Artnet News Pro Here Are the 15 Most Expensive Artworks Sold at Auction Around the World in August 2022 We combed through the data to bring you the priciest lots of August 2022. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 20, 2022
Galleries 11 Buzzy Gallery Shows Not to Miss in New York This Month, From Uptown to Tribeca Mark your calendars. By Caroline Goldstein & Sarah Cascone, Sep 19, 2022
Auctions A Jersey Michael Jordan Wore in the Famous ‘Last Dance’ 1998 NBA Finals Just Sold at Sotheby’s for $10.1 Million The jersey is now the most expensive piece of game-worn sports memorabilia sold at auction. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 15, 2022
Art World Paris Will Turn Off the Eiffel Tower’s Evening Lights Early in a Bid to Save Energy "France will always be the City of Light," the mayor assured Parisians. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 13, 2022
Museums In Pictures: A Show Dedicated to Ramses the Great Offers Up Ancient Egyptian Statuary, Glittering Jewelry—and a Virtual-Reality Experience A new show at the de Young Museum in San Francisco will bring together a trove of 180 artifacts. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 9, 2022
People In Pictures: See How Artists Have Captured Queen Elizabeth II, the U.K.’s Longest-Serving Monarch, Through Seven Decades of Her Reign The Queen died on Thursday at age 96. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 8, 2022
Museums The Uffizi Is Sending Its Art From Florence to Shanghai to Help Boost Tourism in China—for a Tidy Fee of $6 Million in Return An exhibition of self-portraits is the first of a series that will bring the Uffizi's masterpieces to the Bund One Museum. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 8, 2022
Events and Parties The Instagram-Favorite Artist Who Makes Masks Out of Food Is the Star of a New Show About the Intersection of Art and Cuisine The artist Antonius Oki Wiriadjaja, also known as Foodmasku, will also lead a performance at Brooklyn's Invisible Dog Art Center. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 8, 2022
Politics Barack and Michelle Obama Have Returned to the White House to Unveil Their Official Presidential Portraits—See Them Here This is the first portrait unveiling ceremony in more than ten years. By Caroline Goldstein, Sep 7, 2022
Art World For the First Time, James Turrell Is Installing a Skyspace at a Children’s School in Manhattan—and the Public Can Visit, Too The Friends Seminary School will soon be home to one of the artist's famous light installations. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 25, 2022
Archaeology A Renowned Archaeologist Is Calling on European Museums to Return the Rosetta Stone and Other Historic Treasures Hawass is hoping that European museums will reconsider in the wake of a wave of repatriation successes. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 23, 2022
Art History Why a Long-Lost Vorticist Landscape Found Hidden Beneath a 1921 Wyndham Lewis Painting Tells a Story of Art, Idealism, and Broken Friendship Lewis and and fellow artist Helen Saunders had a falling out. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 23, 2022
Science & Tech ‘I’d Like You All to Meet My Aerobe Friend’: Watch Artist Anicka Yi Give Her First TED Talk—Alongside a Giant Robotic Organism The artist makes a case for a less fearful view of machine learning and other advanced technologies. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 22, 2022
Art World ‘I’m Trying to Understand the Visual World Around Me’: Watch Fred Wilson Connect His Multi-Racial Family Background Through His Practice As part of a collaboration with Art21, hear news-making artists describe their inspirations in their own words. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 18, 2022
Pop Culture This 18th-Century Sculpture of Baby Jesus Looks Just Like Mark Zuckerberg, and Even Twitter’s Jack Dorsey Has Weighed In Zuckerberg bears such a striking resemblance to the Christ child that you won't be able to look away. By Caroline Goldstein, Aug 17, 2022