Auctions A Painting by a One-Eared Dog Named Van Gogh Just Sold for $10,000 at an Animal Rescue Benefit Auction The charity auction runs through the end of the month. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 3, 2023
Pop Culture Artist Cj Hendry’s Wildly Popular Art Scavenger Hunt Is the Subject of a New Documentary That Captures the Thrill of the Chase Step inside Cj Hendry's 'Copyright Infringement' global scavenger hunt. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 3, 2023
Art Fairs 5 Artists to Discover at the Outsider Art Fair, From a Vermont Grocery Cashier to a Santa Fe Tattooist The fair never fails to introduce amazing self-taught artists. By Sarah Cascone & Annie Armstrong, Mar 3, 2023
Market ‘It’s a Threat to the French Artistic Scene’: JR, Ugo Rondinone, and More Than 100 Other Artists Decry an E.U. Sales Tax Hike on Art Without a cultural exception for art, the VAT on work sold in France will increase four-fold. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 2, 2023
Auctions In Its First Major Modern and Contemporary Offering of 2023, Sotheby’s London Saw Five Artworks Sell for More Than $18 Million Each Demand for ultra-contemporary works was strong and Asian bidders were active. By Eileen Kinsella, Mar 1, 2023
Art & Exhibitions The Largest Touring Immersive Art Experience Is Bringing 50 Burning Man Style Sculptures to Las Vegas Before It Hits the Road The goal is ultimately to fund the creation of more monumental, potentially fire-breathing art. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 1, 2023
Museums & Institutions Tory Burch, Alice Walton, and Other Female Philanthropists Have Donated $55 Million to a New Smithsonian Women’s History Museum The Smithsonian identified two possible sites for the museum in October. By Sarah Cascone, Mar 1, 2023
People Which A-List Art Power Couple Was Behind That Absurd, Now-Viral Ad for an Assistant? We Found Out Meet the 'Bad Art Couple.' By Sarah Cascone, Feb 28, 2023
Museums & Institutions Winterizing Monuments, Digitizing Archives: How Ukraine Is Fighting to Preserve Its Cultural Heritage a Year Into the Russian Invasion UNESCO has identified damage to 241 cultural heritage sites in Ukraine since February 2022. By Eileen Kinsella, Feb 27, 2023
Pop Culture The Dutch Are Going Wild for a Reality TV Show Where Artists Compete to Paint Vermeer’s Lost Masterpieces The show coincides with the Rijksmuseum's blockbuster Vermeer exhibition. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 27, 2023
Museums & Institutions The National Museum of Asian Art Will Hold Onto Looted Artifacts Intended to Return to Yemen to Protect Them From Conflict The two-year agreement can be renewed at the request of the Yemeni government. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 24, 2023
On View ‘Affecting’ or ‘Passionless’? Critics Are Divided on David Hockney’s Newly Opened Immersive Light Show Move over Immersive Van Gogh. Here's how a living artist is taking on the craze for projected, animated art light shows. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 23, 2023
Archaeology & History Archaeologists Have Discovered an Ancient Fort—Complete With Wooden Spikes—Built by the Romans to Protect Their Silver Mines The Romans abandoned mining efforts, but 19th-century archaeologists struck the motherlode. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 22, 2023
Art World 5 Breakout Artists We Discovered at the Los Angeles Art Fairs Whose Work Stopped Us in Our Tracks We combed through thousands of artists on view during the fairs to highlight our top picks. By Artnet News, Feb 22, 2023
Museums & Institutions The Lincoln Memorial Is Getting a $69 Million Museum in a Surprising Place—Underneath It The new museum is expected to open in 2026 in time for the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. By Sarah Cascone, Feb 21, 2023
