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After the Turner Prize, What Happens Next?
As this year’s Turner Prize arrives at Middlesbrough's MIMA, two of its four shortlisted artists are also on view at Thaddaeus Ropac in London. Their simultaneous exposure offers a test of what a nomination now does for an artist’s career and market
The Collector: Selim Bouafsoun on Art and North Africa
The Tunisian-born, Dubai-based collector Selim Bouafsoun talks access, patronage and the dangers of runaway prices – and explains why supporting artists means investing in the ecosystem around them
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Why Are Spain’s Galleries Still Paying 21% in VAT?
As Madrid’s contemporary art fair ESTAMPA opens tomorrow, Spanish galleries say they are being left at a growing competitive disadvantage. After strikes, protests and years of lobbying, frustration is growing
A New Hope for George Lucas’s $1 Billion Museum
Far more than a home for Star Wars, George Lucas and Mellody Hobson’s new Los Angeles museum brings fine art, comics, illustration, photography and cinema together under the banner of ‘narrative art’
Powerhouse Parramatta Opens as Governance Questions Linger
The $915 million museum will open in November with a major festival and five inaugural exhibitions, as investigations into governance and procurement continue
The Artist Pension Trust Promised Security. What Went Wrong?
Around 200 London artists handed their work to a scheme that offered financial support later in life. Twenty years on, the trust has paid out nothing. Nearly 50 affected artists – including a Turner Prize winner and eight nominees – are fighting to recover their work
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What the AfD’s Victory Means for Culture in Eastern Germany
After winning 43.8% of the vote, the far-right party wants public funding to promote German identity. Cultural institutions warn its plans could subordinate artistic freedom to political ideology
Sotheby’s Private Sales Are Becoming More Public
As private sales take a growing share of the art market, Sotheby’s is making them more visible, more theatrical and more closely tied to the luxury experience economy
Help! I Hate My... Nemesis
Artworld Agony Aunt Charlotte Jansen advises an industry regular on disarming an omnipresent rival through flawless civility
Yayoi Kusama: From Scandal and Shame to National Icon
Once dismissed as scandalous and disreputable at home, Yayoi Kusama returned to Japan an international star. Her transformation into a national icon reflects the power of foreign recognition, as well as Japan’s enduring conflicts with mental illness, sexuality and female autonomy
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Swedish Centre-Left Bloc Secures Slim Majority
Following a tight election, Sweden’s opposition bloc has secured a narrow victory over the outgoing right-wing bloc. What could it mean for the cultural sector?
Washington DC’s Kennedy Center Risks Fiscal Collapse
Internal documents obtained by The Washington Post warn that the Kennedy Center faces “fiscal collapse” within weeks, after ticket sales and fundraising plunged amid upheaval following Donald Trump’s takeover
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