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Every week, Art to Collect by ArtDependence brings together an exceptional curation of works that reflect the pulse of contemporary art today, offering collectors, new and seasoned alike, a window into some of the most compelling creative practices around the world.

The discovery is the result of the recent archaeological excavations carried out along the north-western side of the Villa of the Mysteries.

Egyptian authorities are investigating the disappearance of a 3,000-year-old gold bracelet linked to a pharaoh of the 21st Dynasty.

These objects were seized pursuant to multiple ongoing investigations into looting and trafficking networks targeting South and Central American cultural heritage. These objects were allegedly smuggled into the United States and laundered by dealers and collectors through false provenances, exhibitions, and museum donations.

Christie’s is to sell David Hockney’s first double portrait — his 1968 painting of the English novelist Christopher Isherwood and his younger partner, the artist Don Bachardy — and expects it to make more than $50mn in New York in November.

KUNST-WERKE BERLIN e. V., umbrella organization for KW Institute for Contemporary Art and Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art announced the internationally renowned artist Haegue Yang as its new Chair of the Executive Board. 

Sotheby's annual pretax loss more than doubled to €211 million in 2024, as the auction house continued to struggle with a slump in the art market.

This fall in New York, Sotheby’s will offer The Leonard A. Lauder Collection, a once-in-a-generation collection of 20th-century masterpieces that personifies the lifelong connoisseurship of one of the greatest collectors and benefactors of the arts in America. 

Rafael Smet grew up in a family where art was an important part of life. His mother, an art teacher at the Nymburk Elementary Art School in the Czech Republic, and his grandfather, a passionate violinist, gave him inspiration and support to develop his creative talent.

The earliest known evidence of mummification has been uncovered by archaeologists at The Australian National University (ANU), with the remains from burials at sites across southeastern Asia dating back more than 10,000 years. 

The Israeli airstrikes in Yemen caused damage to Yemen's national museum and other historical sites in its capital city, the Houthi Ministry of Culture said Thursday.

The Egyptian archaeological mission affiliated with the Supreme Council of Antiquities has uncovered a stone stela at Tell al-Faraun in the city of Husseiniya, Sharqia Governorate, representing a newly found complete copy of the famous Canopus Decree.

Thanks to a handful of tips received through its Art Leads program, the Foundation was able to halt the sale of two 17th century small oil paintings on copper attributed to Dutch master Ambrosius Bosschaert listed in an auction as unclaimed property in Newark, Ohio.

The Rijksmuseum  in  Amsterdam presents a 34-hour version of the British director and artist Steve McQueen’s epic film Occupied City.

Every week, Art to Collect by ArtDependence brings together an exceptional curation of works that reflect the pulse of contemporary art today, offering collectors, new and seasoned alike, a window into some of the most compelling creative practices around the world.

Dutch artist Marit Otto experiences art on many levels and in many different ways. She looks for aesthetics and eloquence but also for a particular angle. 

Banksy's mural showing a judge hitting a protester with a gavel has been removed from the wall of a court building in London two days after it was revealed.

The Obama Foundation announced today an additional group of ten celebrated artists whose commissioned work will be featured across the Obama Presidential Center’s expansive campus, the vast majority of which is free and open to the public.

Developed by Blaise Pascal in 1642, the Pascaline is a scientific instrument of considerable historical value.