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article news schedule Jun 16, 2025 visibility 4 link 12 artists, 3 galleries

leonard lauder and joel shapiro both pass away national gallerys rubens painting questioned lenin statue removed from city of osh morning links for june 16 2025 1234745198

Leonard Lauder, the billionaire cosmetics heir and art collector, died at 92, having donated 81 Cubist works worth over $1 billion to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Artist Joel Shapiro, known for his Post-Minimalist sculptures, also passed away at 83. Other news includes a visitor breaking a Swarovski-covered chair at Palazzo Maffei in Verona, the removal of a Lenin statue in Osh, Kyrgyzstan, pay raises for London museum security guards, and a reopened debate over a Rubens painting at the National Gallery in London.

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museum exhibitions schedule Feb 9, 2026 visibility 5 link 3 artists, 2 galleries

Philadelphia-born artist makes regional debut at Rowan University Art Gallery and Museum

Philadelphia-born artist Devan Shimoyama makes his regional solo debut with the exhibition “SHIFT” at Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum, on view through March 21. The show reimagines the Major Arcana of the Tarot deck through mixed-media paintings incorporating oil, colored pencil, glitter, collage, Swarovski crystals, and other materials, exploring themes of identity, transformation, and Black queerness. Shimoyama, who earned a BFA from Penn State and an MFA from Yale School of Art, previously exhibited at the Andy Warhol Museum and taught at Carnegie Mellon University.

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trending_up market schedule Apr 27, 2026 visibility 8 link 4 artists, 2 galleries

Michael Jackson Accessories Hit the Market Amid Biopic Buzz

GWS Auctions is offering nine pieces of Michael Jackson memorabilia in a May 2 sale, including a signed pair of the late singer's Florsheim loafers. The auction features 734 items from the collection of Prince Lorenzo de' Medici, with highlights such as a crystal-studded white glove from Jackson's 1984 Victory tour and Swarovski-embellished socks from his Dangerous tour. The loafers, authenticated by Jackson's assistant Rosemary Chavira, carry a starting bid of $7,500, and the sale coincides with the record-breaking opening weekend of a new Michael Jackson biopic.

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