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From Frieze’s Triumphant Return to Kim Kardashian’s Looted Art: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week
Catch up on this week's news, fast.
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BEST?
Frieze Frame – After 14 months, the show finally went on! Read dispatches from Frieze, including the best fashion, early sales, a Beeple sighting, and Frieze Prize winner Precious Okoyomon’s poetic performance.
Extraterrestrial Spirits – Christie’s is selling a bottle of wine that spent 14 months on the International Space Station.
The New Art Fair Etiquette – Art fairs are back, and so is navigating social situations (while wearing masks and social distancing).
Art Detective on the Trail – Artnet News’s newest member, veteran reporter Katya Kazakina, joins the Art Angle podcast to discuss how she nabs her impressive scoops.
Delving Into Warhol – The Brooklyn Museum is planning a show exploring Andy Warhol’s Catholicism, and the role it played in his art.
Turner Prize Names Nominees – The shortlist for the prestigious art prize is comprised entirely of five socially engaged art collectives for the first time ever.
Mummy Dearest – Archaeologists discovered the only known example of a pregnant mummy as part of the Warsaw Mummy Project.
Vision and Justice on View – Frieze New York has a special section devoted to the Vision and Justice Initiative with a slate of programs and events.
Artists Unite to Support India – Artists are selling prints to raise funds for Mission Oxygen to help those in urgent need in India.
WORST?
Activists Blocked From Museum – Activists at MoMA protesting against toxic philanthropy were blocked from the museum in a clash that ended in violence.
Kardashian’s Booty – Kim Kardashian must forfeit a Roman sculpture she bought from Axel Vervoordt gallery in 2016 after experts rule it was looted from Italy.
Eli Broad Has Died – Collector Eli Broad died at the age of 87, leaving behind a legacy of philanthropy and the Broad Foundation in Los Angeles, which he founded with his wife, Edythe.
