Art World Art Industry News: A Hacker Just Went on an NFT Theft Spree on OpenSea—and Then Tossed Some Back + Other Stories Plus, Getty staff protest the dissolution of their pension plan, and Spanish police recover a missing Flemish tapestry. By Artnet News, Feb 22, 2022
NFTs ‘We Reappropriated What Belongs to Us’: Congolese Artists Minted NFTs of a Colonial-Era Sculpture—and the Museum That Owns It Is Not Happy The collective has also built a museum where it hopes to one day exhibit the important piece of Congolese history. By Kate Brown, Feb 22, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: At Last, Nigeria Has Welcomed Home Two Long-Awaited Benin Bronzes + Other Stories Plus, David Adjaye’s Holocaust Centre in London faces another hurdle and a Peter Paul Rubens might soar at a Polish auction. By Artnet News, Feb 21, 2022
The Hammer Simon de Pury on How the Photographic Medium Will Survive the Proliferation of NFTs and Moving Image Work The auctioneer reflects on the perennial appeal of the still image. By Simon de Pury, Feb 21, 2022
Art World From the New California Gallery Rush to Snoop Dogg’s Bored Ape Snub: The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week Catch up on this week's news, fast. By Artnet News, Feb 18, 2022
Art Fairs In Pictures: The Best Art of Spring/Break Los Angeles 2022, From a Hot Dog Rolling Machine to Personalized NFTs Here are the highlights. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 18, 2022
Art World The Venice Biennale Is Getting Its First NFT Art Exhibition Courtesy of Cameroon’s First-Ever Pavilion The presentation of international and Cameroonian artists is organized in part by a new crypto art-focused DAO. By Vivienne Chow, Feb 18, 2022
The Back Room The Back Room: Up, Up, and Away This week: inflation's effects on the art market, a painting that can't stop flipping, millions spent on Washington lobbyists, and much more. By Tim Schneider, Feb 18, 2022
Art Fairs Action! Los Angeles Glitterati Descend on a Frenetic First Day of Frieze, Snapping Up Works and Posing for the Cameras The art fair is back after two years at swanky new digs in Beverly Hills. By Eileen Kinsella & Annie Armstrong, Feb 18, 2022
Art & Exhibitions As Four Major Italian Museums Sell NFT Reproductions of Masterpieces, Some Say Digital Editions Could Be Better Than the Real Thing The initiative offers an interesting solution for museums facing revenue shortfalls—but is it short-sighted? By Naomi Rea, Feb 17, 2022
Wet Paint Michael Xufu Huang’s Cecily Brown Gets Flipped (Again!), a Dealer Who Hates NFTs Is Making $$$ on NFTs, and More Art-World Gossip Plus, which Hauser and Wirth employee got to enjoy the Super Bowl live? And Sarah Hoover takes us on a tour of her life. By Annie Armstrong, Feb 17, 2022
NFTs Defying Other Family Members, Picasso’s Granddaughter Marina Vows to Continue Making NFTs With Her Son Marina Picasso says her uncle, Claude, has since given the NFTs his blessing. By Artnet News, Feb 17, 2022
Art World Art Industry News: Documentary King Ken Burns Is Working on an Epic Film About Leonardo da Vinci + Other Stories Plus, a trend forecaster predicts the cultural vibe of a post-pandemic era and the Belvedere Museum turns Klimt's "The Kiss" into an NFT. By Artnet News, Feb 17, 2022
Curiosities Bored Ape Yacht Club Fans Were Sure That Snoop Dogg or Eminem Would Give Them a Super Bowl Plug. Their Dreams Were Dashed Snoop Dogg did not turn into a mutant ape onstage at Super Bowl LVI. By Ben Davis, Feb 16, 2022
Kenny Schachter In the Trenches of the Great Crypto War, Kenny Schachter Says of the Coming NFT Carnage: Bring It On. Our columnist is not afraid of the whole non-fungible craze getting razed to the ground. By Kenny Schachter, Feb 16, 2022