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At the opening of Art Basel Miami Beach on Tuesday, dealers reported solid attendance from collectors, who showed few signs of reticence to buy new works. Gallerists said they were successful in placing works in institutional collections spanning the U.S. and Europe museums. (Sales are self-reported by galleries, making the data difficult to confirm.) In their sales reports, dealers painted a rosy picture of...

Courtesy photo A raku pottery class is shown in the front yard of the Bonifas Arts Center. The class is strictly for veterans and they are shown firing their pieces with instructor Al Hanson. The next art class for veterans at the Bonifas will explore acrylic painting. Veterans can find out more about the class by calling the Bonifas at...

Ahead of its blockbuster survey of Johannes Vermeer, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has authenticated three paintings with contested attributions, expanding the Dutch artist’s small oeuvre. The three additions include Girl with a Flute, which made headlines in November when the Rijksmuseum reversed a decision by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC to strip its authentication. In October, the curator of the National...

Over the last twenty years, I’ve missed only one edition of Art Basel Miami Beach, in 2004, and am therefore convinced that 2004 was the best edition: the best parties, the best dinners, the best art, the best people. Back then, the parties and dinners were in hotels along the beach like the Shore Club, the Delano, and the Raleigh. Wynwood, across the causeway,...

Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Monday, November 28. NEED-TO-READ Art Basel Miami Beach Celebrates 20 Years – The FT looks back at how the art fair transformed the image of Miami from a sunny retirement city to a buzzy art...

Like most any student, one Killeen High School junior finds difficulty in motivating herself to put in the hours of study necessary to make the grades she wants to make.Unlike any other student, Amarilis Muniz Otero expressed those contradicting feelings into a compelling color pencil drawing that won an art award.At Temple College Art Competition held recently, Otero emerged as one of two Award...

The December exhibit at Justus Fine Art Gallery will feature a selection of work by artists including Susan Baker Chambers, Matthew Hasty, Robyn Horn, gallery owner Dolores Justus, Sammy Peters, Tony Saladino, Sandra Sell, and Gene Sparlings.The gallery will host a reception from 5-9 p.m. Friday as part of the monthly Gallery Walk in downtown Hot Springs. The exhibit will be on display through...

The acceptance of NFTs by the traditional art market has been challenging.  While some projects have enjoyed financial success and critical acclaim, others have languished, unsold and buried in a pile of visual noise.  And, just as the art world was warming up to fine art NFTs thanks to thoughtful projects like Frank Stella’s Geometries on Artist Rights Society’s ARSNL platform or Peter Wu’s...

For Niagara Falls residents in the community encompassing the stretch of Main Street between the Public Library and the Underground Railroad Heritage Center, hope has long been in short supply. Abandoned buildings and empty storefronts have given the area the appearance of a dilapidated ghost town, despite the region’s geographic proximity to the tourist hotspot that is the Falls themselves.  The Niagara Falls National...

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines A ‘COMPLETE CATASTROPHE’ has taken place in the German city of Manching, according to its mayor, Herbert Nerb. He was referring to the theft of a cache of 450 Celtic coins that was stolen from a museum there on Tuesday. According to the Guardian, that group is worth several million euros. To undertake the heist,...