Art & Tech What Is Vermeer’s Beloved ‘Milkmaid’ Hiding? Scholars Have Used New X-Ray Technology to Find the Secrets Beneath Its Surface To complete the study, the Rijksmuseum enlisted an interdisciplinary team of conservators and scientists. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 8, 2022
On View U.K. Artist Marcus Coates Worked With People Recovering From Mental Illness to Create Films Capturing Their Experiences of Psychosis The new series "The Directors" was commissioned by the public art organization Artangel. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 8, 2022
Crime A Golden Baby Sculpture by Grayson Perry Was Stolen From a Bristol Gallery in Broad Daylight The limited-edition ceramic was made in honor of the nurses and families the artist met in a neonatal unit. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 7, 2022
NFTs Owners of Justin Aversano’s ‘Cognition’ NFTs Can Claim the Physical Paintings Their Works Are Based on at a One-Night Pop-Up Show The NFTs, based on original paintings and priced at 1 ETH each, sold out as soon as they dropped in August. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 6, 2022
NFTs Metakovan and Twobadour Joined Forces to Buy the $69.3 Million Beeple. Here’s What Their Split Tells Us About the Future of the NFT Market Metapurse has had to change course amid the bear market for NFTs. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 6, 2022
Art & Tech Olafur Eliasson Has Launched a New Virtual Reality Artwork and Is Minting His First NFT—Thanks to a Commission from $69M Beeple Buyer Metakovan The work will be included at the Danish-Icelandic artist's upcoming exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 5, 2022
Auctions A Banksy Mural in L.A. Is Hitting the Auction Block—With the Whole Building It Was Painted on Attached—for as Much as $30 Million But insiders worry the painting could be removed and sold separately. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 2, 2022
Art & Tech An A.I.-Generated Artwork Won First Prize at a Colorado State Fair. Human Artists Are Infuriated Some are decrying "the death of artistry." By Dorian Batycka, Sep 1, 2022
Auctions 10 Rare Pennies Just Sold for $1.1 Million at a California Auction, With the Rarest of All Fetching $365,000 It's a lot of money to pay for pennies. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 31, 2022
Art & Tech Metaverse Art Week Included a Special Treat for Frida Kahlo Fans: a Virtual Recreation of Her Red House and Personal Belongings The virtual installation included nearly 800 different pieces that Kahlo used in her everyday life, unseen by the public until last week. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 31, 2022
NFTs Eminem and Snoop Dogg Perform Their New Single in a Yuga Labs Metaverse During MTV’s Video Music Awards The rappers performed their new song “From the D to the LBC” in Yuga Labs’s upcoming metaverse environment, the “Otherside.” By Dorian Batycka, Aug 30, 2022
NFTs Hong Kong Mega-Collector Adrian Cheng Has Come Out as the Mystery Backer of the Popular Azuki NFTs The collector says he will take a more active role in the collection going forward. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 29, 2022
Art & Tech In Xbox’s New Art-Historical Adventure Game ‘Pentiment’, Players Assume the Role of a 16th-Century German Artist to Solve Murder Mysteries The game's art director has a background in art history. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 29, 2022
Art & Tech A New DAO Wants to Give Art-Collecting Power to the People Through the Magic of Blockchain. Can It Actually Work? Jordan Huelskamp founded the investment fund Salon earlier this year. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 27, 2022
Galleries Risky Gamble or Sure Bet? Emmanuel Perrotin Just Opened a Storefront in a Las Vegas Casino "Art is for everyone,” said the French dealer, who aims to bring work by gallery artists like Murakami and Cattelan to Sin City. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 24, 2022