BEST

Damien’s Top Dollar – British artist
Damien Hirst once again made the Sunday Times
“Rich List,” with a net-worth of £315 million
($384 million).

Sotheby’s Snags a Trove – The auction
house will offer works from the sterling collection of the late Denver philanthropist Ginny
Williams in a sale expected to fetch up to $50
million.

Let’s Gogh! – An exhibition in Toronto
features floor-to-ceiling projections of Van Gogh
paintings in an immersive experience that you can drive
through.

Fashion Steps Up – Creative directors at
the world’s largest fashion labels are pivoting to collaborate with artists and
emerging designers who are struggling amid the global pandemic.

Meditations on the Future – UCCA Center
for Contemporary Art director Phil Tinari called into the Art Angle podcast to discuss
the new normal, as he reopens the museum in Beijing.

Dalí Daddy Drama – The psychic who claimed
to be Salvador Dalí’s daughter must pay for the costs of exhuming his body, which
incidentally proved he was not her father.

MFA Houston Moves Forward – The Texas
museum is the first major American art institution to
reopen since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic; the
San Antonio Museum of Art will follow suit a week later.

WORST

Remembering Susan Rothenberg – The New
York-born artist died at the age of 75, after a career marked by
a focus on figuration.

Survey Says… – A new report says that
cultural organizations stand to lose $6.8 billion year-over-year, or 26 percent of
operating costs on average.

Venice Biennale Pushed – In a major shift
for the high-profile art exhibition, the Venice Biennale has been
moved from next year to 2022.

No Met This Summer – The Metropolitan
Museum of Art will officially be closed until at least mid-August, and has
cancelled all its live events, including the Met Gala.

Looted Antiquities at Hobby
Lobby – The family behind Hobby Lobby and the
Museum of the Bible are suing Christie’s for selling them an ancient
tablet that was stolen from Iraq.

Viewing Room Doom – The initial
excitement over online art events is wearing thin, as an onslaught of viewing rooms,
emails, and virtual meetings continues (God help us all).

Step Away from The
Scream – Adoring fans of Edvard
Munch’s The Scream are actually hurting it, according to a new
report, which says human breath is destroying the artwork.

Night at the Museum – A German
student broke into the Australian Natural History
Museum to take selfies with dinosaur skeletons and steal an
artwork, though authorities quickly tracked him down.

Portrait in Peril – Trump is not hosting the Obamas for the unveiling of
their official portraits at the White House, breaking with decades
of tradition.

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