Art
Required Reading
This week, considering Etel Adnan, MVRDV’s "fake" Binhai library, the aesthetics of Empire, the end of Twitter's utopian ideals, mapmakers and horror vacui, and more.
Hrag Vartanian
Hrag Vartanian is editor-at-large, founding editor, and co-founder of Hyperallergic.
Interview
6 Questions for an Art Historian About Leonardo's "Salvator Mundi"
David Nolta doesn't mince words in his assessment of "Salvator Mundi." "The sale does not necessarily have any more to do with scholarship than the picture has to do with Leonardo," he explains.
Art
The Growing Necessity for the Vera List Center for Art and Politics
Now in its 25th year, the New School-affiliated institution is supporting increasingly essential and timely art.
Art
Required Reading
This week, Tom of Finland jewelry, TJ Clark on the art of the Russian Revolution, artist Rosemarie Koczy may have been lying about a past in Nazi concentration camps, a war of words over Boyle Heights, a manicure with pimples, and more.
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In Brief
Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" Sells for Over $400 Million, Shattering All Art Auction Records [UPDATED]
Someone just snagged what they believe to be an original Leonardo for the highest amount ever paid for an artwork.
In Brief
Steve Mnuchin’s Photos with Dollar Bills Are Everything That’s Wrong with the World
The Treasury Secretary and his wife walked into the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in DC, which may sound like a joke. Actually, it is.
In Brief
Newly Unearthed Miniature Carving Changes Our Understanding of Bronze Age Art
A newly discovered warrior tomb suggests Bronze Age Aegean culture was more interested in naturalism and the human form than previously believed.
Art
Required Reading
This week, a $100,000 toilet, Kushners unwelcome at the Met, a walker's guide of NYC, self-publishing photo books, Jean Nouvel's embarrassing statement, and more.
Podcast
Ford Foundation President Darren Walker on the Power of Art, Inequality, and Detroit
Under the leadership of Darren Walker, the Ford Foundation is challenging traditional ideas of what a major foundations should and can fund.
Art
Required Reading
This week, MVRDV's stunning Tianjin Binhai Library, cybercrime in galleries, a history of protest posters, the nationalist critics of the Taj Mahal, and much more.
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News
Over 1,800 Artists and Art Workers Sign Letter Against Sexual Harassment [UPDATE 2]
The public letter criticizes "an art world that upholds inherited power structures at the cost of ethical behavior."
Art
Required Reading
This week, an underground restaurant, political lives of medieval manuscripts, the need to claim (physical) QTBIPoC spaces, Harold Pinter's catty side, and more.