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Wet Paint

Investors in Loïc Gouzer’s NFT Startup Should Read the Fine Print, Lucien Gets Its First Art Show, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip

Plus, Canada gallery is opening two new spaces and James Franco makes an appearance at NADA in New York.

By Annie Armstrong, May 12, 2022

Museums

The Albers Foundation Is Opening a Museum in Senegal to Show African Art and Facilitate the Repatriation of Objects From the West

The museum will open near Kaolack in 2025.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 12, 2022

NFTs

Why the Powerful Forces That Run Faltering NFT Markets Won’t Let Prices Crash Just Yet

The numbers suggest the NFT market is cooling. But reports of its crash may be a bit overstated.

By Amy Castor, May 12, 2022

Museums

Minimalist Artist Lee Ufan Opens His Own Art Center in Arles—His Third After Solo Spaces in Japan and Korea

The new location is in a 17th-century mansion in the city’s historic quarter, converted by the artist's friend and architect of choice, Tadao Ando.

By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 12, 2022

People

So Much For Brotherly Love: Jake Chapman Splits From Brother Dinos to Forge a Solo Career With New London Show

Noel and Liam Gallagher have nothing on the YBA artists.

By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 12, 2022

Archaeology

Police Find Rare Assyrian Carvings of Gods in Underground Turkish Tunnels Long Used by Looters

Archaeologists will study them once the tunnels are reinforced.

By Amah-Rose Abrams, May 12, 2022

Law

A Judge Orders Disgraced Art Dealer Douglas Chrismas to Repay $14 Million to Creditors Who Have Been Chasing Him for Years

Chrismas also faces up to 15 years in prison on federal charges of embezzlement in a separate, ongoing criminal case.

By Taylor Dafoe, May 12, 2022

Art World

Art Industry News: Bob Dylan Unveils His Largest Sculpture Ever, a Gigantic Train of ‘Serenity and Stillness’ + Other Stories

Plus, curator Allison Glenn joins the Public Art Fund, and Mexico calls to halt a sale of pre-Hispanic artifacts.

By Artnet News, May 12, 2022

Science & Tech

‘They Are About Capturing the Process of Merging’: How Artist WangShui Collaborated With A.I. to Make Paintings for the Whitney Biennial

The AI-driven piece responds to viewers' presence in the galleries.

By Sarah Cascone, May 12, 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

Art History

A $10 Million Wax Sculpture by Salvador Dalí, Long Believed to Have Been Destroyed, Just Turned Up in a Collector’s Vault

The piece was unveiled today at a gallery in Hawaii, on the 118th anniversary of the Surrealist master’s birth.

By Artnet News, May 11, 2022

Wet Paint

Investors in Loïc Gouzer’s NFT Startup Should Read the Fine Print, Lucien Gets Its First Art Show, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip

Museums

The Albers Foundation Is Opening a Museum in Senegal to Show African Art and Facilitate the Repatriation of Objects From the West

NFTs

Why the Powerful Forces That Run Faltering NFT Markets Won’t Let Prices Crash Just Yet

Museums

Minimalist Artist Lee Ufan Opens His Own Art Center in Arles—His Third After Solo Spaces in Japan and Korea

People

So Much For Brotherly Love: Jake Chapman Splits From Brother Dinos to Forge a Solo Career With New London Show

Archaeology

Police Find Rare Assyrian Carvings of Gods in Underground Turkish Tunnels Long Used by Looters

Law

A Judge Orders Disgraced Art Dealer Douglas Chrismas to Repay $14 Million to Creditors Who Have Been Chasing Him for Years

Art World

Art Industry News: Bob Dylan Unveils His Largest Sculpture Ever, a Gigantic Train of ‘Serenity and Stillness’ + Other Stories

Science & Tech

‘They Are About Capturing the Process of Merging’: How Artist WangShui Collaborated With A.I. to Make Paintings for the Whitney Biennial

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

Art History

A $10 Million Wax Sculpture by Salvador Dalí, Long Believed to Have Been Destroyed, Just Turned Up in a Collector’s Vault

Buyer's Guide

Volta Makes Its New York Comeback in the Former Dia Building—and With a $2,500 Prize for NFT Artists

Art World

Artist Alexandre Benjamin Navet Turned New York’s 5th Avenue Into an Immersive, Floral Sketchbook

Crime

London Galleries Ordered to Return a $1.2 Million Chagall to a U.S. Collector Fleeced by Dealer Ezra Chowaiki

The Appraisal

It’s Raining Monet at the New York Auctions This Season—Will Demand Meet the Generous Supply?

Investors in Loïc Gouzer’s NFT Startup Should Read the Fine Print, Lucien Gets Its First Art Show, and More Juicy Art-World Gossip

The Albers Foundation Is Opening a Museum in Senegal to Show African Art and Facilitate the Repatriation of Objects From the West

Why the Powerful Forces That Run Faltering NFT Markets Won’t Let Prices Crash Just Yet

Minimalist Artist Lee Ufan Opens His Own Art Center in Arles—His Third After Solo Spaces in Japan and Korea

So Much For Brotherly Love: Jake Chapman Splits From Brother Dinos to Forge a Solo Career With New London Show

Police Find Rare Assyrian Carvings of Gods in Underground Turkish Tunnels Long Used by Looters

A Judge Orders Disgraced Art Dealer Douglas Chrismas to Repay $14 Million to Creditors Who Have Been Chasing Him for Years

Art Industry News: Bob Dylan Unveils His Largest Sculpture Ever, a Gigantic Train of ‘Serenity and Stillness’ + Other Stories

‘They Are About Capturing the Process of Merging’: How Artist WangShui Collaborated With A.I. to Make Paintings for the Whitney Biennial

Crypto Artist The Miha Artnak Tricked the World Into Believing He Created a Bitcoin City. Now, He’s Minting a New Series of NFTs

A $10 Million Wax Sculpture by Salvador Dalí, Long Believed to Have Been Destroyed, Just Turned Up in a Collector’s Vault

Volta Makes Its New York Comeback in the Former Dia Building—and With a $2,500 Prize for NFT Artists

Artist Alexandre Benjamin Navet Turned New York’s 5th Avenue Into an Immersive, Floral Sketchbook

London Galleries Ordered to Return a $1.2 Million Chagall to a U.S. Collector Fleeced by Dealer Ezra Chowaiki

It’s Raining Monet at the New York Auctions This Season—Will Demand Meet the Generous Supply?

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