Art World The Late Fashion Designer Karl Lagerfeld’s Collection of Art, Blazers, and Other Belongings Sold for $13.5 Million at Sotheby’s France A portrait of Lagerfeld’s cat Choupette sold for $23,000. By Amah-Rose Abrams, 7 hours ago
NFTs Artist Pak Just Sold 266,445 Shares of an NFT for $91.8 Million on Nifty Gateway—Making Him (Arguably?) Pricier Than Jeff Koons Nearly 30,000 buyers bought portions of the work, which could, in theory, be merged into a single NFT. By Amah-Rose Abrams, 12 hours ago
Shows & Exhibitions ‘I Discovered All Sorts of Things About Myself’: Artist Lubaina Himid on What She Learned Mixing Works From Different Eras at Tate Modern We spoke with the artist on the occasion of her impressive new Tate Modern exhibition. By Amah-Rose Abrams, 2 days ago
Art World Non-Fungible Tokens Are Deemed the Most Powerful Entity in the Art World in ArtReview’s 2021 Power 100 Ranking Some of the usual, sentient, suspects still made the cut. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Dec 1, 2021
Archaeology In a Breakthrough, Italy Will Return a Piece of the Parthenon Frieze to Greece Under a Long-Term Loan Agreement Could this be a way for Greece to finally reunite the Parthenon? By Amah-Rose Abrams, Dec 1, 2021
People Cryptocurrency Billionaire Justin Sun Has Bought More Than $100 Million Worth of Art This Year. So What’s He Going to Do With It? Some works will be uploaded to the metaverse. But he has plans for the IRL objects, too. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 29, 2021
People Virgil Abloh, Creative Genius Whose Vision for Fashion Transcended Boundaries and Crossed Into Art, Has Died at 41 The much-loved designer passed away after a quiet battle with cancer. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 29, 2021
Politics Turkey Has Extended the Imprisonment of Philanthropist and Art Patron Osman Kavala, Inflaming International Human Rights Bodies Amnesty International has called for the European Council to suspend Turkey's membership. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 26, 2021
Politics Germany Has Tapped the Prominent Green Party Politician Claudia Roth as Its Next Culture Minister, Signaling the Role’s Growing Influence The vocal human rights campaigner and former rock band manager succeeds Monika Grütters in the post. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 26, 2021
Museums Fotografiska Aims to Become the Largest Private Museum in the World by 2023, Unveiling Plans to Expand to Miami, Shanghai, and Berlin Its Miami location will be next-door to the Rubell Museum. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 26, 2021
Archaeology Holy Cow! Bison Have Uncovered an Ancient Rock-Art Trove In Canada, Just as an Indigenous Prophecy Once Predicted The petroglyphs will now go on view at a museum. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 25, 2021
Galleries A New York Dealer Drops Partner Michael Ruiz After Artists Complained He Withheld Their Work and Payments for Sales Nicole Calderòn has broken company with Future Gallery's Michael Ruiz. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 24, 2021
Archaeology ‘The Largest Prehistoric Structure Found in Britain’: Neolithic Humans Created a Massive Ring of Pits Near Stonehenge, Scientists Find The circle of precisely built shafts with the Durrington Walls at its center is 20 times bigger than Stonehenge. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 24, 2021
Art World A New York Woman Used This Mosaic From Caligula’s Party Boat as a Coffee Table for Years. Now, It Has Been Returned to Italy Caligula commissioned the mosaic for his dance floor on the ship. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 23, 2021
Museums Moscow’s Garage Museum Will Expand Into a 100-Year-Old Abandoned Exhibition Pavilion in Gorky Park The historic building, to be redesigned by Japanese architects SANAA, will include new facilities and gallery space. By Amah-Rose Abrams, Nov 22, 2021
