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Visiting great museums is like stepping into a time machine. For the cost of admission, you admire priceless art and artifacts from every age of history and all corners of the globe. But the art and antiquities market has always been tainted by theft, looting and colonial-era crimes. And for too long, museums (and museum-goers) failed to ask questions about how remarkable objects were acquired. Until recently, even the most respected museums did little to verify objects’ provenance and took stances of “innocent until proven guilty,” says Elizabeth Marlowe, an art historian and museum studies professor at Colgate University. “Unless you can prove…

The Uffizi Galleries in Florence will set “precise limits” on visitors taking selfies after an 18th-century portrait was damaged by a tourist who fell into the painting after posing for a photo in front of it.The director of Uffizi, Simone Verde, said the number of people visiting the gallery to “make memes or take selfies for social media” had become “rampant”, and in response, the institution will introduce as-yet-unspecified restrictions to help protect its “cultural heritage”.The renewed debate over behaviour in galleries and museums follows several high-profile incidents, including a tourist who broke a crystal-studded chair by Italian artist Nicola…

Newcastle Art Gallery is home to the most valuable public art collection in Australia outside of a capital city following an independent valuation of $145 million. This is an increase of $19 million, or around 15 per cent, since key works from the Gallery’s collection were last reviewed in 2022. It includes a significant rise in the value of the Gallery’s First Nations collection, which increased by nearly 80%, while works of art by female artists increased in value across the board. CEO Jeremy Bath said the expansion of the Newcastle Art Gallery will provide a fitting home for one of City of…

Display Priceless Art from Degas, Monet, Van Gogh and more in your Home for Free Beginning May 15th With the #StayAtHome Collection Since visiting an art exhibit is not possible at this time, Samsung Electronics Canada is bringing the museum experience home. Starting today, Samsung has made it even easier for users to enjoy a selection of the world’s most iconic and inspiring art for free from the comfort of home on 2018, 2019 and 2020 model Frame TVs. The art is part of the newly created “#StayAtHome with Arts” category spotlight, which introduces a carefully curated collection of Impressionist…

Ralph DeLuca has carved out a rare niche for himself as the go-to art adviser of Hollywood’s A-list. The no-nonsense New Jersey native is on first-name terms with most major gallerists and counts blue-chip celebrity collectors like Sylvester Stallone and Leonardo DiCaprio as clients as well as friends. Other top-tier advisees include Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino and Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw. If you’re heading to the Dec. 6-8 Art Basel, keep an eye out for him: He’s the bushy eyebrowed, shaven-headed force of nature squiring boldfaced names to the best booths in the fair. DeLuca, 47, started out on Wall…

The Los Angeles fires have burned a path of destruction across Southern California over the last week, destroying homes, cars, lives, and irreplaceable objects.For West Hollywood art collector Ron Rivlin, that includes dozens of pieces of art by artists such as Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, and more.Speaking with The New York Times, Rivlin described how his Pacific Palisades home burned with most of his art collection inside.Rivlin said that when it came time to evacuate, he was only able to carry three Andy Warhols with him and was forced to leave the rest behind. When he returned home a few…

Fire Destroys Over 200 Artworks Worth Millions, like Warhol’s ‘Myths’ and Haring’s ‘Totem’ West Hollywood art collector Ron Rivlin has discovered the true scope of the loss of his extensive art collection after his Pacific Palisades home was destroyed in the destruction of the Palisades Fire.  In an interview with The New York Times, Rivlin shared the loss of more than 200 artworks, including pieces by celebrated artists such as Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Damien Hirst, John Baldessari, and Kenny Scharf. During the chaotic evacuation, Rivlin managed to save only three Warhol prints. “It’s dust at this point,” he said,…

Benjamin Trigano and Vanessa Moshay at home in Lake Hollywood.In the hills above Los Angeles, Benjamin Trigano has a house to get lost in.Built in 1933 along a steep Lake Hollywood slope, it features a total of seven split-levels that descend through a maze of staircases and surprise side rooms, one of which maintains its original orange-hued wood panels—a true rarity in LA these days. The views of the city are exquisite, and the ample backyard is perfect for parties. (Trigano, who is the founder of the West Hollywood gallery M+B, has been known to stage an occasional art-world rager…

As dedicated patrons of Marcel Duchamp, during the first half of the 20th century, Walter and Louise Arensberg came to possess an enormous collection of Modern art (art advising was among the services that Duchamp provided). The couple’s collection is the subject of a new book, Hollywood Arensberg: Avant-Garde Collecting in Midcentury L.A (co-authored by Mark Nelson, William H. Sherman, and Ellen Hoobler) as is the Arensbergs’ 1920 Mediterranean Revival home, where works by Constantin Brancusi, Salvador Dali, Paul Klee, and Pablo Picasso, among others, were shown to friends, specialists, even students. Among their intellectual pursuits, the Arensbergs were also devoted…

Chartered flights, helicopter landings, customised itineraries, signature pillows and elaborate entourages — this is travel for India’s A-list. It’s hyper-personalised, discreet and rarely left to conventional booking agents. Instead, luxury travel today is the domain of expert curators and five-star hospitality teams who tailor every trip to their clients’ tiniest whims.Diljit Dosanjh with the team at Oberoi Sukhvilas.Courtesy of Oberoi Sukhvilas Spa Resort“[Singer] Diljit Dosanjh is a regular guest of ours,” reveals Rathijit Dutta, general manager of The Oberoi Sukhvilas. “He stayed with us while he was on his India tour [in December 2024]. We have a helipad and can…