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How Art Insurance Works: Protecting a Collection
An art insurance policy is a contract like any other: premium in, defined promise out, and a claims adjuster testing the wording after a loss.
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The running news file for contemporary art: representation announcements, biennial and prize lists, acquisitions, curatorial appointments, fair schedules and space closures. Entries are dated, short and sourced. For people working in the field who need the week's changes without a magazine essay attached.
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Museum Restitution Art — Provenance and Restitution: The Stories Shaping Museums
In 2006 Austria returned five Klimt paintings to Maria Altmann, the largest single return of Nazi-looted art in the country's record, nine years after the non-binding Washington Principles of 1998.
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Art Basel Qatar Names 82 Galleries for Second Doha Edition
Art Basel has unveiled the exhibitor list for the second edition of Art Basel Qatar, and it is a big one: 80 single-artist presentations by 82 galleries from
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Art Auction Results Explained — Auction Results Explained: What Hammer Prices Really Mean
The hammer price is the winning bid; buyer's premiums, seller commissions and United States resale law decide who actually keeps the money.
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Art Criticism Process: What Art Critics Actually Do When They Review a Show
Art critics look, describe, and judge. Here is what actually happens when a critic reviews a show, from first notes to published review.
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Monument Maker to the President: Steven Barber's Bronze Record of American Leadership
From the White House Rose Garden to the U.S. Naval Academy, one Santa Monica filmmaker has made it his job to put American presidents in bronze.
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News: Why the VMAs Matter to People Who Care About Visual Art
This year's Video Music Awards turn the camera around and honor the artists behind it.
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Why New York's Mural Boom Pays Everyone Except the Painters
NYC's street-art economy runs on exposure and licensing deals while the painters see a fraction of it — a look at how the money actually moves through the walls.
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How New York Artists Register to Legally Sell Their Own Work
Selling a painting out of a Bushwick studio triggers the same state sales tax rules as a Chelsea gallery sale — here is what New York actually requires before that first transaction.
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How New York City Actually Hands Out Public Art Commissions
Percent for Art, the MTA, Parks, and DOT each pay artists differently — or make them pay. A practical map of the four public routes, the panels that decide, and the costs nobody advertises.