Artnet News Pro Hot Lots: 5 Works That Shattered Expectations During New York’s 2023 Spring Sales We look at the lots that overperformed last week and consider what it tells us about the state of the market. By Artnet News, May 25, 2023
Crime Police in Italy Busted a Major Antiquities Trafficking Ring, Seizing Some 3,500 Relics in the Process Twenty-one suspects faces charges of criminal conspiracy, theft, and the illegal export of goods. By Artnet News, May 25, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Groundbreaking Experimental Filmmaker Kenneth Anger Has Died at 96 + Other Stories Plus, Tate Britain's rehang has divided critics, and a legal tussle erupts over an Anna Weyant painting flip. By Artnet News, May 25, 2023
Pop Culture The Bar From the Sitcom ‘Cheers’ Is Up for Auction, Part of an Incredible Collection of TV History That Was Once Meant to Fill a Museum Want to make meth with Walter White’s tools, or crack jokes at David Letterman’s desk? Now’s your chance. By Artnet News, May 24, 2023
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Say These 9,000-Year-Old Engravings, Found in Middle Eastern Deserts, Are the Earliest Known Architectural Drawings No other artifacts from this time show such mental mastery of spacial perception, archaeologists say. By Artnet News, May 24, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Picasso Museum Workers in Spain Held a Silent Protest to Demand Equal Pay + Other Stories Plus, the U.K. is extending its ivory ban and the Gropius Bau launches an AI program. By Artnet News, May 24, 2023
The Art Angle The Art Angle Presents: How the Intersection of Art, Design, and Technology Is Evolving Artists Trevor Paglen, Khyati Trehan, and Sebastian Errazuriz discuss the metaverse, NFTs, A.I., and what it all means for the art world and beyond. By Artnet News, May 23, 2023
Artnet News Pro Who Won Auction Week? Here Are 12 Takeaways From New York’s Nearly $1.5 Billion Spring Sales From the priciest work to the biggest flop (and more), here are our parting observations from New York's marquee auctions this May. By Artnet News, May 23, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Spain Puts the Finishing Touches on Its Very Fancy $186 Million Royal Museum + Other Stories Plus, climate activists turn the Trevi Fountain black and Kurt Cobain's guitar sells for $600,000. By Artnet News, May 23, 2023
Art World The Long-Awaited Powerhouse Arts Has Opened in Brooklyn to Offer Fabrication Facilities to Local Artists The new arts venue offers fabrication facilities for ceramic, print, and public art, as well as space for education and events. By Artnet News, May 22, 2023
Art World Art Industry News: Brazil’s Decolonial Pavilion Takes the Golden Lion at the Venice Architecture Biennale + Other Stories Plus, a major De Kooning show will be held in Venice and Saudi Arabia is developing two new museums. By Artnet News, May 22, 2023
Archaeology & History A Diver Discovered an 1,800-Year-Old Shipwreck Off the Coast of Israel Containing a Trove of Marble Artifacts The rare find has also resolved an ongoing archeological debate. By Artnet News, May 20, 2023
Art & Exhibitions In Pictures: The Museum of Arts and Design’s ‘Funk You Too!’ Exhibition Traces the Irreverent Roots of the Contemporary Clay Craze The show heralds the artists of the 1960s Bay Area-based Funk movement as spiritual forebears of today's hottest talents working in clay. By Artnet News, May 20, 2023
The Back Room The Back Room: Buyer’s Choice This week: inside the collecting mind, a gossip hound’s how-to guide, a very Lalanne toast to the weekend, and much more. By Artnet News, May 19, 2023
Art & Tech A New A.I. Image Generator Is Promising to Pay Royalties to Artists Who Submit Work to Train Its Model So far, nearly two dozen artists have registered on Ascendant Art. By Artnet News, May 19, 2023