BEST

A Sorceress’s Bounty – Among the ruins of
Pompeii, the talismans and charms belonging to an ancient sorceress
have been unearthed.

Swizz Beatz Bets on Art – The music
impresario and his wife, Alicia Keys, are building a global community for artists and
musicians in Upstate New York.

Dare to Dream – Lots of people are known
to sleepwalk, but artist Lee Hadwin creates intricate artwork while he’s
unconcious—and he wakes up with no memory of any of it.

Newly Discovered Leonardo Drawings – The
National Gallery of London discovered previously unknown underdrawings hidden beneath
Leonardo da Vinci’s The Virgin of the Rocks.

Get Thee to a Gallery – Lots of
up-and-coming artists are keen to find gallery representation, so
we’ve outlined some of the most important steps you can take on that
journey.

Take an E-Trip – Take a look at some of
the most inspiring homes and studios of historic artists, all with
the help of Google Maps.

Ai Weiwei Takes on Hong Kong – The Chinese
mega-star is undertaking two new projects about the tumultuous Hong Kong protests, including his
own version of Puccini opera.

Holy Molar! – While on summer vacation, a
young boy stumbled across an ancient Wooly Mammoth tooth buried in
Ohio.

The Tate Takes Over – Tate Modern surpassed the British Museum as the
most-visited of all London’s art institutions.

WORST

Board to Be Bad – In the wake of Warren
Kanders’s exit from the Whitney Museum’s board, artnet News spoke to institutions across the country about
what his departure means for the future of museum fundraising.

Epstein’s Prurient Portrait – Following
his death, investigators uncovered a very unsettling portrait of Bill Clinton
wearing Monica Lewinsky’s little blue dress in Jeffrey Epstein’s
Manhattan townhouse.

Tax Troubles Continue – President Trump’s
ongoing trade war with China continues to do damage on the market for art and
antiquities, with an estimated 10 percent tariff soon to
come.

Apple’s Lackluster Art Experiment
– Apple’s newest VR art application falls short of our critic’s hopes for how
artists can harness the power of new technologies.

New Revelations in Robert Indiana Case – The
late artist’s estate is accusing his caretaker of forcing the artist to
live in abysmal conditions, despite the artist having more than
enough money to improve his circumstances.

Protests Dog Aichi Triennial – Prominent
artists want their works removed from the Japanese show
after curators censored a section of the exhibition.

Thanks, We’ll Skip Brooklyn – The
outrageously popular immersive art collective teamLab has decided to postpone the debut of a work in
Brooklyn until further notice.

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