Pop Culture Géricault Can Dunk? An Instagram Account Finding Uncanny Similarities Between Art Masterpieces and Sports Photos Has Gone Viral The meme account, ArtButMakeItSports, has paired Bill Russell with Jacob Lawrence and Kevin Durant with Salvador Dalí. By Artnet News, Aug 12, 2022
Archaeology & History An Ancient Portrait of a Mystery King Has Been Unearthed at the Foot of a 4,300-Year-Old Pyramid in China The stone sculpture could offer clues to the identity of the region’s ruling class. By Artnet News, Aug 11, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: Hedge-Funder Ken Griffin Reveals Why He Spent $43 Million to Stop a DAO From Buying the U.S. Constitution + Other Stories Plus, Tehran gets a Western art show, and a prized Il Morazzone painting won't be leaving the U.K. anytime soon. By Artnet News, Aug 11, 2022
Style In Pictures: See How Genre-Bending Designer Stephen Sprouse Translated the 1980s Downtown New York Aesthetic to High Fashion The show is on view through April 2, 2023. By Artnet News, Aug 11, 2022
Archaeology & History Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia Have Unearthed an 8,000-Year-Old Settlement That Includes an Tribute to the Deity Khaal Also discovered at the site were the remains of Neolithic structures and a complex irrigation system. By Artnet News, Aug 10, 2022
Auctions Michael Jordan’s Game-Worn Chicago Bulls Jersey From His Final NBA Championship Run Could Fetch $5 Million at Sotheby’s Jordan wore the jersey during the Chicago Bulls's "last dance" run at a title, which resulted in a win over the Utah Jazz. By Artnet News, Aug 10, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: Archaeologists Rebury an Ancient, ‘First-of-Its-Kind’ Villa in England to Protect It for the Future + Other Stories Plus, artist Lubaina Himid wins a $200,000 prize and Qatar Museums goes big on public art for the World Cup. By Artnet News, Aug 10, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: Jim Carrey Has Teamed Up With His Daughter on a ‘Goon’-y New $50,000 NFT + Other Stories Plus, Creative Capital names new board members and Canada considers a rewrite of its copyright laws. By Artnet News, Aug 9, 2022
Art & Exhibitions In Pictures: How American Artists Captured the Exotic Allures of Spain and Portugal in Woozily Romantic Watercolors a Century Ago The show features Impressionist works by Childe Hassam and others. By Artnet News, Aug 8, 2022
Art & Tech A Physicist’s Awe-Inspiring Photo of a Distant Red Star Went Viral on Twitter. Then He Revealed It Was a Slice of Chorizo Etienne Klein later apologized for the ungenu(sw)ine image. By Artnet News, Aug 8, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: Tate Shells Out a Six-Figure Settlement to Artists Who Sued Over Discrimination + Other Stories Plus, a London museum will return historic treasures to Nigeria, and Ai Weiwei is curating a show of work by incarcerated artists. By Artnet News, Aug 8, 2022
Art World From Notre Dame’s Dramatic Reopening to More Activists Gluing Themselves to Art: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this week's news, fast. By Artnet News, Aug 5, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: Damien Hirst Throws His ‘100 Percent Support’ Behind NFTs With Plans to Burn Even More of His Art + Other Stories Plus, artists curate a museum show from John Waters's collection, and Stephen Hawking's Volkswagen comes to auction. By Artnet News, Aug 5, 2022
Art & Exhibitions In Pictures: See Jeff Koons’s Luxurious Art Offerings to Apollo, God of the Sun, on the Greek Island of Hydra The show is a “metaphysical dialogue between the contemporary and ancient,” according to organizers. By Artnet News, Aug 5, 2022
The Art Angle The Art Angle Podcast: How Virgil Abloh Changed the Contemporary Art World The first posthumous retrospective of the designer is on view in "Virgil Abloh: Figures of Speech" at the Brooklyn Museum. By Artnet News, Aug 5, 2022