Artnet News – 5 Surprising Lessons From a Year of Online Sales

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Art Historian Sarah Lewis on Why Black Artists Have Been ‘Over-Exhibited and Under-Theorized’

Lewis has literally changed the curriculum via the Vision & Justice Project.

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A Second Missing Jacob Lawrence Painting Turns Up on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, This One Hanging in a Nurse’s Apartment

The Ukrainian nurse walked over to the Met after they failed to respond to her inquiries.

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Yayoi Kusama’s Simple Forms Hide Complex Realities—Here Are Three Facts You May Not Know About Her Widely Admired Work

Kusama uses uncomplicated shapes and colors to build bridges between audiences.

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Winston Churchill Made a Painting and Gave It to FDR. Then Angelina Jolie Got It. She Just Sold It for $11.6 Million at Christie’s

The top lot of the sale set a new auction record for a work by the wartime prime minister.

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Half the Board Overseeing Pompeii Has Resigned in Protest Against the Hiring of a New Director They Say Lacks Experience

Last month, Gabriel Zuchtriegel was hired to lead the famed archeological site for the next four years.

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After a Year of Being Forced to Sell Art Online, Gallerists Have Learned 5 Surprising Lessons—and It’s Clear There’s No Going Back

We spoke with more than a dozen gallerists to learn their biggest takeaways, both positive and negative, from online viewing rooms.

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Debating the Troubled Legacy of Brazil’s Cannibalist Art Movement + 4 Other Great Art Essays Worth Reading From This February

A round-up of ideas from around the art web.

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Art Industry News: Great, Now Mega-Collectors Are Turning Their Superyachts Into Floating Museums + Other Stories

Plus, the UK is expected to offer arts organizations an additional £400 million and the Bayeux Tapestry is getting a makeover.

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