Sotheby’s Sold a Larva Labs ‘Covid Alien’ CryptoPunk for $11,754,000
The sale is in keeping with the art world's recent welcoming acceptance of NFTs and cryptocurrency.
View ArticleAn Exhibition of Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Never-Before-Seen Works is Coming...
The exhibition will feature paintings, drawings and all manner of additional ephemera.
View ArticleHow Hannah Wilke and Eva Hesse Sought to Redefine Sculpture
"Eva Hesse/Hannah Wilke: Erotic Abstraction" is on view at Acquavella Gallery in New York City until June 18, 2021.
View ArticleKenny Schachter, NFT-Whisperer, on the Pleasures of Embracing the Digital Deluge
Kenny Schachter has made a home in the digital space and he aims for a future where other artists can too.
View ArticleA Scribbled Kurt Cobain Self-Portrait Has Sold at Auction for $281,250
The caricature shows a Cobain-figure playing guitar, and the caption reads: "I don't know how to play and I don't give a hoot!"
View ArticleHunter Biden Says He Doesn’t Paint From Emotion: Instead, He’s Seeking Truth
"The universal truth is that everything is connected," Biden told Artnet in a new interview.
View Article‘Culture Strike: Art and Museums in an Age of Protest’ Unpacks an Ongoing...
After leaving the Queens Museum in 2018, author Laura Raicovich has spent years thinking deeply about how institutions can do better.
View Article2021 Google for Doodle Winner Milo Golding Found Strength After His Father’s...
11th grader Milo Golding started a charity, Sanguine Path, to help kids who've lost loved ones.
View ArticleNFTs Have a Security Problem: New Minting Platform CXIP Is Here to Help
Hacking, plagiarism and unauthorized NFTs have all plagued the market so far, and platforms like CXIP are popping up to course-correct.
View ArticleA David Bowie Painting Sold for $5 at a Canadian Landfill
The buyer then alerted auction house Cowley Abbott to the existence of the painting; the work is now being auctioned off.
View ArticleLucian Freud’s Reverential Portrait of David Hockney is Coming to Sotheby’s
Unlike some of his other, more viscerally judgmental work, Freud's portrait of Hockney is noticeably reverential.
View ArticleMaqdala Artifacts Looted by Britain Withdrawn from UK Auction at Ethiopia’s...
"The auctioning of these items is, at best, unethical," the Ethiopian embassy wrote to Busby auction house.
View ArticleHauser and Wirth Debut a New Gallery in Monaco This Week
The new location's inaugural show will feature a Louise Bourgeois signature spider.
View ArticleJanet Malcolm’s Collage Art Was Just as Poignant as Her Writing
Malcolm produced luminous prose at an astonishing clip, but her collage art was similarly arresting.
View ArticleA Basquiat Triptych Made at the Height of His Powers Just Sold for $37.2 Million
Decades after his death, the artist's name continues to pop up regularly on the market and in new mediums.
View ArticleA Cheerful Hedgehog Is 2021’s Summer Solstice Google Doodle Mascot
The Summer Solstice represents optimism and folly, but it's also linked to fascinating traditions all around the world.
View ArticleThis Year’s Crypto and Digital Art Fair is Highlighting the Work of Women...
The fair is also coinciding with the culmination of this year's Digital Art Month.
View ArticleCube Art Fair’s Next NFT-Centric Iteration Is Coming to New York City
The fair will be displaying its NFTs via a 15,000 square foot billboard in Times Square.
View ArticleSotheby’s Will Accept Cryptocurrency in Exchange for a 101.38-Carat Diamond
No other physical object with such a high price estimate has ever been offered to be purchased with cryptocurrency, Sotheby's says.
View ArticleMake Room Los Angeles’ Group Exhibition “Desire Encapsulated” Heats Up Hollywood
Through July 31, "Desire Encapsulated" features 17 artists inaugurating the gallery's new Melrose Avenue location in Hollywood.
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