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A French court has ordered the restitution of a Camille Pissarro painting sold at Sotheby's for £1.2m to the heirs of a Jewish banker. The ruling also sought to cancel the 2024 London sale, testing whether French judgments can reach UK commercial activity.
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Judge Tanya Chutkan's 14-day restraining order freezes all construction activity at Memorial Circle, pausing excavation, utility work and road closures. The ruling opens the door to multiple legal challenges over congressional approval and landscape impact.
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The Whitney Museum has named curator Meg Onli and director Zack Winokur to lead its 83rd Biennial, opening March 2028. Onli returns for a second turn after co-curating the 2024 edition.
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Companies House filings for ten major galleries show turnover rising at Zwirner, Lisson, Sprüth Magers and Goodman, falling at Pace, Hauser & Wirth and Pilar Corrias. There was no single story for the UK trade in 2025.
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Rochester-based Cornerstone Wealth Management has moved to Prospera Financial Services, bringing $600m in assets under management to the Dallas independent broker-dealer. Founders Marc Johnson and Gene Richardson lead the transition.
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GlobalData.TSLombard's Steven Blitz argues that returns will hinge on policy from the administration and the Federal Reserve rather than post-election rerating. Historical mid-term data show no consistent equity direction.
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Creative Planning has acquired Rockbridge Investment Management, a fee-only fiduciary wealth firm established in 1991, adding approximately $2.2bn in assets under management and 23 employees. The deal widens Creative Planning's footprint across central New York.
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A record 10% of first-time buyers paid all cash in the year through June, and 28% of those purchases were backed by inheritance, according to the National Association of Realtors.
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A court has dismissed a suit challenging the rollout of New York City's pied-à-terre tax. The levy targets single-family homes valued at $5 million or more and co-ops and condominiums worth at least $1 million.
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Following the cancellation of a John Galliano show, the Costume Institute will open a new everyday-objects-themed exhibition and 2027 Met Gala in May. Curator Andrew Bolton calls the earlier cancellation "disappointing for everyone involved."
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The former Pinault Foundation president and one-time Christie's chief has been named the next president of the Château de Versailles, effective November 9. He succeeds Christophe Leribault, who left in February to lead the Louvre.
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Museum Wiesbaden will hand back 10 human skulls to Indonesia on November 10, becoming the first German museum to repatriate human remains from the Dutch colonial era.
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Daniel Sikkema, 56, has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in the murder-for-hire of his estranged husband, New York art dealer Brent Sikkema. The 75-year-old co-owner of Sikkema Jenkins & Company was found dead in Rio de Janeiro in January 2024.
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Daniel Sikkema received life in prison for orchestrating the murder-for-hire of his husband, New York art dealer Brent Sikkema. The sentencing follows a May conviction on three federal charges.
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Five custom jewelry pieces Alexander Calder made for his sister, mother and niece will be offered at Bonhams this fall, valued at nearly $300,000. The auction star is a circa 1940 silver necklace made for his sister Margaret “Peggy” Calder Hayes, estimated at $100,000–$150,000.
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Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Turin is presenting "La Ragnatela," a mini-retrospective by Andrea Bowers on the Italian ecofeminist camp founded in Comiso in 1983. Works span 2003 to newly made pieces.
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GlobalData's Q1-Q3 2026 league table shows Morgan Stanley ahead by value at $67.4bn, with Houlihan Lokey leading by volume across 38 advised deals.
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Aprio has agreed to acquire Garner Asset Management, an SEC-registered fee-only RIA in Plano, Texas, folding it into a wealth division overseeing roughly $6.1bn in assets under advisement. Terms were not disclosed.
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Beacon Pointe Advisors has purchased ACT Wealth Management, absorbing roughly $637m in assets under management. The deal lifts Beacon Pointe's total assets under advisement to about $71bn.
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Bluespring Wealth has acquired the wealth management division of Ohio's Whitaker-Myers, a practice overseeing roughly $920m in client assets. The Wooster firm joins the River Valley platform, which now reports $2.4bn in assets.
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GlobalData's league table for Q1–Q3 2026 places Sullivan & Cromwell first by deal value at $38.9bn and Kirkland & Ellis first by volume with 32 deals. Both leaders saw year-on-year declines even as their rankings improved.
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Fernando Calvillo, director of community relations at the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition and a fixture of Oklahoma City's art scene, was killed in a train collision in Toledo, Spain. His husband, Lawrence Naff, is expected to recover.
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A 17th-century painting stolen from a French museum in 1940 has been found at a Swiss auction house and is being returned, thanks to an inventive ‘Wanted’ poster campaign.
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The Berlin-based artist was commissioned by New York Magazine to illustrate 26 influential AI engineers, founders and thinkers, generating portraits with an AI-assisted, VHS-like aesthetic.
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