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Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Thursday, June 30. NEED TO READ Antwaun Sargent Gets the Profile Treatment – Ruth La Ferla goes long on Antwaun Sargent, the 33-year-old “part art nerd, part crusader” who is championing Black artists through his ...

Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Wednesday, June 29. NEED-TO-READ Jeff Koons Balloon Sculpture Sold to Benefit Ukraine Humanitarian Effort – Danish collector Jens Faurschou acquired Jeff Koons’s sculpture Balloon Monkey (Magenta) for £10.1 million ($12.4 million) after a fierce battle with a Mandarin-speaking phone ...

Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Tuesday, June 28. NEED-TO-READ Goldsmiths’ Slavery Statues Will Remain on View Following Vote – London locals voted to keep four statues of historical figures linked to the slave trade installed at Goldsmiths University. Students protested ...

Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Monday, June 27. NEED TO READ Hermitage Director on Culture’s Role in Ukraine Conflict – For the first time, Hermitage director Mikhail Piotrovsky spoke directly about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In a chilling interview with ...

Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Friday, June 24. NEED-TO-READ See the First Official Portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – The prospective King William and his wife Kate’s first official portrait has been revealed—with the duchess donning an ...

Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Wednesday, June 22. NEED-TO-READ Nobel Medal Sells for $103.5 Million – Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov’s 2021 Nobel Peace Prize medal fetched an impressive $103.5 million at Heritage auction house after an extended bidding war on ...

Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Tuesday, June 21. NEED TO READ Ben Davis on the Art World’s Future – In his new book, Art in the After-Culture: Capitalist Crisis and Cultural Strategy, Artnet News’s national art critic Ben Davis imagines ...

Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Friday, June 17. NEED-TO-READ How Rose B. Simpson Sculpts Memory in Clay – Ahead of a trio of East Coast exhibitions, sculptor Rose B. Simpson chats with Jori Finkel about her unique brand of ceramic ...

Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Tuesday, June 14. NEED-TO-READ Puppies Puppies to Recreate Ana Mendieta Performance at Basel – With Paris gallery Balice Hertling, the artist Puppies Puppies is going to recreate Mendieta’s Untitled (Rape) from 1973, a work that ...

Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Monday, June 13. NEED TO READ Smithsonian to Return Indigenous Artifacts (Sort of) – A collection of Mi’kmaw artifacts are heading back to modern-day Nova Scotia, Canada, after being kept at the Smithsonian’s National Museum ...