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Author Archives: Cassie Packard
Cassie Packard is a Brooklyn-based writer and cultural critic and a regular contributor to Hyperallergic.
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After Years of Repatriation Debates, France’s Benin Restitution Bill Approved
Meanwhile, a new report commissioned by the Dutch culture minister suggests the return of “any cultural objects looted in former Dutch colonies if the source country so requests.”
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Souls Grown Deep Starts Unprecedented Resale Royalties for Artists
The Resale Royalty Award Program offers living artists 5% — the highest royalty threshold worldwide — of the proceeds from secondary market sales, at up to $85,000 annually per artist.
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Sotheby’s Conceals Final Sale Price of Monumental Giacometti Sculpture
“Grande femme I” (1960), a spindly female figure cast in bronze, had a minimum bid of $90 million in a “sealed bid” private sale.
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A Painter’s Visions of Créolité in 19th-century Louisiana
A self-taught artist, former antiques dealer, and history buff, Andrew LaMar Hopkins centers the often difficult-to-categorize nature of creole identity.
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Everson Museum Stands By Deaccession of Pollock Painting Amid Legal Challenges
A petitioner has abandoned claims filed with the Commissioner of the New York State Department of Education challenging the sale of Jackson Pollock’s “Red Composition,” which realized $13 million.
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The Exuberant Softness of Feliciano Centurión’s Textiles
Often dismissed during his lifetime for his emphasis on kitsch and craft, it is high time that Centurión gets his due.
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Brooklyn Museum Deaccessions Old Masters to Fund Collection Maintenance
The artworks, which include significant pieces by Lucas Cranach the Elder and Francesco Botticini, are estimated to accrue $2.3 million to $3.5 million in total at Christie’s today, October 15.
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Virtual Auction Will Benefit the Bronx Documentary Center and Bronx Photographers
The BDC’s 6th annual photo auction benefit, open through October 22, features a diverse set of images that engage with issues of social justice and themes of social change.
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Women Concrete Poets Who Pushed Against the Limits of Language (and Patriarchy)
Focusing on 50 artist-writers often overshadowed by their male contemporaries, Women in Concrete Poetry breaks from more traditional histories, much like the innovative figures featured.
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Activists Stand Trial for Protest in French Museum Over Plundered Artifacts
Members of a Pan-African group stood trial in Paris on charges of attempted theft for an action staged at the city’s Quai Branly Museum.
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London’s Royal Academy Considers Selling Michelangelo Relief to Save 150 Jobs
Considered to be a national treasure, the “Taddei Tondo” could protect about 40% of Royal Academy workers from job loss.