February 11, 2026

Fine Art

Fine Art

Our guide to Miami Art Basel 2025 and the city’s star-studded fairs

Headed to Miami for Art Basel and the surrounding Art Week festivities? Here’s our roundup of the top fairs to visit for 2025 — whether you’re hunting for eyebrow-raising art or the ultimate celebrity sighting. ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH | @artbasel Show notes “Torre” by Ana Navas at Art Basel Miami Beach via Crisis Galería.

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UK accepts $150 million gift – largest in school’s history – for development of new arts district

The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees on Tuesday accepted a $150 million gift from The Bill Gatton Foundation to construct a new arts district, including a new College of Fine Arts building and a several-hundred seat theater. The gift is the single largest in UK’s history. “This gift will realize a vision to create

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Chief Secy reviews expansion of music & fine arts institutes

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo on Tuesday chaired a meeting to review the ongoing expansion and augmentation plans for the Institutes of Music and Fine Arts associated with the University of Kashmir and the University of Jammu. The meeting was attended by the Additional Chief Secretary, Higher Education Department; the Vice Chancellors of

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Victoria ISD highlights fine arts accomplishments

Victoria ISD highlights fine arts accomplishments Published 3:00 am Friday, November 21, 2025 Fine arts play a major role in the lives of countless students during their academic journeys. The Victoria Independent School District (VISD) strives for fine arts excellence through increased community partnerships and student resources. David Edge, VISD fine arts director, recognized the

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The Rembrandt robber: five takeaways from an insider’s book on a notorious art thief – The Art Newspaper

Art heists always capture the imagination—just ask officials at the Musée du Louvre—and the theft of a Rembrandt in 1975 was no exception. On 14 April 1975, Myles Connor entered the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston in disguise along with an accomplice. The pair went directly to the Dutch Gallery and proceeded to remove

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‘Masterpiece’ of Scottish art returns home to be auctioned in Edinburgh

A ‘beautiful’ still life by the artist considered a master of the genre, Scottish Colourist, S.J. Peploe, is to be sold at auction this week. Iceland Poppies, which is valued at between £200,000 and £300,000, celebrates the colours and delicate translucent petals, as well as the distinctive stems of the flowers. The painting, which was

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Forum discusses the healing power of fine arts

Professionals from education, charity foundations, and creative and healthcare industries discussed how the fine arts and associated fields can benefit people”s well-being. It brought an end to Jia Wei’s exhibition. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] A group of teenage girls dances on a long scroll of white paper. They jump, turn around, raise a large red

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Art critic publishes book on southern fine art

VietNamNet Bridge – Art critic and painter Uyen Huy has published a book that documents trends in 20th century fine arts in the southern region with more than 200 black-and-white and colour images. Self taught: Gold Fish, a mixed media painting by People’s Artist, painter and art critic Uyen Huy. (VNS photo)     The

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‘We fell in love the moment we saw it’: Call for more fine art after painting tripled its estimate at Shropshire auction

Halls Fine Art in Shrewsbury is holding its next fine art auction on January 21. It follows the success of October’s sale that saw one painting triple in value and bumper prices fetched for a number of artworks.  The October 15 auction of paintings and prints saw an oil on canvas by Mary Elizabeth Harding

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HNW Collectors, Luxury Collectibles and Estate Planning

Jane Birkin’s iconic original Birkin fetched $10 million at Sotheby’s Paris on July 10, 2025. Photo by Julien Hekimian/Getty Images When a Hermès Birkin bag fetched a record $10 million at Sotheby’s over the summer, it didn’t just make headlines—it served as a reminder that seven-figure prices are no longer confined to fine art. Other

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