Artnet News Pro How Crypto Investor Ryan Zurrer Went From Unapologetic NFT Speculator to Fervent Missionary of Digital Art We followed the entrepreneur on a whirlwind year of financial disappointments and intellectual victories. By Naomi Rea, Dec 15, 2022
Shows & Exhibitions Brazilian Curator Adriano Pedrosa Will Helm the 2024 Venice Biennale, Making Him the First Latin American to Organize the Event He is the current artistic director of the Museu de Arte de São Paulo. By Richard Whiddington, Dec 15, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: A Sex Museum Is Coming to Miami’s Art District With a Highbrow Survey of Risqué Robots + Other Stories Plus, the number of U.K. working-class artists has fallen by half in a matter of decades, and the Armory Show shares its curatorial lineup. By Artnet News, Dec 15, 2022
People Sculptor Virginia Overton Reflects on Her Star Turn in 2022, With Major Projects for the Venice Biennale, LaGuardia Airport, and Celine The artist reveals the messages embedded in her mixed-media works employing found objects. By William Van Meter, Dec 12, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: Basquiat Mega-Collector Yusaku Maezawa Has Picked the Celebrity Crew for His Moon Voyage + Other Stories Plus, artists are flocking to OnlyFans and a court grants the eviction of an Ohio golf course to protect an earthwork. By Artnet News, Dec 12, 2022
Art World What I Buy and Why: Philanthropist Aarti Lohia on the Beautiful Watercolor Works That Slipped Away She is a founding patron and trustee of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale for contemporary art in India, which opens its fifth edition this week. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 12, 2022
Politics 150 Artists and Culture Workers Are Boycotting a Finnish Museum Over Its Ties to Zionist Arms Heir Poju Zabludowicz A petition says the billionaire funds organizations that “support the apartheid regime imposed on Palestine." By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 9, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: Mega-Collector and Luxury Tycoon Bernard Arnault Has Displaced Elon Musk as the World’s Richest Man + Other Stories Plus, collector Libbie Mugrabi pleads not guilty to attacking her former housekeeper and the Netherlands returns 200 artifacts to Mexico. By Artnet News, Dec 9, 2022
People After a Unanimous Vote, Artist and Poet Julien Creuzet Will Represent France at the Venice Biennale in 2024 The French-Caribbean artist is known for his suspended sculptures and wall pieces made out of found materials. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 8, 2022
Gallery Network Spotlight: German Sculptor Norbert Kricke, Whose Experimentations With Form and Space Paved the Way for Minimalism, Gets a Centenary Tribute Galerie Utermann presents a retrospective of the influential Minimalist artist. By Artnet Gallery Network, Dec 7, 2022
Galleries Gerhard Richter Says Auf Wiedersehen to Marian Goodman, His Dealer of Nearly Four Decades, to Join David Zwirner The German artist had been with Marian Goodman Gallery for 37 years. By Sarah Cascone, Dec 7, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: Two Climate Activists Slapped With a Nominal Fine for Gluing a Dystopian Image Onto a Famous Constable Painting + Other Stories Plus, Sotheby's rainmaker Patti Wong steps down after 30 years, and an artist was kicked out of a Miami fair for a breast milk performance. By Artnet News, Dec 7, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Recession Ready This week: how to know when the art market is headed for a recession, early sales from Art Basel Miami Beach, a speculative bubble bursts, and much more. By Naomi Rea & Julia Halperin, Dec 5, 2022
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, Nov 30, 2022
Art World Azerbaijani Artist Faig Ahmed’s Sculptural Rugs Blur the Line Between Art, Craft, and Optical Illusion The collectible rugs can be acquired through the artist's New York gallery, ranging in price from $70,000 to $200,000. By Meka Boyle, Nov 30, 2022
