Art Basel Miami Beach is the first major US fair to open since Donald Trump won the 2024 US presidential election
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From breaking news and insider insights to exhibitions and events around the world, the team at The Art Newspaper picks apart the art world’s big stories with the help of special guests. An award-winning podcast hosted by Ben Luke.
The Art Newspaper’s editor, Americas, Ben Sutton, and our art market editor, Kabir Jhala, are in Florida and report on the sales and the mood on the first VIP day at Art Basel Miami Beach.
On 8 December, the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris will reopen, more than five years after the fire that partly destroyed it. Ben Luke talks to one of the architects responsible for its rise from the ashes, Pascal Prunet.
The southern rose of Notre-Dame cathedral, a 13th-century masterpiece, is revealed after its restoration
Photo: David Bordes; © Rebatir Notre-Dame de Paris
And this episode’s Work of the Week is The Madonna and Child with Saints (1526-27) by Parmigianino, better known as The Vision of Saint Jerome. The painting this week returned to public display for the first time in 10 years, in a new exhibition at the National Gallery in London, following conservation, and we talk to Maria Alambritis, the show’s co-curator.
The restored The Madonna and Child with Saints John the Baptist and Jerome (1526-7) by Parmigianino © The National Gallery, London