Auctions The Owners of Keith Haring’s Childhood Home Are Selling a ‘Radiant Baby’ the Artist Painted on His Bedroom Wall Haring may have been just a baby artist when he painted this baby. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 24, 2022
Museums & Institutions Who Was the Marquise de Grollier? A Work by the 18th-Century Woman Once Called ‘the Raphael of Flower Painting’ Just Entered the Met’s Collection The acquisition is part of an initiative to expand the narratives told in the museum's European Paintings galleries. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 23, 2022
Art & Tech Can an Artist-Run Crypto Project Save the Bees? Documenta’s BeeCoin Initiative Is Giving It a Try The giant German art show has made a priority of hosting novel initiatives rooted in blockchain technology. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 19, 2022
Museums & Institutions The Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art Closes for Fumigation After Two Silverfish Were Spotted on a Bernd and Hilla Becher Photo Silverfish, which are especially drawn to moisture, also eat paper, raising concerns about the museum's collection. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 18, 2022
NFTs Actor Anthony Hopkins Reprises His Most Famous Roles for a New NFT Project, Saying ‘All Is Possible at Any Age’ The 84-year-old actor is the latest celebrity to get into the NFT space. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 18, 2022
Art World 7 Ways Cats Have Conquered Art History, From the Mummified Mousers of Ancient Egypt to the Kitten NFT That Broke the Bank Why are our feline friends so inspiring? By Dorian Batycka, Aug 18, 2022
People Is This Scholarly British Art Professor the Real Banksy? Students on His Campus Certainly Think So Paul Gough, the purported Banksy, has responded to the rumors on TikTok. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 17, 2022
Art & Exhibitions In Pictures: Before Virtual Reality, There Was M.C. Escher—See Mind-Bending Drawings From a Major New Survey of This ‘One-Man Art Movement’ "Virtual Realities" is on view at MFAH through September 5. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 17, 2022
Events and Parties ‘A Phoenix Rising From the Ashes’: Viennese Actionist Hermann Nitsch Just Presented His Last Act of Blood Rites and Sacrifice From Beyond the Grave Fans, friends, and collaborators gathered on a sprawling estate in Austria to say goodbye to the acclaimed artist. By Dorian Batycka, Aug 10, 2022
Politics As Pope Francis Makes a Formal Apology to Indigenous Canadians, Demands Mount for the Return of Objects in the Vatican Museums On Monday, Pope Francis begged forgiveness for the Catholic Church's role in the disappearance of 10,000 Indigenous children. By Dorian Batycka, Jul 25, 2022
Art Fairs ‘Our Idea Here in Ibiza Is to Mix Business and Pleasure’: A New Island Art Fair Woos Visitors With Evening Hours and a Resident D.J. The Ibiza art fair CAN welcomed 36 galleries from 13 countries. By Dorian Batycka, Jul 19, 2022
Crime Officials in Ibiza Seized a $460,000 Picasso Sketch That a Passenger Tried to Pass Off as a Second-Rate Print The suspect had a fake receipt that stated the work was worth a little over $1,500. By Dorian Batycka, Jul 19, 2022
Art History An X-Ray Uncovered What May Be Van Gogh’s First-Ever Self-Portrait Beneath a Modest Painting of a Peasant Woman Scholars will now to try carefully disentangle the images from one another. By Dorian Batycka, Jul 14, 2022
NFTs Screen Time Well Spent? Meet 6 Teenage NFT Superstars Whose Names—and Eye-Popping Prices—You Need to Know These artists suggests that a cultural shift is distinctly underway. By Dorian Batycka, Jul 14, 2022
NFTs How a Goblin-Themed NFT Inspired a Viral Online Forum for Crypto Crash Victims to Literally Just Scream in Fury Users are posting their own screeches, moans, and wails as a way to cope. By Dorian Batycka, Jul 13, 2022