Dürer drawing bought for $30 worth millions
Durer - Thought to be a 20th-century reproduction, the drawing by German Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer was bought at a house clearance sale. - read more ...
“Discovery of a Lifetime”: Rare Tudor Paintings From Elizabeth I’s Reign Found Hidden in Medieval Manor
Hyperallergic - While peeling away layers of plaster as part of routine preparations for a building repair project, a team of restorers in England made “the discovery of a lifetime.” - read more...
Blue-Chip Art From Bitter Macklowe Divorce Brings $676 Million at Sotheby’s
NY Times - A Sotheby’s executive called the court-ordered sale on Monday night “the most valuable single-owner auction ever staged.” - read more ...
The exoskeletons of Balenciaga’s new campaign
Domus - Im the year that marked fashion – as well as many other areas of culture and entertainment – the long-awaited return to the physical sphere and the catwalks in the presence of the public, Balenciaga see...
pharrell williams & daniel arsham help launch a coalition of NFT creators
designboom - 2021 has been the year of the non-fungible token, but while many artists have been embracing NFTs, others are still on the fence due to concerns over royalties, creator-owned smart contracts, and p...
As everyone was talking about the Metaverse, Radiohead launched their own
domus - Thom Yorke’s band lands on Playstation 5 with “Kid A Mnesia Exhibition,” a digital show that looks like a video game. Rewinding time to the world of twenty years ago. - read more ...
Six Native Artists and Their Works Receive Major Recognition
Smithsonian - For decades, the artistic endeavors of Native Americans and other indigeneous groups were rarely acknowledged as fine art. Native art was displayed separately and in isolation from Western or Amer...
Barbara Kruger’s Timeless Text Art Satisfied Short Attention Spans Long before Twitter and TikTok
Hyperallergic - In the late 1970s Barbara Kruger began overlaying snippets of text set in clean type over generic images sourced from 1950s mass media. Though Kruger wasn’t yet the art provocateur we know her a...
In Ceremony, Met Museum Officially Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria
Hyperallergic - In a ceremony this morning marking the repatriation of three Nigerian artworks, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Nigerian National Commission for Museums and Monuments (NCMM) ...
Brooklyn Museum Gets Historic $50 Million Capital Infusion From New York City
Hyperallergic - The Brooklyn Museum in New York City has received a massive capital investment from the Department of Cultural Affairs — $50 million, the largest single gift in the institution’s history. The f...