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An Amateur Anthropologist Found a 17th-Century Coin That May Solve the Mystery of an Infamous Pirate Heist

Experts are in the midst of examining the coin trove—but so far, evidence suggests that the novice's theory is correct.

By Artnet News, Apr 6, 2021

Art World

Art Industry News: Princess Diana’s Statue Will Be Unveiled at Kensington Palace in a Project Guided by Her Feuding Sons + Other Stories

Plus, activists say the new plan to save Venice's lagoon doesn't go far enough, and a previously unknown Thomas Gainsborough is identified.

By Artnet News, Apr 6, 2021

Art World

Art Industry News: David Hockney Speaks Out on NFTs, Calling Them ‘Silly Little Things’ for ‘Crooks and Swindlers’ + Other Stories

Plus, the Pompidou will send its collection across France during its closure and Nike gets a restraining order against an art collective.

By Artnet News, Apr 5, 2021

Art World

From a Salvator Mundi NFT to Nike’s Lawsuit Over Satanic Sneakers: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week

Catch up on this week's news, fast.

By Artnet News, Apr 2, 2021

Art World

Art Industry News: There Are Signs That the Taint of ‘Tech Bro Culture’ Is Already Sinking the Sky-High NFT Market + Other News

Plus, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art pushes its opening to 2023 and the V&A reverses course on its controversial restructuring plan.

By Artnet News, Apr 2, 2021

Exhibitions

Painter Alice Neel’s Career Survey at the Met Suggests What Empathy Can Look Like in an Age of Difference—See Images Here

Neel had a deep sense for her sitters and their idiosyncrasies.

By Artnet News, Apr 2, 2021

The Art Angle

The Art Angle Podcast: How the Pandemic Totally Changed the Art Market

This week, Intelligence Report editor Julia Halperin joins the show to make sense of a year of art market data.

By Artnet News, Apr 2, 2021

Art World

For April Fool’s Day, Here Are 12 Art News Stories From the Past Year That Sound Like Jokes But Are Actually Real

Sometimes, truth is stranger and funnier than fiction.

By Artnet News, Apr 1, 2021

Art World

Art Industry News: DC’s Portrait Gallery Will Unveil a Placeholder Trump Portrait While the Fancy Real One Gets Cooked Up + Other Stories

Plus, The Weeknd is making NFT art now, too, and a South Carolina museum sneakily sells a work by Alma Thomas.

By Artnet News, Apr 1, 2021

Art World

Art Industry News: Damien Hirst Is Launching a New Eco-Friendly NFT Series About ‘the Boundaries of Art and Currency’ + Other Stories

Plus, NFT marketplace SuperRare raises $9 million from investors including Ashton Kutcher, and a new Berlin museum is a "climate disaster."

By Artnet News, Mar 31, 2021

Art and Law

Spanish Police Seized Forged Paintings Attributed to El Greco, Goya, and Modigliani After a Dealer Tried to Sell Them for €12.5 Million

Buyers had already lined up for the fake paintings.

By Artnet News, Mar 30, 2021

Art World

Art Industry News: A ‘Downpour of Stink Bombs’ at the Louvre Is Threatening to Dethrone the Museum’s Longtime Director + Other Stories

Plus, museum attendance plummeted 70 percent in 2020 and painter Joe Bradley leaves Gagosian for two smaller outfits.

By Artnet News, Mar 30, 2021

The Big Interview

‘Comeback? I Haven’t Ever Been There’: Artist Lorraine O’Grady on Why Her Retrospective, at Age 86, Feels Like Her First Big Break

On the occasion of a career retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum, Lorraine O'Grady discusses Boston, Basquiat, and caste in the art world.

By Artnet News, Mar 29, 2021

Politics

The Musée d’Orsay Will Be Renamed the Musée d’Orsay–Valéry Giscard d’Estaing—Really—in Honor of the Late French President Behind Its Founding

The former president helped establish the popular museum.

By Artnet News, Mar 29, 2021

Art World

Editors Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Jacob Lawrence Lecture to a Roadside Push to Pay Women Artists

Plus, a painting show at Andrew Kreps and a Rachel Rossin talk at the New Museum.

By Artnet News, Mar 29, 2021

Artnet News

An Amateur Anthropologist Found a 17th-Century Coin That May Solve the Mystery of an Infamous Pirate Heist

Art Industry News: Princess Diana’s Statue Will Be Unveiled at Kensington Palace in a Project Guided by Her Feuding Sons + Other Stories

Art Industry News: David Hockney Speaks Out on NFTs, Calling Them ‘Silly Little Things’ for ‘Crooks and Swindlers’ + Other Stories

From a Salvator Mundi NFT to Nike’s Lawsuit Over Satanic Sneakers: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week

Art Industry News: There Are Signs That the Taint of ‘Tech Bro Culture’ Is Already Sinking the Sky-High NFT Market + Other News

Painter Alice Neel’s Career Survey at the Met Suggests What Empathy Can Look Like in an Age of Difference—See Images Here

The Art Angle Podcast: How the Pandemic Totally Changed the Art Market

For April Fool’s Day, Here Are 12 Art News Stories From the Past Year That Sound Like Jokes But Are Actually Real

Art Industry News: DC’s Portrait Gallery Will Unveil a Placeholder Trump Portrait While the Fancy Real One Gets Cooked Up + Other Stories

Art Industry News: Damien Hirst Is Launching a New Eco-Friendly NFT Series About ‘the Boundaries of Art and Currency’ + Other Stories

Spanish Police Seized Forged Paintings Attributed to El Greco, Goya, and Modigliani After a Dealer Tried to Sell Them for €12.5 Million

Art Industry News: A ‘Downpour of Stink Bombs’ at the Louvre Is Threatening to Dethrone the Museum’s Longtime Director + Other Stories

‘Comeback? I Haven’t Ever Been There’: Artist Lorraine O’Grady on Why Her Retrospective, at Age 86, Feels Like Her First Big Break

The Musée d’Orsay Will Be Renamed the Musée d’Orsay–Valéry Giscard d’Estaing—Really—in Honor of the Late French President Behind Its Founding

Editors Picks: 11 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Jacob Lawrence Lecture to a Roadside Push to Pay Women Artists

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