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in MuseumArtist tends to Bishop Museum dinosaurs as they vacation
MANATEE COUNTY, FL – In an undisclosed location in Manatee County, the stars of the Bishop Museum’s Dino Don’s DinoVenture dinosaur exhibit have come to get R&R and R&R. It is rest and relaxation, as well as tears and repairs. See, that’s how they fix it. Engineers move through a strategically designed rip to repair […] More
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in MuseumGreece hopes marble foot will get UK to return sculptures
ATHENS – It is only the size of a shoebox, carved with the broken foot of an ancient Greek goddess. But Greece is hoping the 2,500-year-old marble fragment, which arrived on loan from an Italian museum on Monday, can help resolve one of the world’s most thorny cultural heritage disputes and lead to the reunification […] More
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in CollectionGlobal Auction Sales Soared to a Record $12.6 Billion in 2021
Sotheby’s maintains its leadership position with a total of $ 6 billion in auctions in 2021. Courtesy of Sotheby’s Text size The global auction market hit record highs in 2021, with Christie’s, Sotheby’s and Phillips recording combined sales of $ 12.6 billion, according to a report released on Tuesday. The figure was 70.2% higher than […] More
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in Digital ArtHow Van Gogh became one of the entertainment world’s biggest stars in 2021
But if there has been a real star in the entertainment world lately, it’s an emotionally tortured Dutch-born painter who died over a century ago. Sure enough, Vincent Van Gogh is hotter than ever – in large part thanks to numerous global exhibitions that have brought his key works, from “The Starry Night” to “The […] More
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in News‘He-Man’ artist and toy designer T. Mark Taylor dies at 80
This 2018 photo provided by Rebecca Taylor shows artist and toy designer Mark Taylor at his home in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Taylor, artist and toy designer for the He-Man and Masters of the Universe franchise as well as the Teenages Mutant Ninja Turtles, passed away Thursday, December 23, 2021 in his Southern California home. […] More
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in MuseumGoing All In on the Magic Kingdom
“The first exhibition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the Hollywood dream maker Walt Disney is a milestone”, writes the director of the museum, Max Hollein, in the preface of the catalog “Inspire Walt Disney: the animation of the French decorative arts” . It is – and not in a good way. The show, […] More