Auctions These Watch Auctions from Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and Phillips Might Help You Stop Staring at Your Phone One of the highlights, the Reference 6264 Daytona “Paul Newman Lemon” Rolex wristwatch, is estimated to fetch $700,000–$1,400,000. By Lisa Ferber, Nov 28, 2022
Museums The Latest Layoffs at the National Gallery of Canada Threaten Its Cultural Relevance, Say Former Museum Employees The gallery's 'restructuring' efforts have led to several senior dismissals. By Richard Whiddington, Nov 28, 2022
Politics A Group of Iranian Artists Teamed Up With For Freedoms to Bring a Public Art Show About the Women Life Freedom Movement to New York City Hillary Clinton was on hand to help unveil the public art exhibition. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 28, 2022
Politics How Protest Art Is Helping Fuel the Historic Demonstrations Erupting Across China Art students across the country are participating in the so-called "A4Revolution" protests—the largest of their kind in China since the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations. By Vivienne Chow, Nov 28, 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
Shows & Exhibitions Artist Marco Fusinato on What It’s Like to Play a Punk Gig at the Venice Biennale for 200 Days Straight In Australia's pavilion, he played his metal guitar for eight hours a day in his multisensory installation that combined noise, music, and decayed imagery. By Hili Perlson, Nov 28, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: An Author of Die Zeit’s Johann Konig Exposé Had a Conflict of Interest, a Competing Newspaper Claims + Other Stories Plus, painter Henry Ossawa Tanner’s home faces demolition in Philadelphia, and the Wellcome Collection takes down its "medicine man" display. By Artnet News, Nov 28, 2022
Op-Ed COP27 Brought Forward Key Lessons for the Art World. Here’s How It Can Step Up and Get Involved There are some urgent takeaways from the climate conference that those in the art industry should know. By Isla Angus, Nov 28, 2022
Art Collectors What I Buy and Why: ‘Cultured’ Magazine Founder Sarah Harrelson on the Art She Admires for Her Walls and in Print The founder of "Cultured" magazine owns works by Arthur Jafa, Lucy Dodd, and more. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 28, 2022
Art Whirled How Do You Prepare for Art Basel Miami Beach? [Cartoon] Art Whirled is a series of weekly cartoons on Artnet News that poke fun at the extremely ripe target of the art world and art market. By Guy Richards Smit, Nov 28, 2022
Studio Visit See Inside James Little’s Studio, Where He Combines Pigment, Beeswax, and Varnish to Create Layered Geometric Abstractions The artist was one of the stars of this year's Whitney Biennial. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 27, 2022
Art World ‘I Aspire to Change the World’s Perception of African Design’: Furniture Designer Jomo Tariku Goes Back to the Afrofuture His work has recently been acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. By Laurie Pike, Nov 26, 2022
People In a Q&A With Artnet, Tom Sachs Explains the Connection Between the Spacecrafts, Barbie Doll, and Vacuum Cleaner in His Current Show Hint: they're all vessels traveling through space and/or time. By Stephanie Eckardt, Nov 25, 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
