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	Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday.As Middling Sotheby's Sale Nets $105 M., Market Watchers Ward Off Talk of London's Waning Importance




	If one were to go by the first-day sales results of last month’s Art Basel, one might come away with the impression that the fair was a relative success. For the megas, that might be true. David Zwirner started the fair by selling a Joan Mitchell diptych for $20 million, and Hauser & Wirth sold its most expensive offering, a $16 million Arshile Gorky work, despite noticing a slowed pace. By the...

A Month from Art Basel, Small and Midsize Galleries Are Adapting to a Slowed-Down Market

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	June Leaf, a beloved artist whose beguiling, unclassifiable works explored the limits of the human body, died on Monday in New York at 94. The New York Times reported that she had been battling gastric cancer.Audrey Flack, Photorealist Who Painted with Exacting Detail, Dies at 93




	It is virtually impossible to boil down Leaf’s oeuvre to a specific set of interests, simply because it took so many forms: off-kilter remakes of famed art-historical images, surreal monuments to women, drawn self-portraits, mechanized sculptures of cloistered people in tiny spaces, and a whole lot more. Binding it all was a commitment to the...

June Leaf, Influential Artist Whose Work Explored the Possibilities of Figuration, Dies at 94













	The Bangkok Art Biennale has announced its lineup of the 45 local and international artists set to participate in its fourth edition, scheduled to open on October 25. World's Oldest Cave Art Discovered, Jorge Perez Blasts Arts Defunding in Flordia, Controversial Religious Sculpture Vandalized, and More: Morning Links for July 5, 2024




	The artists hail from 28 countries and according to organizers, approximately 25 percent of the works featured will have never been exhibited before.




	The artists include Algerian-French installation artist Adel Abdessemed, Italian ceramicist and visual artist Chiara Camoni, Singaporean time-based media artist Priyageetha Dia, French-American multi-media artist Camille Henrot, South...

Bangkok Art Biennale Announces Artist Lineup for 2024 Edition

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In Honoré de Balzac’s 1831 story “The Unknown Masterpiece,” the young artist Nicolas Poussin presents himself at the studio of Porbus, a seventeenth-century court painter, hoping to inhale the fumes of creative genius. It is a stroke of luck that his visit coincides with that of the eminent Frenhofer, Porbus’s own mentor, who possesses “the secret of giving figures life.” When he reveals that he has been secretly laboring over a single portrait for a decade, Poussin is possessed by the desire to see it. As Frenhofer claims the delay is partly due to the lack of an ideal model,...

Hari Kunzru’s Escape From the Art Market

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The National Gallery of Australia’s exhibition Gauguin’s World: Tōna Iho, Tōna Ao acknowledges the French master’s misdeeds in the Pacific – but just as easily omits or distracts from them

Artist or monster? Mammoth new Gauguin show reckons with colonial legacy – to limited success

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Iolani Palace, the only royal palace in the United States, stands in Honolulu as a stunning reminder of Hawaii's royal past.

Inside America's only royal palace owned by lesbian 'last princess'

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	Living Computers: Museum + Labs, the South Seattle steward of Paul G. Allen’s collection of vintage computers and internet technology, will officially never reopen following its closure during the 2020 Covid lockdown. But many of its wares will live on, possibly in a collection near you. The Price of a Dollar and the Return of the Collector's Market




	Christie’s and the estate of Allen, who died in 2018, will offer the archaic tech in “Gen One: Innovations from the Paul G. Allen Collection,” a three-part auction series. There will be two online sales, “Firsts: The History of Computing” and “Over the Horizon:...

Paul Allen’s Vintage Computer Museum Shutters, Sends Its Holdings to Auction

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Do you know anyone who has dual nature? Such two-faced zodiac signs are friendly but they gossip about others behind their backs. They can lie to you without batting an eyelid. However, detecting a two-faced person isn’t easy for everyone. They often compliment their friends when they achieve a goal or change their wardrobe. But they will make negative remarks about you to someone else. What other traits do two-faced people have?

3 Zodiac Signs Who Are Two-Faced

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Fashion and pop culture are inextricably linked, with influencers, models, and actors continually shaping and redefining style trends. Here, we delve into the lives and careers of five modern day icons making noteworthy impacts in their respective fields, showcasing their journeys and the unique qualities that set them apart, so join us on this glamorous journey.

An Inside Look at 5 Fashion Icons Making Waves in Pop Culture Today

“I want my ashes scattered over Bergdorf’s,” the famous New Yorker cartoon goes. If you similarly love the famed New York department store but are looking for a resting place that perhaps isn’t so final after a day promenading up and down Fifth Avenue, consider dropping by Bergdorf Goodman’s newest hidden gem: Café Ginori.

The New Ginori Café at Bergdorf Goodman Is a Candy-Colored Oasis

We’d like to congratulate Annie Murphy-Robinson for winning Overall First Place in the May 2024 PleinAir® Salon, judged by D. Eleinne Basa, Artist and 1st PleinAir Salon Grand Prize Winner. Basa chose “Casey ‘Waiting'” (charcoal, 26 x 42 in.) by Annie Murphy-Robinson from California. “The...

A Winning Drawing: Casey “Waiting”

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If your travels bring you to Phoenix, a visit to Bang Bang Tempe is a must for an experience that blends modern luxury with exceptional dining and nightlife. This unique venue is not only a culinary hotspot but also transforms into one of the city's liveliest dance clubs at night.

Dine and Dance: The Dual Delight of Bang Bang Tempe

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As lights flashed and music filled the Oregon Convention Center on July 2, Native models strutted down a runway with confidence and attitude. Thousands of youth sat in the audience, dressed in traditional clothes from their nations and their finest attire, and cheered for their peers onstage. Youth from Native...

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	On a recent afternoon, a couple was walking through the latest show by Joel Mesler, at Lévy Gorvy Dayan gallery’s Beaux-Arts townhouse on New York’s Upper East Side, when Mesler himself stopped them and asked a jarring question. “Have you seen the secret clown room?” the art dealer–turned–artist said. “You really have to see the secret clown room.”Steve Cohen's New York Mets Are Giving Away Items by Rashid Johnson and Joel Mesler at Games This Season




	The “secret clown room” is hidden behind a sliding door on the gallery’s first floor and has eight painted portraits of, you guessed it, clowns,...

Artist Joel Mesler Takes Over New York with Midtown Pool Party and an Upper East Side Gallery Show

Continuous lighting can be a huge convenience for studio work. It offers a different experience and challenges, especially if you are used to natural light or flash. This helpful video tutorial will walk you through a simple one-light setup. Coming to you from Mitch Lally, this informative video showcases his...

Exploring Studio Portraits With Continuous Lighting

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Horoscope of the Day, Saturday, July 6th

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(Colorado) Colorado has many gems - Pikes Peak, Rocky Mountain National Park, Maroon Bells, and two of Thomas Dambo's wooden trolls. Dambo is a Danish artist, and his trolls are worldwide. Each troll serves as a unique tribute to the place they inhabit, honoring the history and culture of the location.

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	Some 51,200 years ago on the ceiling of a limestone cave in the Indonesian Island of Sulawesi, art history was made. A wild pig was painted with crude red pigment, standing at peace beside three human-like figures. Massive Museum with a Focus on Pompeii to Open in Naples in 2026




	This newly discovered artwork is now heralded as the oldest known cave painting, surpassing the previous record-holder by some 10,000 years, per a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature.




	“The method is a significant improvement over other methods and should revolutionize rock art dating worldwide,” Maxime Aubert, archaeologist at Griffith University...

World’s Oldest Known Cave Painting, Featuring a Mysterious Pig, Found in Indonesia

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It’s unlikely that two LGBTQ people will give you the same definition of “queer food.”. The term has become increasingly popular with the rise of queer restaurants, including The Ruby Fruit, a restaurant and wine bar for the “sapphically inclined” in Los Angeles, and HAGS, a fine dining restaurant “by queer people for all people” in New York City. Specific foods and drinks have also been claimed by or marketed to the LGBTQ community, such as vodka sodas and sourdough bread.

What is queer food? We asked LGBTQ foodies and chefs to define it

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	People still struggling to wrap their heads around NFTs, generative AI art, and other new forms of expression might just give up at the idea of...

Christie’s London Invited Players From the Experiential Art Sector to Discuss ‘Collecting Experiences’

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