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Magritte Painting Becomes Most Expensive Surrealist Work Ever Sold
The Belgian artist's uncanny scene sold for a whopping $121.16 million at auction.
Rhea Nayyar
Rhea Nayyar (she/her) is a New York City-based staff reporter at Hyperallergic. She received a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and has a passion for small-scale artworks, elevating minority perspectives, and dogspotting at art world events.
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Everyone Wants This Leopard Print Highlighter
There’s just one problem: It doesn’t exist.
Books
A Brief History of Underwear in Art
Author Nina Edwards weaves a seamless tale of the social, visual, and economic dimensions of the hidden garments that literally underpin our lives.
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Boston University Halts Admissions for Art History PhDs
The program is one of 12 humanities doctoral tracks that will not be accepting candidates in the upcoming academic year.
News
Brooklyn Navy Yard Seeks Public Art Proposals
Kings County artists can submit their best ideas around the theme of "Our Brooklyn" for a temporary installation in 2025.
News
Berlin Court Convicts Curator Over Instagram Posts About Hamas Attack
Edwin Nasr must pay a fine for posts made the day after Hamas’s October 7 attack, which he said he removed.
Art
Painter Immortalizes the Crowds at Rijksmusem’s Sold-Out Vermeer Show
Joe Fig’s Vermeer Contemplations series captures museum attendees closely engaging with the Dutch master’s work.
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Sistine Chapel May Depict Woman With Breast Cancer, Study Says
The bare chest of a female figure in Michelangelo’s rendition of The Flood “shows features consistent with breast carcinoma,” according to new research.
Film
Jordan Withdraws Artsakh Film From Oscars, Citing “Diplomatic Pressures”
My Sweet Land by Jordanian-Armenian director Sareen Hairabedian follows an 11-year-old boy during the Second Artsakh War.
News
Oldest Known Inscription of Ten Commandments Heads to Auction
The approximately 1,500-year-old tablet could fetch $2 million at Sotheby’s.
Art
Exhibition Looks Back at Columbia’s Gaza Solidarity Encampments
“When your expression is part of a larger movement, it has the potential to alter the course of history,” said Peloloca, one of the artists in HINDS HOUSE.
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Italy Seizes Over 2,000 Artworks Linked to Art Forgery Scheme
An investigation led to 38 individuals accused of producing and selling counterfeit Banksy, Warhol, Picasso, and Dalí pieces, among others.