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Separating originals from fakes has become a risky business but new tools help spot the cheats

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In a market blighted by fakes and forgeries, art experts have faced legal action and even death threats for refusing to authenticate works as original. After years of mounting pressure, specialists are responding by establishing an organisation to give them confidence to express opinions without fear of retaliation.

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Step into one of the nation's top art museums, and most of the works you'll see were made by men.

The Baltimore Museum of Art has decided to make a bold step to correct that imbalance: next year, the museum will only purchase works made by female-identifying artists.

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The Sarasota Art Museum showcases how a museum’s architecture can both shape a space and stand up as its own work of art

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“I don’t choose artworks, I choose artists”: Johann König says his near-blindness makes him a smarter gallerist.

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The global art market was valued at $67.4 billion in 2018, the second highest year ever. The United States, United Kingdom and China are the three largest art markets. They account for 84% of the global market, with the U.S. capturing over half of that.

Without knowing it, the royal was showcasing elaborate counterfeits.

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What does Britain's National Gallery, the Tate Modern and Dumfries House all have in common? Why, priceless original works of art by the great mast-- oh, wait, strike that last one.

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Sitting in the Santa Monica Mountains, the Getty Center is no stranger to wildfires in its proximity. Just two years ago during the Skirball Fire, a small fire started on the museum's adjoining hill. It was put out without incident, in part thanks to the Getty's massive irrigation system.

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Over the last three decades, Aaron and Barbara Levine have amassed an impressive melange of conceptual and minimalist art. But, they jokingly say, they loathe calling it a "collection."

"When you get the word 'collection,' it seems limited, like 'I only collect minimalism' or 'I cannot look at anything beyond the parameters of my focus,'" said Barbara, who served on the board of Washington, D.C's Hirshhorn Museum for over a decade. "And we don't -- we are all over the place."

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A cancer diagnosis is incredibly stressful for the person receiving the diagnosis. But those caring for the patient, both informally and formally, also experience stress, which can affect their own health and the patient’s outcome. A study, led by researchers from Drexel University’s Creative Art Therapies department in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, as well as researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, showed coloring and open-studio art therapy benefits stressed caregivers of cancer patients.

Just before he died, the architect created a spiraling city square that elevates the work it houses.

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is still a shock on Fifth Avenue. The architecture declines to fade into the background or get old, never mind the building turns 60 this month.

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The Art Institute of Chicago is having a feminist moment.