The Back Room The Back Room: Private Parties This week, Perrotin's private equity partnership, Jordan Wolfson's lonely view of success, where private museums proliferate, and much more. By Artnet News, Jun 23, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: The Graffiti Artist Who Keeps Tagging the Door of Anna Delvey’s Residence Has Been Identified + Other Stories Plus, a UNESCO site in Palestine is under threat from a planned Israeli settlement, and Bookforum returns. By Artnet News, Jun 23, 2023
Auctions A Highly Coveted Banksy Painting Offered by Fashion Icon Paul Smith Could Rake in $2.3 Million at Auction The modified thrift store canvas will hit the block at Bonhams London. By Artnet News, Jun 22, 2023
Archaeology & History A 42,000-Year-Old Pendant Discovered in Mongolia Could Be the Earliest Phallic Art Ever Found by Archaeologists It may predate the oldest known representations of human sex organs by 2,000 years. By Artnet News, Jun 22, 2023
The Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: Why This A.I. Art Pioneer Thinks Text-to-Image Generators Are Killing Creativity This week, the A.I. researcher and founder of Playform joins Artnet editor Min Chen to discuss the future of creativity. By Artnet News, Jun 22, 2023
Art World The New Season of Art21’s Flagship TV Series Premieres With Profiles of ‘Artist Investigators’ Hank Willis Thomas, the Guerrilla Girls, and More As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Artnet News, Jun 22, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Solange Knowles Launches—and Sells Out—Her First Artist-Commissioned Glassware Collection + Other Stories Plus, the U.K.'s largest survey on Carrie Mae Weems opens at the Barbican and the Nordic Pavilion had names its artists for its Venice Biennale pavilion. By Artnet News, Jun 22, 2023
Archaeology & History A Couple Renovating Their Kitchen in Denmark Found an Ancient Stone Carved With Viking Runes The stone may be one of the oldest and rarest of its kind, and is now being studied by experts. By Artnet News, Jun 21, 2023
Art World A Nonprofit Art Fund Helped the U.K.’s Public Collections Acquire 900 Artworks in 2022 The organization awarded a £2.5 million grant to help London’s National Portrait Gallery purchase Sir Joshua Reynolds’s ‘Portrait of Mai.’ By Artnet News, Jun 21, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: A Court Investigates ‘Contradictory’ Claims Among Dealer Johann König’s Accusers + Other Stories Plus, Documenta has managed to stay within budget, and a mysterious sculpture appeared on New York's High Line. By Artnet News, Jun 21, 2023
On View In Pictures: Georg Baselitz Pairs His Paintings With Old Masters—Especially Nudes—for a Museum Show in Vienna To celebrate his 85th birthday, Baselitz shows five decades of his own work with that of 40 Old Masters. By Artnet News, Jun 20, 2023
Artnet News Pro Price Check! Here’s What Sold—and For How Much—at Art Basel 2023 Here's what dealers say they sold at the flagship event. By Artnet News, Jun 20, 2023
Law & Politics Meow Wolf Wins a Partial Victory in a Copyright Lawsuit Brought by an Artist Who Made Work for Its Santa Fe Flagship The motion brings the knotty lawsuit one step closer to conclusion, though many claims in the case still need to be resolved. By Artnet News, Jun 20, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Artist Takashi Murakami Worries He Will Be ‘Replaced’ by A.I. Someday + Other Stories Plus, the Berlin Biennale gets postponed, and the Kunstmuseum Basel names its new leader. By Artnet News, Jun 20, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Split Decision? This week: our debrief on Art Basel and what it portends for the art market, the appalling accommodations at Les Trois Rois, Steve Wynn shops a Rothko for $60 million, and much more. By Artnet News, Jun 16, 2023