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trending_up market schedule Feb 5, 2026 visibility 2 link 6 artists, 7 galleries

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Thaddaeus Ropac is opening a new project space in New York and has hired Emilio Steinberger as a senior director. Hauser & Wirth now represents artist Conny Maier in collaboration with Société in Berlin. Zippora Elders Tahalele has been appointed director of the Nederlands Fotomuseum. The Tulsa Artist Fellowship announced its 2026–28 cohort of ten artists and arts workers. The ADAA appointed four new board members: Elizabeth Feld, Bridget Moore, Yancey Richardson, and Melissa Timarchi. Sotheby's second sale in Saudi Arabia, 'Origins II,' totaled $19.6 million, with a record $2.1 million for Safeya Binzagr's work. The article also covers Art Basel Qatar's first edition, with comments from Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani and artistic director Wael Shawky.

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article news schedule Feb 5, 2026 visibility 2 link 9 artists, 4 galleries

empress eugenies crown to be restored after louvre heist rembrandt drawing breaks auction record morning links for february 5 2026 1234772357

The Louvre has released images of Empress Eugénie's crown for the first time since it was stolen and crushed during a heist of French crown jewels. Thieves used an angle grinder to cut into a display case, jammed the crown through a narrow opening, and dropped it while fleeing. Restorers, overseen by an expert committee, will repair the mostly intact crown without needing to reconstitute it. In other news, a rare Rembrandt drawing of a lion sold for $17.9 million at Sotheby's, breaking the artist's record for a work on paper, with proceeds benefiting the nonprofit Panthera. Thaddaeus Ropac is expanding to New York with a project space, hiring Emilio Steinberger as senior director. Calls are growing for former French culture minister Jack Lang to resign from the Institut du Monde Arabe over ties to Jeffrey Epstein. The historic Variety Arts Theater in Los Angeles reopened with a video art exhibition organized by collector Julia Stoschek and curator Udo Kittelmann.

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trending_up market schedule Feb 4, 2026 visibility 3 link 12 artists, 5 galleries

Thaddaeus Ropac expands to New York, with Emilio Steinberger at the helm

The international mega-gallery Thaddaeus Ropac announced it is opening a project space in uptown Manhattan, marking its first permanent physical presence in New York. The gallery also appointed Emilio Steinberger, a former senior partner at Lévy Gorvy Dayan, as its new senior director in the US to lead the expansion.

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