Auctions This Symbolist Masterpiece Was Expected to Be the Priciest Painting Ever Sold in Poland. Now, Police Are Trying (and Failing) to Seize It Authorities believe the work may have been stolen. So far the seizure has been thwarted by a lack of proper packing materials. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, 8 hours ago
Museums Australia’s Answer to the Guggenheim, the $228 Million Sydney Modern, Opens to the Public Nearly a Decade After Breaking Ground The revamped Art Gallery of New South Wales is being touted as Sydney's greatest cultural asset after its Opera House. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, 10 hours ago
Science & Tech DALL-E, the A.I. Art App, Is the Breakout Star of a New Show About Dreams at Florida’s Dalí Museum Visitors can watch images from their dreams stripped of their individual significance and fused together into a single AI hivemind fantasy. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, 1 day ago
People The Curators Behind This Year’s Polarizing Documenta and ‘Unions’ Top This Year’s ‘ArtReview’ Power 100 List The NFT, which ranked first last year, has been bumped off the list completely since the crypto crash. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, 2 days ago
People Ashley Bickerton, an Artist Known for His Burlesques of Consumerism and Gauguin, Has Died at Age 63 The conceptual artist has a solo show opening next year at Gagosian in New York. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, 2 days ago
Archaeology Archaeologists Have Discovered Mummies With Golden Tongues, Meant to Grant Them Eloquence, in an Ancient Cemetery Near Cairo Ancient Egyptians may have viewed the fake organ as a golden ticket to entering the underworld as it helped the deceased speak before the court of the god Osiris. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, 2 days ago
Auctions A Painting Estimated at $6,000 at a Paris Auction House Just Sold for More Than $600,000—and May Be the Work of a Famous Old Master It has been speculated that the work is by the Baroque master Guercino. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 29, 2022
Pop Culture Crypto Entrepreneurs Just Spent $600,000 to Deliver a Giant Statue of Elon Musk as a Goat to Tesla’s Headquarters The marketing stunt appears to have been inspired by Musk's successful promotion of Dogecoin. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 28, 2022
Archaeology Scientists Discover the Existence of a Previously Unknown Roman Emperor During an Analysis of Ancient Gold Coins The emperor, who is not recorded in any surviving documents, is only known to history from the coins. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 28, 2022
Pop Culture An Artist Has Vowed to Take Legal Action Against Cardi B for Appropriating His Art For Her Halloween Costume The imagery paid homage to a racy dress by fashion designer Thierry Mugler. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 25, 2022
Archaeology A Piece of an Egyptian Goddess Figure, Found at an Iron Age Settlement in Spain, Has Stunned Archeologists The find raises questions about how two distinct ancient cultures came into contact with one another. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 24, 2022
Crime Climate Activist Gets Jail Time for Gluing Himself to a Van Gogh at London’s Courtauld Gallery The defendant's solicitor attempted to argue that her client's actions might have actually increased the painting's value. The judge, however, didn't buy it. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 23, 2022
Crime In a Heist Fit for a Movie, Thieves Broke Into a German Museum and Made Off With a Cache of Gold Coins Worth Several Million Euros The heist is thought to have been carried out by professionals who cut off local phone and internet service. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 23, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions Beyond the Streets Will Launch a London Edition of Its Blockbuster Street Art Exhibition in a Takeover of Saatchi Gallery The exhibition, curated by graffiti expert Roger Gastman, will consider the history and impact of street art within the U.K. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 23, 2022
People A Year of Creative Disruption? Nan Goldin, Ruangrupa, and Climate Activists Take Prime Spots on Monopol’s Top 100 List Fashion's growing influence in the art world was also notable. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Nov 22, 2022
