Vittoria Benzine, Author at Art News Global

21 Dec Robert Frank's 'Mary's Book' Goes on Rare View in Boston

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The Americans (1958) wasn’t the first photobook Robert Frank ever made. That would be 40 Fotos (1946), a hand-bound compilation of work which the revolutionary American photographer produced while still apprenticing in Switzerland. Frank made three more over the next six years—including a scrapbook for...

20 Dec Hundreds of Tiny Saintly Statues Unearthed in Historic German Square

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Excavations at Berlin’s historic Molkenmarkt might be drawing to a close, but the sprawling site—which dates back to the German capital’s enigmatic origins—still has surprises in store. This week, authorities announced that they have found two mid-15th-century figurines depicting saints, plus a stash of nearly...

20 Dec SFMOMA Has Abruptly Fired Contemporary Art Curator Eungie Joo

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The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) unexpectedly terminated contemporary art curator Eungie Joo’s tenure this week. “In accordance with institutional policy on workplace conduct, Eungie Joo was separated from SFMOMA on December 17,” a museum spokesperson said in a statement provided to Artnet News...

20 Dec Vittoria Benzine, Author at Artnet News |

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Vittoria Benzine Vittoria Benzine is a Brooklyn-based journalist covering contemporary art with a focus on storytelling, counterculture, and magic. She also contributes to Maxim, the Brooklyn...

19 Dec Iconic Margiela Designs Are Hitting the Auction Block in a Historic Sale

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One of the buzziest events awaiting trendsetters at next month’s Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week will take place not on the catwalk, but the auction block. For the latest installment in their ongoing biannual collaborations, Parisian auction house Maurice Auction and London-based Kerry Taylor Auctions are...

19 Dec A New Show at the Dalí Museum Honors Surrealist Photographers

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This year’s wide-ranging Surrealism celebrations have explored aspects from feminism to the African diaspora. Few, though, have highlighted how the advent of modern photography helped shape the movement. Now, the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida has opened “The Subversive Eye: Surrealist and Experimental Photography from...

19 Dec Thousands of Stolen Greek Artifacts Turned Up in an Athens Basement

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Efforts to repatriate Greek artifacts from abroad, such as the campaign to reclaim the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum, tend to get all the attention. But the biggest, latest news on the restoration of stolen Greek treasures actually comes from within the country’s own...