost hikes, with one group citing a £700,000 annual increase.

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The Rise of Tech-Funded Art Spaces in China

Tech giants JD.com and Tencent are launching new museums in Shenzhen, appointing prominent art figures Robin Peckham and Pi Li to lead them. This move is part of a broader initiative to transform the city, a major tech hub, into a significant player in the global art scene.

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The remarkable man who made Art UK possible | Letter

Fred Hohler, the founder of the Public Catalogue Foundation, is the pivotal figure behind the Art UK project, which has successfully digitized over one million UK public art entries. The letter corrects a previous article that highlighted the project's new chair but omitted Hohler's foundational role.

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world monuments fund 2026 commitment heritage sites

The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has pledged $7 million for 2026 to fund 21 new heritage preservation projects globally. These projects, selected from its 2025 Watch List and other sites, range from restoring mural paintings at the Church of Saint-Eustache in Paris and gardens at Safdar Jang’s Tomb in New Delhi, to repairing earthquake damage in Japan and supporting community-led stewardship at Bear’s Ears National Monument in Utah.

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smithsonians national museum of asian art returns three looted sculptures to india

The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art announced it will return three looted bronze sculptures to India: "Shiva Nataraja" (ca. 990), "Somaskanda" (12th century), and "Saint Sundarar with Paravai." Provenance research linked the works to art dealers known for trafficking looted antiquities. The museum partnered with the Photo Archives of the French Institute of Pondicherry in 2023, finding the bronzes had been photographed in Tamil Nadu temples between 1956 and 1959 and removed in violation of Indian laws. This follows the museum's December return of three Khmer-period sculptures to Cambodia, also determined to be looted.

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grolier club

The Grolier Club, a private members-only society for bibliophiles on New York's Upper East Side, has opened a free public exhibition titled "Paper Jane: 250 Years of Austen," tracing Jane Austen's legacy through rare books, letters, and archival material. Organized over three years by three club members—Mary Crawford, Janine Barchas, and Sandra Clark—the show draws entirely from their personal collections, charting Austen's rise from relative anonymity to literary canonization.

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audit irregularities baltimore lewis museum

An August 15 audit by the Maryland Department of Legislative Services uncovered serious financial irregularities at Baltimore’s Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture. The audit found corporate credit card charges without a clear business purpose, payments made to an employee’s PayPal account, a former employee pocketing parking fees, and a practice of pre-signing blank checks stored in an unsecured office. Though only $10,115 was unaccounted for between April 2021 and January 2025, the museum’s annual budget is $6.3 million, and it receives up to half its funding from taxpayers. The museum’s president Terri L. Freeman and board chairman Drew Hawkins have since destroyed all pre-signed checks and implemented 12 of 18 audit recommendations, with four more in progress. The employees involved are no longer at the museum, and findings were referred to the Maryland Attorney General.

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ubs report billionaires spend more art antiques

UBS's eleventh Billionaire Ambitions Report reveals that global billionaire wealth hit a record $15.8 trillion in 2025, with the number of billionaires rising 8.8% to nearly 3,000. The report, based on a survey of 87 ultra-wealthy clients, found that 27% plan to increase their investment in art and antiques, while 65% intend to maintain current levels—totaling 92% of respondents. Enthusiasm is strongest in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (35% planning increases), followed by Asia-Pacific (25%), and weakest in the Americas (15%).

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alserkal design miami dubai launch

Alserkal, a Dubai-based cultural enterprise, and Design Miami have announced a multi-year partnership to launch a new regional platform for collectible design in Dubai. The initiative, centered on a flagship fair and year-round programming, will debut in early 2027, marking Design Miami's first expansion into the Middle East. The collaboration leverages Alserkal's 15-year history in developing Dubai's contemporary art scene and Design Miami's two decades of experience in Miami and Paris, aiming to create a network that connects these hubs and elevates Middle Eastern design globally.

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rare royal blue sapphire necklace sells christies hong kong

A rare sapphire necklace known as the “Royal Blue” sold for HKD 125,450,000 ($16,131,051) at Christie’s Hong Kong on Tuesday, during the auction house’s Hong Kong Luxury Week Autumn 2025. The necklace, featuring 104.61 carats of Kashmir Royal Blue sapphires, was the highlight of the “Magnificent Jewels” sale and fell within its pre-sale estimate of HKD 100–150 million.

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massive moai statues walked to platforms easter island new study

A new study in the Journal of Archaeological Science by archaeologists Carl Lipo of Binghamton University and Terry Hunt of the University of Arizona proposes that the 92-ton moai statues on Easter Island, Chile, were transported in a vertical position using ropes to “walk” them onto their stone platforms. The research combines three-dimensional modeling, field experiments with a scaled replica, and analysis of 62 abandoned statues along ancient roads, finding that wider bases and a forward lean of 6–15 degrees enabled a rocking motion that allowed a team of 18 people to move a statue 328 feet in about 40 minutes.

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widow sues new york auction house stamp collection

Shelley Entner, a Florida widow, is suing Robert A. Siegel Auction Galleries in New York for the return of her late husband Stanley Marks' stamp collection, valued at up to $2 million. Entner claims some stamps are missing from the collection, which Marks began in 1937 and continued until his death in 2016. The auction house sold the international portion in 2016 for $750,000, but Entner says a recent inspection revealed missing US stamps. The auction house denies the allegations, stating Entner changed her mind about auctioning the collection and refuses to reimburse $56,000 in insurance costs, while offering to return the stamps.

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three men convicted celtic gold coins theft germany

Three men were convicted for stealing 483 ancient Celtic gold coins from the Kelten Römer Museum in Manching, Germany, in November 2022. The coins, dating to the 3rd century BCE and valued at several million euros, were discovered in 1999 near Manching. The thieves cut off telephone and internet service to the entire town to prevent the museum from contacting authorities. A court in Ingolstadt sentenced the men to prison terms ranging from four years and nine months to 11 years for gang robbery; a fourth defendant was acquitted of the museum heist but convicted for other thefts. DNA evidence linked the group to a string of robberies across Germany and Austria since 2014, and some coins were melted down, with 70 lost.

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winston artory merger launches

Art appraiser Winston Art Group and art-tech firm Artory have merged to form the Winston Artory Group (WAG), a new company offering art appraisal, advisory, and digital collection management services. The merger is backed by a strategic investment led by Strobe Ventures, with support from CMT Digital, Galaxy Digital, and the family office of Eijk van Otterloo. WAG combines Winston's valuation expertise with Artory's blockchain-backed technology and a database of over 50 million art market transactions, aiming to provide secure, data-rich valuations to insurers, banks, family offices, and collectors. The firm expects to handle $15 billion in valuations this year.

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new mural at chicago rate field pope leo xiv white sox

A new mural at Chicago's Rate Field commemorates Pope Leo XIV (formerly Robert Prevost, known as "Father Bob") attending Game 1 of the 2005 World Series as a White Sox fan. The mural, located near Section 140, features the pope in regalia with hands raised, above a screenshot from the Fox broadcast showing him in White Sox gear alongside his friend Ed Schmit. The artwork honors both the papal election and Schmit, a lifelong Sox fan who died in 2020 and had predicted Prevost would become pope.

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art market minute may 19

New York’s spring marquee auctions, traditionally a bellwether for the global art market, concluded with thin margins and soft demand despite an increased number of high-value "masterpiece" lots priced at $30 million and above. The results indicate that strong supply alone cannot overcome deeper market challenges. Separately, Yuga Labs, the company behind the Bored Ape Yacht Club, has sold its landmark CryptoPunks NFT collection to the NODE Foundation.

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Lélia Demoisy at Domaine de Chamarande: an exhibition exploring forest narratives — our photos

French artist Lélia Demoisy presents a solo exhibition titled 'Récits de forêts' at the Domaine départemental de Chamarande in Essonne, running from May 10 to August 30, 2026. The show features sculptures, installations, and landscape interventions across the estate's orangery, park, and grounds, exploring the memory of forests, natural materials, and the interactions between species. Works such as 'Laissés sur la rive,' 'Le Foyer,' and 'Cedrus deodara – Forêts futures' use wood, fibers, charcoal, and animal tracks to probe themes of repair, regeneration, and the boundary between life and endurance.

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Ekphrastic Poetry Re-imagines Hopeful Art

The Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA) is hosting an ekphrastic poetry performance on Saturday, May 23 at 4:00 pm at the Oak Street Lofts Gallery, as part of its "Celebrating Hope" exhibition. Poets Annaliese Jakimides, Gregg Harper, Lily Brown, and Maureen Thorson will respond to artworks inspired by Emily Dickinson's poem "Hope is a strange invention." The exhibition features 20 artists and runs on weekends through May 29.

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Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley Expands THE DELUSION Beyond the Gallery with New Interactive Online Game

Serpentine has launched "I DIDNT REALISE YOU THOUGHT LIKE THAT," a new online game and critical thinking tool by artist and game designer Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley. Available from May 21, 2026, on web and mobile platforms, the project extends the world of Brathwaite-Shirley's acclaimed "THE DELUSION" and explores polarization, identity, and social connection beyond the gallery. Developed with nonprofit Beyond Code Collective and supported by Glass Castle Foundation, the game places players in a post-apocalyptic universe where they encounter fictional characters and make decisions that shape narratives and determine multiple endings, drawing on real-world materials from news cycles, social media, and community testimonies.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 18, 2026 visibility 4 link 5 artists

Morris Museum’s Common Ground: NJ Artists Think Monumental, an Ex

The Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey, presents "Common Ground: NJ Artists Think Monumental," the 42nd New Jersey Arts Annual. For the first time in the series' history, the exhibition moves outdoors, activating the museum's 8-acre campus with large-scale sculptures. Nine artists were selected from 530 submissions by a jury led by Johannah Hutchinson, Executive Director of the International Sculpture Center. The exhibition runs from May 28 to August 23, 2026, and includes works by Clifford Blanchard, Sunil Garg, Wendy Gordon, Robert Koch, Robert Lobe, Judith Peck, Jill Scipione, Lee Tal, and Josh Urso.

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‘Art is story, and stories save lives’: In St. Walburg, a travelling exhibit gives voice to stories often left untold

The Susan Velder Gallery and More in St. Walburg, Saskatchewan, is hosting 'Invisible Winds: Stories You Can Not See, Journeys toward Wholeness,' a traveling exhibition curated through the Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils (OSAC). Featuring 19 local artists, the show explores hidden emotional realities such as adoption, PTSD, trauma, and resilience through mixed-media works, including Holly Hildebrand's textured portraits 'Ghosts and Shadows: Heather' and 'Ghosts and Shadows: Teanna.' Visitors are encouraged to scan QR codes to hear artists' stories, and many return multiple times to absorb the heavy themes.

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Oklahoma Arts Council receives largest gift to state art collection

The Oklahoma Arts Council has received the largest gift in the history of the Oklahoma State Art Collection: ten works by influential Native artists from The Howard L. and Mary Ellen Meredith Collection, donated by America Meredith and Samonia Byford in honor of their parents. The donated works include pieces by Benjamin Harjo Jr., Norma Howard, Vanessa Paukeigope Jennings, Ruthe Blalock Jones, Shan Goshorn, Doc Tate Nevaquaya, Jane Osti, Juanita Pahdopony, Jeri Redcorn, and Dick West. The artworks are now on display in the Betty Price Gallery at the Oklahoma State Capitol, alongside two other recent acquisitions.

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