Artnet News Pro Here Are the 15 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction Around the World in April 2022 Sotheby's Hong Kong sales made up the majority of the top lots in April. By Caroline Goldstein, 2 hours ago
People ‘Painting Is Like Keeping a Diary’: Artist Cristina BanBan on Exploring Her Psyche by Depicting the Lives of Others The Spanish-born painter is especially interested in depicting women. By Jennifer Piejko, 2 days ago
Shows & Exhibitions In Pictures: Anselm Kiefer Marks Venice’s 1,600th Anniversary With a Startling Vision of Ice and Fire The show is also a meditation on the late Italian philosopher Andrea Emo. By Dorian Batycka, 1 hour ago
Art Whirled You Didn’t Think Working at an Art Fair Was Actually Glamorous, Did You? [Cartoon] Art Whirled is a series of weekly cartoons on Artnet News that poke fun at the extremely ripe target of the art world and art market. By Guy Richards Smit, 2 hours ago
Travel An Odyssey of Oneiric Visions Awaits Travelers at the Villa Carmignac, on the French Island of Porquerolles With the Fondation Carmignac's latest exhibition, "Ulysses' Dream," the tiny island is a dreamy spot for an art-filled holiday. By Naomi Rea, 2 hours ago
Style Virgil Abloh’s Final Ode to Louis Vuitton and Nike Inspires a New Exhibition in Brooklyn 47 styles of the iconic Air Force 1 sneaker are showcased in a Greenpoint, Brooklyn warehouse—all of them designed by Abloh. By William Van Meter, 2 days ago
Art Fairs We Sent an Illustrator to Frieze New York to Capture All the Action—See Images Here Susan Coyne made her way through the fair, hobnobbing with visitors, to offer us an illustrator's sense of what the show looks like. By Artnet News, 2 days ago
Art Fairs 5 Under-the-Radar Works to Seek Out at Frieze New York, From an Edward Said-Themed Dance to an Artist’s Poignant Memorial Keep an eye out for these hidden gems at the fair. By Tim Schneider, 2 days ago
Art World From the Multi-Billion Dollar Auction Week to the Most Expensive Art Fairs: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this week's news, fast. By Artnet News, 2 days ago
Wet Paint Wet Paint in the Wild: ‘Boston Art Review’ Founder Jameson Johnson Photographs Her Way Around Beantown In this week's edition, Johnson runs into Mickalene Thomas. By Annie Armstrong, 2 days ago
Art World Maestro Dobel Celebrates the Legacy of Mexican Tequila With a Quietly Bold Pop-Up Lounge for Frieze New York The esteemed tequila brought Ricardo Legorreta's modern Mexican designs to the fair. By Artnet News in Partnership With Maestro Dobel Tequila, 2 days ago
Art Fairs 5 Highlights at the 2022 AIPAD Photography Show, From an Archive of an Artist’s Everyday Life to New Prints by a Lost Master Forty-nine galleries from 23 cities are partaking in the event. By Taylor Dafoe, 2 days ago
Politics Germany Bumps Up Culture Spending by 7 Percent to $2.4 Billion, Citing Link Between Arts and Democracy The budget represents a 7 percent rise over last year's. By Amah-Rose Abrams, 2 days ago
The Back Room The Back Room: Sequel Success This week: wrapping up New York’s auctions, a stampede of artists switching stables, a verbal joust in a bidding war, and much more. By Tim Schneider, 2 days ago
Museums The Andy Warhol Museum Is Building a $60 Million, Six-Block ‘Pop District’ in an Attempt to Turn Pittsburgh Into a Cultural Hub The museum aims to create job opportunities for young people, in the spirit of Warhol's Factory. By Sarah Cascone, 2 days ago
The Art Detective The Surprising New Record for Ernie Barnes Didn’t Come From Left Field. We Deconstruct the Playbook For Selling ‘The Sugar Shack’ How the players pulled off a jaw-dropping sale that is already reshaping the artist's market. By Katya Kazakina, 3 days ago
NFTs ‘I Thought It Was a Good Time to Buy’: Adam Lindemann on Why He Snapped Up the Beeple Madonna NFT During the Crypto Crash "Madonna is still Madonna," he told Artnet News. By Katya Kazakina, 3 days ago
