Art & Exhibitions C-C-Cool New Shhhhhhhhow? London’s Design Museum Hosts the World’s First Exhibition Dedicated to ASMR The exhibition takes feeling to a whole new level. By Dorian Batycka, May 20, 2022
Auctions A British Surgeon Bought a Chinese Vase for a Few Hundred Pounds in the 1980s. It Just Sold for $1.9 Million It turned out to be from the 18th-century Qianlong period. By Dorian Batycka, May 19, 2022
People Digital Art Star Refik Anadol’s First Supporters Were in the Tech World. All of a Sudden, His Work Has Become White-Hot at Auction, Too The former artist-in-residence at Google says developing new ideas requires working across disciplinary boundaries. By Dorian Batycka, May 18, 2022
Museums & Institutions Prominent Indigenous Art Curator Sandra Benites Quits One of Brazil’s Top Museums Amid Accusations of Censorship The controversy surrounds photographs of the Landless Workers Movement (MST), a left-leaning agricultural movement. By Dorian Batycka, May 18, 2022
Auctions A Maud Lewis Painting Once Traded for Grilled Cheese Sandwiches Fetches a Sizzling 10 Times Its Estimate at Auction The work set a new record for the Canadian folk artist. By Dorian Batycka, May 18, 2022
Museums & Institutions Amid Mounting Public Pressure, Greece and the U.K. Have Agreed to a New Round of Talks About a Possible Return of the Parthenon Marbles The announcement comes just in time for International Museum Day. By Dorian Batycka, May 18, 2022
Art World The Internet Is Trying to Decode Elon Musk’s Recent Tweet of an 18th-Century Painting of King Louis XIV Is this how the Tesla CEO sees himself? Is this what he wants to wear to the Met Gala? Twitter users are wondering. By Dorian Batycka, May 17, 2022
Artnet News Pro Takashi Murakami Has Rapidly Become One of the World’s Most Sought-After NFT Artists. Here’s How He Did It Since his first NFT launch went bust, the artist's digital works have traded for $41 million. By Dorian Batycka, May 16, 2022
Art World Online Sleuths Just Spotted a Rather Suspicious-Looking Picasso Painting Above Imelda Marcos’s Sofa Many are now wondering if the work seized by officials nine years ago was a fake—or if this one is. By Dorian Batycka, May 16, 2022
Archaeology & History Archaeologists in Sardinia Have Unearthed Two Giant Fragments of Millennia-Old Statues of Boxers But researchers are unsure about the function of the mysterious sculptures, or why they were destroyed. By Dorian Batycka, May 13, 2022
NFTs Crypto Artist The Miha Artnak Tricked the World Into Believing He Created a Bitcoin City. Now, He’s Minting a New Series of NFTs For his latest project, he had a train run over fiat coins. By Dorian Batycka, May 12, 2022
NFTs ‘Someone Replied to My Tweet and Said ‘You Should Have a Castle Party”: Why Trevor Jones Is Releasing a New NFT From a Scottish Castle The party hosted by the maker of 'Bitcoin Angel' is already fully booked. By Dorian Batycka, May 11, 2022