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Pharmaceuticals Billionaire Buys Record-Breaking Indian Painting, Venice Biennale Faces Artist Protest: Morning Links for April 2, 2026

ARTnews.com·George Nelson·about 2 months ago
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To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter . The Headlines BEARING WITNESS . Today, the acclaimed French-Lebanese artist Ali Cherri , together with the International Federation for Human Rights , filed a complaint with the French War Crimes Unit against “unknown perpetrators,” and denouncing the Israeli army’s bombing of civilian homes in Lebanon, according to a press release . On November 26, 2024, hours before a ceasefire, Cherri’s parents, Mahmoud Naim Cherri and Nadira Hayek, were killed when the Israeli military bombed their apartment in Beirut . The attack killed a total of seven people. Targeting a civilian home “could constitute a war crime under French criminal law and international humanitarian law,” reads the statement. “My sisters and I decided to legally pursue this case a year ago. It was an important but deeply difficult decision,” wrote Ali Cherri on Instagram . THE PRICE IS RIGHT .…

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