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High Hopes Ahead of Art Basel Hong Kong—and More Art News

Cs news3 months ago06 mins

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines HONG KONG TEMP CHECK. Ahead of Art Basel Hong Kong opening this week, in a piece for ARTnews, Ilaria Maria Sala analyzes the factors impacting the region’s art market. Despite “shaky” confidence in light of moderate 2.6 percent GDP growth, China’s slowing economy, sluggish auction sales, and…

The British Museum says it is partly closed after a fired employee shut down IT systems

Cs news5 months ago04 mins

LONDON (AP) — The British Museum, the country’s most popular tourist attraction, was partially closed to the public on Saturday after an employee who had been fired broke in and shut down computer systems, museum management said. The museum in central London, which attracts almost 6 million visitors a year, closed its temporary exhibitions and…