Rising Hindu nationalism and recent incidents of censorship have made exhibitors increasingly cautious to show contentious works
The New York-based LMI Group claims the $50 portrait is a previously unknown work by the Dutch master, perhaps now worth $15m, but the Van Gogh Museum rejects it
The Augmented Intelligence sale is the first of its kind to be held at a major auction house
Sabsabi’s curator will be Michael Dagostino, who also came up through the multicultural western Sydney arts scene
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Candidates have until 6 March to apply to take the reins at some of the country’s most prestigious institutions, including the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence and the Colosseum archaeological park
The Academy of Arts, stressing it rejects all censorship, says it will not award the Käthe Kollwitz prize this year
A statue of Rhodes at Oriel College in Oxford has previously sparked protests and calls for it to be removed
Founder Sarah Le Quang Sang says she feels both groups are still “under-represented and undervalued” in society and the art market
The Académie des beaux-arts warns against threats to “freedom of research and creation” as government and local council spending on the arts is slashed