Opinion
It’s Time to Rethink the 50/50 Split With Art Galleries
Should artists accept this standard without questioning the gallery's actual contribution?
money
Opinion
New Anti-Money Laundering Law Can Send Self-Employed Artists to Jail
Luckily, it can be avoided by filling out a simple form.
Satire
Mega-Collector Reveals He Doesn’t Care About Art But Loves the Attention
“I don’t really like to buy anything that’s less than $10 million,” the collector said. “It just doesn’t elicit the validation I crave.”
News
227-Year-Old Prototype for First US Dollar Sold at Auction
The experimental dollar from 1794, featuring Lady Liberty with flowing hair, laid the groundwork for the first silver dollars, coined the same year.
News
MEP Rebuts EU Commission’s Claim That Luxembourg Freeport Isn’t Used for Tax Evasion
Wolf Klinz, who first voiced the concern, says that his allegations "were unfortunately not met with serious concern by the President nor the Commissioner responsible, but rather with condescension and dismissal."
In Brief
EU Official Demands Luxembourg Freeport Close Amid Money Laundering Allegations
European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has referred the case, which concerns a high-security facility housing art and luxury goods, to the European commissioner of economic and financial affairs.
News
Canada Releases World’s First Glow-in-the-Dark Coin in Circulation
The Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a Northern Lights–themed luminescent coin to commemorate the country's 150th birthday.
Art
The British Pennies Defaced in Protest by a Suffragette
A 1903 penny on view at the British Museum features the words "Votes for Women" letter-stamped by a suffragette over the face of the king.
Art
How Art Secured American Banknotes for 150 Years
The Grolier Club is exploring the overlooked art of American security engraving, in which the strength of an artwork correlates to the security of the banknote or bond it's printed on.
In Brief
J.M.W. Turner to Light Up the British £20 Note
J.M.W. Turner, the great English landscape painter who obsessed over light, will be featured on the new £20 banknote in the UK.
In Brief
Harriet Tubman Bumps Slave-Owning Andrew Jackson Off Front of $20 Bill
The president who signed the Indian Removal Act, which pushed thousands of indigenous people off their land through events like the Trail of Tears, and owned over 100 slaves, will finally get his own removal from his central place on the American $20 bill.
In Brief
Which Artist Will Grace the UK's New £20 Bill?
The Bank of England has announced that a visual artist will grace the new £20 bill.