{"id":146268,"date":"2025-09-15T18:39:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/146268\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T18:39:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T18:39:07","slug":"klimt-painting-likely-top-lot-this-auction-season-and-more-art-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/146268\/","title":{"rendered":"Klimt Painting Likely Top Lot This Auction Season, And More Art News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\tTo receive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/t\/morning-links\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morning Links<\/a>\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.artnews.com\/artnews-signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Breakfast with ARTnews<\/a>\u00a0newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe Headlines\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHUMAN REMAINS. A new report has found that the University of Tasmania\u2019s RA Rodda Museum kept, and in some cases displayed, 177 human remains without the knowledge of the families, reports the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2025\/sep\/11\/tasmanian-museum-kept-and-displayed-177-human-remains-without-the-families-knowing-report-finds-ntwnfb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australian Associated Press<\/a>. From 1966 to 1991, the remains of coronial autopsies were collected for teaching and research purposes without the consent of the coroner or families involved, according to a final report published last week. In the wake of these findings, the University of Tasmania apologized and met with families. It also removed the remains from public display in 2018, following an initial probe launched due to concerns raised by a curator in 2016. \u201cThe belated discovery that human remains were removed from autopsy and not returned to the body has been a source of pain for many families,\u201d said coroner Simon Cooper.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tRelated Articles<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2232157306.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2232157306.jpg\" alt=\"Bekas Brefkany, director of the Dohuk Antiquities Department, poses next to a grave unearthed on the banks of Mosul Dam on an archaeological site in the Khanke sub-district of Dohuk Governorate on August 30, 2025.\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"\" width=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\tKLIMT FLEX. Leonard Lauder, the art patron who died in June at age 92, amassed a collection of early 20th-century German and Austrian art in addition to his better-known Cubist art collection, which he donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. We\u2019ve now learned that, among other treasures, his trove includes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/t\/gustav-klimt\/\" id=\"auto-tag_gustav-klimt\" data-tag=\"gustav-klimt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gustav Klimt<\/a> painting titled Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer (1914) worth well over $100 million, and expected to be the top of the lot this coming auction season at one of two vying auction houses, Sotheby\u2019s or Christie\u2019s. Could the painting\u2019s sale \u201cbreak the art market malaise?\u201d asks <a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/market\/leonard-lauders-klimt-2684502\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Artnet News<\/a>\u2019s Katya Kazakina.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe Digest\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSpain\u2019s minister of culture, Ernest Urtasun, stated today on public radio that Israel should not participate in the next Eurovision song contest, and if it does, Spain should boycott the event. Urtasun added that other countries, such as Ireland have taken similar positions. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/international\/article\/2025\/09\/15\/eurovision-le-ministre-de-la-culture-espagnol-estime-qu-il-faut-faire-en-sorte-qu-israel-ne-participe-pas-a-la-prochaine-edition_6641254_3210.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Le Monde<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\tArchaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a rare, complete stone hieroglyphic copy of the famous Decree of Canopus, originally issued by King Ptolemy III in 283 BC in Tell al-Faraun, Sharqiya. The Decree of Canopus is a trilingual record of a major meeting of priests held in Canopus, Egypt, honoring Pharaoh Ptolemy III, his wife Berenice, and their daughter. [<a href=\"https:\/\/artdependence.com\/articles\/rare-hieroglyphic-copy-of-canopus-decree-unearthed-in-sharqiya-egypt\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Art Dependence<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\tTiffany &amp; Co is partnering with Frieze London for the fair\u2019s Artist-to-Artist program, which features emerging artist solo presentations at the fair, nominated by their more established peers. From October 15 to 19, the Artist-to-Artist initiative will display six artist presentations, including displays by Ilana Harris-Babou, selected by Camille Henrot; Katherine Hubbard, selected by Nicole Eisenman; Ren\u00e9 Trevi\u00f1o, selected by Amy Sherald; Neal Tait, selected by Chris Ofili; T. Venkanna, selected by Bharti Kher, and Ana Segovia, selected by Abraham Cruzvillegas. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frieze.com\/fairs\/frieze-london-frieze-masters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">press release<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe Singapore Biennale has announced the over 80 regional and international artists participating in its forthcoming edition titled \u201cPure Intention,\u201d held October 31 to March 29, 2026. The exhibit organized by the Singapore Art Museum (SAM) and commissioned by Singapore\u2019s National Arts Council, will include work by Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Guo-Liang Tan, Emily Floyd, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, and Pierre Huyghe. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.artasiapacific.com\/news\/weekly-news-roundup-september-12\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ArtAsiaPacific<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\tCultural workers in Tel Aviv continue to protest against the ongoing war in Gaza, and last week occupied the city\u2019s \u201chostage square,\u201d near the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. As part of their action, a group of musicians played a single note intended to mimic the sound of drones above Gaza, while others sang a single high note in a tribute to the Palestinian musician Ahmed Muin Abu Amsha. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theartnewspaper.com\/2025\/09\/12\/cultural-workers-in-tel-aviv-stage-silent-protest-against-the-destruction-of-gaza\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Art Newspaper<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\tExperts are concerned that Los Angeles is falling behind on planning and fundraising for the \u201cCultural Olympiad\u201d arts programming that is supposed to be part of the 2028 Olympic Games. \u201cThings should be further along,\u201d said Laura Zucker, who served as executive director of the Los Angeles Arts Commission. [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/09\/11\/arts\/design\/los-angeles-olympics-cultural-plan-lagging.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\t\tThe Kicker\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSHARED HISTORY. The descendants of slaves and their owners at a Maryland plantation are working together with archaeologists and volunteers to sift through historic remains on the 300-year-old\u00a0Sotterley Plantation, reports the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2025\/09\/14\/slavery-plantation-sotterley-history\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>. The plantation is located near one of the old ports on the Atlantic coast where slaves first landed on the Middle Passage. As a result, the\u00a0site was designated a National Historic Landmark, and it is also listed by the Unesco Site of Memory for the Routes of Enslaved Peoples. \u201cThis is a shared experience,\u201d said Gwen Bankins, 61, whose great-great-grandfather, Hilry Kane, was sold as a slave to the plantation owners for $600. Bankins spoke alongside John Briscoe Jr., 64, whose great-great-grandfather owned the Sotterley plantation and the slaves who lived on it. \u201cWe are both here because our ancestors survived. We have to learn it and share it,\u201d added Bankins. \u201cIt was a site of American history, of resilience and pain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being here!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter. The Headlines HUMAN REMAINS. 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