SA Chase at Arts

10/06/2026

With the transfer of wealth between generations expected to accelerate over the coming decades, fresh lawsuits and convictions in the US, including a row over underpricing, are highlighting how easily disputes still arise following the death of an artist or collector, and revealing weaknesses in the market.

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/10/05/estate-fallouts-expose-weaknesses-in-the-market

09/05/2026

And education staff dismissed?

The long-awaited, $1 billion Lucas Museum of Narrative Art doesn’t live up to nearly two decades of hype.

09/03/2026

Elaborate coffins, produced by Ghanaian artisans, are the centerpieces of funerals that celebrate the life of the deceased and get them to the afterlife in style.

09/03/2026

You don’t need to like or understand everything you view, but curiosity opens perspectives.

I love art museums and I love art, but I don’t love every museum I visit or every piece of art I see. Often, I don’t even understand what it is that I am looking at, especially when it comes to contemporary art or abstract sculptures.

08/26/2026

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The monumental painting was recently deinstalled from the US embassy in the Dominican Republic, with ambassador Leah Campos calling it an example of “globalist and woke ideologies”

08/26/2026

Consider joining us for this fabulously informative, colleaguial and refreshing Southwest Art History Conference in Taos, NM, October 7-9, 2026. You won’t regret it!

The Southwest Art History Council (SWAHC) is pleased to announce that registration for the 2026 Southwest Art History Conference is now open. The conference will be held at the Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos, New Mexico October 7-9, 2026. Click here to open a copy of the program. You can regist...

08/22/2026

08/07/2026

The Trump administration’s latest order marks an unprecedented effort to subordinate one of America's foremost public institutions to partisan power.

08/04/2026

Coming after a history museum may not be the base-galvanizing issue Trump thinks it is.