Archaeology & History You Can Win $250,000 If You’re Able to Assist This Super-Powered A.I. in Deciphering Ancient, Damaged Scrolls The scrolls were discovered in 1752, but fire damage made them too fragile to unroll. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 21, 2023
People Former Tom Sachs Employees Detail New Allegations of Meager Pay and Dehumanizing Work for the Artist and His Wife, Sarah Hoover Former employees claim the couple's outspoken progressive values masked the darker realities of working for them. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 21, 2023
Studio Visit Self-Taught Artist Daniel Tyree Gaitor-Lomack Is the Talk of the L.A. Gallery Scene. Here’s a Look Inside His Massive, Sunlit Downtown Studio The conceptual artist calls his studio his "altar." By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 20, 2023
Art Fairs Here Are 9 Treasures That Caught Our Eye at TEFAF Maastricht—From Antique Playing Cards to a Rediscovered Ambrosi Sculpture Our selections from 7,000 years of art. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 17, 2023
Art Criticism ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ Is a Truly Great Artist Documentary. Here’s What Makes It Work So Well The film, which explores the life of Nan Goldin, is directed by Laura Poitras. By Ben Davis, Mar 15, 2023
Auctions ‘It Was Amazing to Use These Works to Tell a Story About Myself’: Adam Lindemann’s Collection Rakes in $32 Million in an Unusual Christie’s Auction Lindemann sold works by Koons, Warhol, Hirst, and more. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 10, 2023
Auctions The Final Sale of Masterworks From the Collection of Late Microsoft Founder Paul Allen Could Fetch $43 Million at Christie’s The seven works are by Georgia O'Keeffe, David Hockney, and Edward Hopper. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 10, 2023
Art History A New Documentary on Nellie Mae Rowe Explores the Life and Times of the Self-Taught Artist Who Made Art Against All Odds The film also recreates the artist's home and greatest masterpiece, her 'Playhouse,' with a scale model. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 8, 2023
Archaeology & History Aww, Archaeologists Have Discovered an Adorable Version of Egypt’s Most Famous Monument: A Miniature Sphinx The statue is a much smaller iteration of the famed Great Sphinx of Giza, but sculpted perhaps 2,500 years later. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 8, 2023
On View Bay Area Artist Joan Brown Painted a Deeply Personal and Mythical World. Now a New Exhibition Sets Her Up for a Major Rediscovery Eighty of Brown's idiosyncratic artworks are on view at SFMOMA, her first retrospective in over two decades. By Katie White, Mar 8, 2023
Politics Artists Decry an Idaho College’s ‘Alarming’ Removal of Artworks Centered on Reproductive Rights From a Group Show on Healthcare The college has cited Idaho Code Section 18-8705 as reason for removing the artworks. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 7, 2023
Art & Exhibitions Notre Dame’s Reopening Is Delayed, But a New Show About the Reconstruction Has Opened in a Space Beneath the Cathedral The free exhibition features charred timbers from the cathedral's fallen roof, as well as artworks from inside the church. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 7, 2023
Artnet News Pro Hot Lots: 5 Works That Completely Upended Expectations During the 2023 March Day Sales in London Works by Michaela Yearwood-Dan, Karin Mamma Andersson, George Rouy, Philip Tsiaras, and Duncan McCormick shattered their estimates this season. By Artnet News, Mar 7, 2023
Crime Dutch Police Are Closing In on the So-Called ‘Pink Panther Gang’ Behind the Astonishing Daytime Diamond Heist at TEFAF Maastricht Authorities have fingered the Pink Panther Gang from the Balkans, which has been stealing diamonds in broad daylight since 2001. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 6, 2023
Law & Politics A U.S. Judge Dealt a Partial Victory to Sotheby’s in a Long-Running Fraud Case Brought by Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev The judge urged both sides to avoid an 'expensive, risky, and potentially embarrassing' trial. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 3, 2023
