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May 9, 2022
$195 Million for Marilyn: Warhol Sets a 20th-Century Record
Andy Warhol's 'Shot Sage Blue Marilyn' sold for $195 million in 2022 — the most ever paid at auction for a 20th-century…
April 23, 2022
Golden Lion for Britain: Sonia Boyce Makes Venice History
Sonia Boyce became the first Black woman to represent Britain at the Venice Biennale — and promptly won its highest hon…
April 9, 2022
Basquiat at Home: 'King Pleasure' Opens in New York
In 2022 Jean-Michel Basquiat's family staged 'King Pleasure', an intimate exhibition of rarely seen works and personal…
April 9, 2022
The Complete Raphael Comes to London
The National Gallery's 2022 Raphael exhibition explored the full range of the Renaissance master — not just painter, bu…
April 6, 2022
Taking America's Temperature: The Whitney Biennial
The Whitney Biennial, the most influential survey of new American art, returned in 2022 with a quieter, more contemplat…
February 11, 2022
Art in the Desert: Desert X Lands in Saudi Arabia's AlUla
The Desert X exhibition returned to AlUla in 2022, scattering large-scale contemporary art across Saudi Arabia's specta…
December 26, 2021
Wayne Thiebaud, Painter of Cakes and Light, Dies at 101
Wayne Thiebaud, the American artist famous for luscious paintings of cakes, pies and everyday treats, died in 2021 aged…
December 1, 2021
Turner Prize 2021: A Belfast Collective Brings the Pub — and the Protest
For the first time, the Turner Prize went to a collective: Belfast's Array Collective, who recreated a riotous Irish pu…
November 20, 2021
On the Road with Dürer
The National Gallery's 2021 show 'Dürer's Journeys' followed the great German artist as he travelled Renaissance Europe…
November 19, 2021
The Courtauld Returns: London's Jewel-Box of Impressionism Reopens
After a major modernisation, the Courtauld Gallery reopened in late 2021, its incomparable Impressionist and Post-Impre…
November 16, 2021
$34.9 Million for Frida: A Latin American Record
Frida Kahlo's tearful self-portrait 'Diego y yo' sold for $34.9 million in 2021 — the highest price ever for a Latin Am…
November 12, 2021
M+ Opens: Asia's Answer to Tate Modern Rises in Hong Kong
In November 2021 Hong Kong unveiled M+, a giant new museum of contemporary visual culture aiming to rival Tate Modern,…