Art World Art Industry News: Did Membership in a New York Cult Contribute to the Demise of Jackson Pollock? + Other Stories Plus, Skarstedt Gallery beefs up its team with new hires and American artist John Dugger has died. By Artnet News, Jul 3, 2023
NFTs Beeple’s New—and Very Risqué—NFT Is the Artist’s First Work to Enter a Museum’s Permanent Collection The artwork is also the first NFT in Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Artte Contemporanea's collection. By Artnet News, Jul 3, 2023
Auctions The World’s Most Creative and Vibrant Timepieces Are Headed to Auction to Benefit Medical Research. See Them Here The 2019 edition of the biennial auction holds the world record for highest price paid for a wristwatch ($31 million). By Artnet News, Jul 3, 2023
Art World A Special Edition of Charles and Ray Eames’s Innovative Shell Chair of 1950 Gets a Reissue—Complete With Its Original Cat Design The chair was a collaboration between Charles and Ray Eames and the legendary 'New Yorker' illustrator Saul Steinberg. By Artnet News, Jul 2, 2023
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Found an Ancient Marble Bust That May Have Belonged to Caligula at the Bottom of an Italian Lake Experts suggest the sculpture lived on one of two ornate ships the hedonistic emperor commissioned in the 1st century C.E. By Artnet News, Jun 30, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Klimt in Context This week: looking at London's June auction week's mixed signals, how are Henry Street galleries holding up, Kennedy Yanko’s so-called paint skins, and much more. By Artnet News, Jun 30, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Brooklyn Museum Director Anne Pasternak Claps Back at Critics of the ‘It’s Pablo-Matic’ Show + Other Stories Plus, Taiwan has chosen its artist for the 2024 Venice Biennale and Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum has named a new director. By Artnet News, Jun 30, 2023
The Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: Inside the Controversy Over Hannah Gadsby’s ‘Pablo-matic’ Show An exhibition co-curated by comedian Hannah Gadsby was meant to criticize Pablo Picasso. Instead, the show itself has caught flak. By Artnet News, Jun 29, 2023
People ‘I Grew Up in a Very Pungent Home’: Watch Artist Anicka Yi Deep Fry Flowers as Part of Her Multi-Sensory, Biopolitical Practice As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Artnet News, Jun 29, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Prince William Has Knighted the Turner Prize-Winning Artist Grayson Perry + Other Stories Plus, the artist list is out for the São Paulo biennial and Hauser & Wirth now represents Daniel Turner. By Artnet News, Jun 29, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: The Heirs of Late Samsung Chairman and Art Collector Lee Kun-hee Are Facing a $10 Billion Inheritance Tax Bill + Other Stories Plus, Ireland sets up a committee on restitution and Claudette Johnson will get a spotlight at the Courtauld. By Artnet News, Jun 28, 2023
Auctions Beloved French Film Star Alain Delon’s Art Collection Fetched $8.8 Million at a Paris Auction, Doubling Its Low Estimate The top lot was a painting by Raoul Dufy, 'The Bay at Sainte-Adresse' (1906), which sold for $1.1 million. By Artnet News, Jun 27, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Princess Diana’s Cheeky ‘Black Sheep’ Sweater Could Fetch $50,000 at Auction + Other Stories Plus, a jewel scammer gets jail time in Dresden and Yasufumi Nakamori will helm the Asia Society in New York. By Artnet News, Jun 27, 2023
Crime A Tourist Was Caught on Camera Defacing the Colosseum With His Keys. He Could Face Serious Legal Consequences A stranger filmed the identified man scratching the words “Ivan + Hayley ‘23” on the historic landmark. By Artnet News, Jun 26, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: South Korean Student Thought a Museum Wanted Him to Eat the $120,000 Duct-Taped Banana + Other Stories Plus, the New Museum puts the focus on Mire Lee and Damien Hirst raises funds for Uganda. By Artnet News, Jun 26, 2023