https://artcestry.org/unframed/ News and views from the global art world. en-GB Thu, 08 Oct 2026 01:23:00 GMT https://artcestry.org/unframed/berlin-benin-bronzes-ownership-moved-to-nigeria-what-changed/ https://artcestry.org/unframed/berlin-benin-bronzes-ownership-moved-to-nigeria-what-changed/ Thu, 08 Oct 2026 01:23:00 GMT Policy and restitution <p>Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz gave Nigeria ownership of 512 works in 2022, with some to stay in Berlin on loan.</p><figure><img src="https://artcestry.org/images/unframed/berlin-benin-bronzes-ownership-moved-to-nigeria-what-changed.jpg" alt="Benin plaque in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection, shown as a comparable example, not one of the objects transferred by Berlin" width="1200" height="1436"><figcaption><a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1999.1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Plaque, 1500s–1600s. Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igun Eronmwon (royal brasscasters) guild. Copper alloy; overall: 45.7 x 38.1 cm (18 x 15 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1999.1. Comparable Cleveland plaque, not one of the objects transferred by Berlin.</a> | <a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/open-access" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Creative Commons CC0 1.0</a> | resized</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://artcestry.org/unframed/berlin-benin-bronzes-ownership-moved-to-nigeria-what-changed/">Read the full post on Artcestry</a></p> https://artcestry.org/unframed/how-el-anatsui-built-behind-the-red-moon-from-bottle-tops/ https://artcestry.org/unframed/how-el-anatsui-built-behind-the-red-moon-from-bottle-tops/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:43:00 GMT Artists and culture <p>Tate describes a work made from used bottle tops, shaped by hand into three huge hangings.</p><figure><img src="https://artcestry.org/images/unframed/how-el-anatsui-built-behind-the-red-moon-from-bottle-tops.png" alt="Typographic card reading How El Anatsui turned bottle tops into Behind the Red Moon on a cream background with the Artcestry mark" width="1200" height="630"></figure><p><a href="https://artcestry.org/unframed/how-el-anatsui-built-behind-the-red-moon-from-bottle-tops/">Read the full post on Artcestry</a></p> https://artcestry.org/unframed/what-you-can-do-with-an-open-access-museum-image/ https://artcestry.org/unframed/what-you-can-do-with-an-open-access-museum-image/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 07:13:00 GMT Museums and exhibitions <p>The Cleveland Museum of Art lets you reuse its open access images without asking, including in things you sell.</p><figure><img src="https://artcestry.org/images/unframed/what-you-can-do-with-an-open-access-museum-image.jpg" alt="John Linnell&#39;s painting of a stormy valley, with Noah and his family beside the ark; a Creative Commons Zero image from Cleveland" width="1263" height="831"><figcaption><a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1972.119" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noah: The Eve of the Deluge, 1848. John Linnell (British, 1792–1882). Oil on canvas; framed: 168.5 x 242.5 x 9.5 cm (66 5/16 x 95 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.); unframed: 146 x 221 cm (57 1/2 x 87 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1972.119</a> | <a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/open-access" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Creative Commons CC0 1.0</a> | no changes</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://artcestry.org/unframed/what-you-can-do-with-an-open-access-museum-image/">Read the full post on Artcestry</a></p> https://artcestry.org/unframed/hammer-price-is-not-the-final-bill/ https://artcestry.org/unframed/hammer-price-is-not-the-final-bill/ Wed, 07 Oct 2026 01:23:00 GMT Market and auctions <p>Bonhams, Phillips and Sotheby&#39;s add a buyer&#39;s premium to the winning bid. Bonhams and Sotheby&#39;s add taxes too, so the hammer price is not the full bill.</p><figure><img src="https://artcestry.org/images/unframed/hammer-price-is-not-the-final-bill.jpg" alt="Engraving of a busy auction room: an auctioneer raises his hammer as a porter shows a framed painting to bidders in top hats" width="1600" height="1236"><figcaption><a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1921.1481" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879), engraved by Charles Maurand (French, 1824–1904), printed by François Louis Schmied (Swiss, 1873–1941). Painting Enthusiasts at Auction House Bouillon, 1862, printed 1920. Wood engraving. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Ralph King, 1921.1481</a> | <a href="https://www.clevelandart.org/open-access" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Creative Commons CC0 1.0</a> | resized</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://artcestry.org/unframed/hammer-price-is-not-the-final-bill/">Read the full post on Artcestry</a></p>