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Art World Roundup: galleries turn to a restaurant reservation app, the #GettyChallenge gets a book deal, and more

This week’s Art World Roundup brings more art news revolving around COVID-19, including the cancellation of another fair and a novel use of Tock, what the Getty plans for the […]

Art World Roundup: toilet roll, antiquites in Germany, and art-loving gerbils

In this week’s Art World Roundup, we cover antiquities with uncertain pasts, a case of restitution, toilet roll art, and an art gallery… for gerbils.  Thousands head to the Huangshan […]

PICASSO COMICS

In March, Pablo Picasso is honoured in three exhibitions: Picasso Comics and Picasso Poet presented at the Picasso Museum unveil two lesser-known facets of the artist’s work: his passion for […]

Why should the art world be concerned about the prevalence of export bans?

Five years after he dramatically attempted to smuggle a rare Pablo Picasso painting out of Spain, Jaime Botín— the ex-president of Spanish financial institution Bankinter—has been sentenced to three years […]

‘Picasso and Paper’

See more than 300 works on paper by Picasso in this upcoming exhibition. From works in progress to finished collages, ‘Picasso and Paper’ shows Picasso’s investigation into the material over […]

Picasso, the great Mediterranean

There’s no doubt that Picasso was a Mediterranean in his soul: the colours and themes of his work were a response to the call of the South, and the painter’s […]

Monet’s ‘Meules’ goes for $110 million despite an underwhelming evening at Sotheby’s

At Sotheby’s New York on the evening of May 14th, one of Claude Monet’s iconic haystack paintings set a new record for Impressionists. After more than eight minutes of continuous […]