Art World Fabergé and HBO Are Marking the 10th Anniversary of ‘Game of Thrones’ With a One-of-a-Kind Egg. You Won’t Believe the Price You could spend your money on this, if you wanted to. By Taylor Dafoe, Apr 7, 2021
Art and Law The Turkish Government Is Trying to Shut Down an Arts Organization Founded by Activist and Political Prisoner Osman Kavala Kavala has been imprisoned for more than three and a half years for specious charges brought by President Erdoğan’s government. By Artnet News, Feb 25, 2021
Auctions Paintings of King Charles Spaniels and Other Treasures From the Estate of John McCain’s Late Mother Sold for Nearly $100,000 at Auction Roberta McCain, who died at age 108 last year, was an avid collector of objects both expensive and cheap. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 22, 2021
Auctions Christie’s Has Closed Off Public Access to Its 255-Year-Old Auction Archive, a Major Resource for Scholars, Citing Budget Concerns The library is considered to be the most comprehensive auction archive in the world. By Artnet News, Feb 11, 2021
Art World The J. Paul Getty Trust Is Spearheading a Nearly $40 Million Initiative to Aid Small Los Angeles Arts Organizations More than a dozen local and national philanthropic enterprises are contributing to the effort. By Artnet News, Feb 10, 2021
Auctions See a Life-Size Model of the World’s Oldest Man and Other Aggressively Bizarre Things the Guinness World Records Museum Is Auctioning Off Who doesn’t want a model of the world's hungriest sword swallower in their home? By Artnet News, Jan 28, 2021
Art World Nearly 100 Firefighters Put Out a Devastating Fire at the Center for Fine Arts in Brussels No artworks were damaged during the incident, the museum has confirmed. By Artnet News, Jan 19, 2021
Art World Cate Blanchett Is Turning an Old Cottage Into a Gallery for Her Art Collection—But It Will Have to Share Space With Some Endangered Bats The collector and actress is believed to own artworks by Guan Wei, Paula Rego, and Howard Hodgkin, among others. By Artnet News, Jan 12, 2021
Art and Law As the Fate of Many Confederate Memorials Remains Undecided, Richmond’s Robert E. Lee Statue Heads to a Virginia Museum The controversial sculpture will likely go on view in a larger exhibition about the evolution of Confederate memorialization. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 23, 2020
Politics A Statue of Civil Rights Activist Barbara Rose Johns May Soon Replace One of Robert E. Lee in the US Capitol Building The new statue would commemorate a key figure in the Brown vs. Board of Ed Supreme Court decision. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 21, 2020
Art and Law Australia Promised Arts Organizations $60 Million in Relief Six Months Ago. Many Say They Haven’t Received a Cent Arts organizations now worry they'll have to wait until 2021. By Artnet News, Dec 21, 2020
Politics Virginia’s Governor Wants to Spend $11 Million to Reimagine a Confederate Monument-Lined Promenade in Richmond The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts would be tasked with transforming Monument Avenue if the budget goes through. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 16, 2020
Art World The Mysterious Utah Monolith That May Have Been Made by Aliens Has Inexplicably Vanished From the Red Rock Canyon Where the object came from remains a mystery. By Artnet News, Nov 30, 2020
Art World A Mysterious Steel Monolith Was Discovered in the Utah Desert. Is It a Work of Art—or the Work of Aliens? Theories about who or what is behind the object have started circulating online. By Artnet News, Nov 24, 2020
Art World From Coast to Coast, US Museums Are Closing Again as COVID’s Second Wave Takes Hold Institutions in Illinois, Texas, Minnesota, Colorado, and Washington, DC, are among those shutting down. By Taylor Dafoe, Nov 19, 2020
