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After having the highest value-added tax (VAT) rate for art in the European Union, Italy has just reduced it to 5%, the new European low. 

Beneath the shade of pine and myrtle, researchers from the Casa della Regina Carolina Excavation (Cornell University; Bologna University; Harvard University) in Pompeii, Italy were hard at work again this summer. One of the project’s main goals this year was to further uncover the ancient garden that was once planted and maintained by the Roman inhabitants. 

Sun, sand, sky, water, and women predominate as subject matter when artists throughout history turned their attention to communicating the light, languid heat, and soft sensuality of long summer days.

Serving as an arguable transition from the mysticism of religion-based scientific belief into modern science, alchemy bridges the gap between the spiritual and the physical. Although most alchemists sought to combine precious metals into gold to form the philosopher’s stone, an object that is shrouded in mysticism and supposed to grant one eternal youth.

There is a long history of an art ecosystem out in eastern Long Island. Today, a renewed interest in the area brings about a new generation of artists and galleries. 

Located in Vallauris, France, the Madoura Studio was founded as a pottery workshop in 1938 by French ceramicist Suzanne Ramié along with her husband, George.

Staging a successful art fair during a time of economic uncertainty and political upheaval is not an enviable position to be in, but art world entrepreneur and accomplished event producer, Rick Friedman, is undaunted.

From the extreme flooding in Asheville to the catastrophic fires in Los Angeles, and every melted glacier gap in between, the globe is reeling from recent climate threats, and it doesn’t look like we’ll be able to catch a break anytime soon. 

Returning to its city of origin for the 55th year in the third week of June, Art Basel featured 289 top international galleries from 42 countries and territories. Celebrated as the world’s leading art fair, it attracted 88,000 visitors during both preview and public days, welcoming collectors, curators, and art enthusiasts from around the globe, including representatives from over 250 renowned museums and foundations.

When thinking of great art, we can’t discount the importance that collectors, philanthropists, and banking families played in the art market from the Renaissance onwards.