Museums & Institutions London’s Massive Storehouse Dedicated to David Bowie’s Life and Legacy Gets an Opening Date The museum is offering visitors unprecedented access to its world class collection - all for free! By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 25, 2024
Art History Does Frida Kahlo’s Art Hold the Key to a Hidden Medical Condition? Seventy years after her death, a team of doctors has suggested a new diagnosis for the artist's back pain. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 25, 2024
Art Fairs Here’s What Sold—and For How Much—at Art Basel Paris 2024 Price Check! A $20 million Louise Bourgeois spider! Mysterious Clare Rojas works on paper for $16,000! Delights sold at (almost) every price point. By Artnet News, Oct 25, 2024
Auctions For the First Time Ever, a Humanoid Robot Is Selling Art at Sotheby’s The artwork, which features portraits of Alan Turing, could fetch up to $195,000. By Richard Whiddington, Oct 24, 2024
Market Maurizio Cattelan’s Infamous Banana Will Be Sold at Sotheby’s. The Estimate: $1 Million The work sold for $120,000 at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2019. By Katya Kazakina, Oct 24, 2024
Collectibles Shohei Ohtani’s Legendary Baseball Makes a Record-Smashing $4.3 Million at Auction The baseball with which Japanese all-star Shohei Ohtani scored his 50th home run of the season breaks a record of its own. By Tim Brinkhof, Oct 24, 2024
People Smithsonian Awards Art Medal to Trailblazing Artists Senga Nengudi and Richard Tuttle Ann Philbin, the outgoing director of L.A.'s Hammer Museum, will be recognized for her contributions to art history. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 24, 2024
Art & Exhibitions Tim Burton, Known Purveyor of Gothic Horror, Thinks A.I. Is ‘Scary’ A sprawling exhibition chronicles the famed director's 50-year creative journey at London's Design Museum has led to record-breaking ticket sales ahead of Halloween. By Vivienne Chow, Oct 24, 2024
Artists Canada Names Poetical Iranian-Born Artist to Represent the Country at the 2026 Venice Biennale Tehran-born artist Abbas Akhavan has been selected to represent Canada at the 61st edition of the Biennale. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 24, 2024
Artists Can Your Kid Do This? A 3-Year-Old ‘Mini Picasso’ Is Making Waves for His $7,000 Paintings Laurent Schwarz was born in 2021 and is already boasting almost 100k followers on Instagram. By Verity Babbs, Oct 23, 2024
Art World Painting Bought for $2,700 Revealed to Be $390,000 Masterpiece The buyer, David Taylor, saw the work in the corner of a Lincolnshire auction house in a “plastic 1960s frame”. By Verity Babbs, Oct 23, 2024
On View Frances McDormand Helps Bring Shaker Culture Back Into the Spotlight Two new museum shows take the viewer deep inside the fascinating Shaker community in the U.S. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 22, 2024
Museums & Institutions Guggenheim Expansion Plan Sparks Fury: Will a New Museum Destroy a Protected Wildlife Preserve? The site was designated a biosphere reserve by UNESCO four decades ago. By Brian Boucher, Oct 22, 2024
Art & Tech Amaoko Boafo Is Among Thousands of Artists Condemning the ‘Unjust’ Use of Their Work to Train A.I. Joel Shapiro, Amoako Boafo, and Lynn Goldsmith are among the thousands of creatives voicing their concerns in an open letter. By Margaret Carrigan, Oct 22, 2024
Art & Exhibitions Restoration Reveals Famous 18th Century Master’s Hidden Self-Portrait The mysterious painting features a shadowy figure that looks suspiciously like the artist. By Tim Brinkhof, Oct 22, 2024
