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Performance Artist Crackhead Barney Moves From the Streets to the Stage: ‘Art Should Be Going Insane’
9+ hour, 10+ min ago (828+ words) The professional celebrity protestor's new play makes its formal debut in Brooklyn this week. If Crackhead Barney wasn't at your protest, did it even happen? A ubiquitous presence on the streets, the performance artist and iconic ambush interviewer has built…...
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1+ day, 5+ hour ago (17+ words) Price Check! Here's What Sold'and For How Much'at Art Basel Hong Kong 2026Artnet News...
Historic Watch Recovered From Titanic's Wealthiest Passenger Heads to Auction
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (360+ words) John Jacob Astor IV's pocket watch, kept in the family for generations, could realize $500,000. by" Vittoria Benzine April 1, 2026 ShareShare This Article A watch found on the body of American magnate John Jacob Astor IV after the RMS Titanic sinking has…...
Venice Biennale Artists Push to Ban U.S., Israel, and Russia From Exhibition
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (461+ words) This latest call follows an earlier one protesting Israel's participation in the event. Artists and curators participating in the main exhibition at this year's Venice Biennale have issued an "urgent" open letter protesting the inclusion of Israel, Russia, and the…...
How Artist Paris Giachoustidis Balances Fragility and Beauty
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (237+ words) Artists Paris Giachoustidis and Toshihiko Mitsuya question humans' fragile place in the cosmos at Filser and Gr'f, Munich. Featuring a suite of recent paintings, Giachoustidis's work opens the dialogue to other worlds entirely. Paris Giachoustidis, Sternenwanderung II (2026). Courtesy of Filser…...
Is This a Real Rembrandt? One Art Historian Thinks So
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (411+ words) The painting, long-believed a copy, is now on view at the Art Institute of Chicago. The artist produced Old Man with a Gold Chain the same year he started working in his dealer's Amsterdam studio'five years before establishing a workshop…...
$160 Million Auction Haul in Hong Kong Provides Much-Needed Momentum for the Region
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (503+ words) Sales totals have fallen in the city in recent years. Two white-glove affairs provided positive energy. Vivienne Chow March 30, 2026 ShareShare This Article Bonhams also held a tiny single-owner auction of Yayoi Kusama work Saturday, selling all six works for HK…...
Renoir, Matisse, and Cézanne Masterpieces Stolen From Italian Museum
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (513+ words) The thieves made off with artworks reportedly worth more than $10 million in just three minutes. Jo Lawson-Tancred March 30, 2026 ShareShare This Article Three Impressionist and modern masterpieces by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul C'zanne, and Henri Matisse were stolen from a prestigious Italian…...
Labubu Gets a Star Turn on the Big Screen—Plus a Rundown of the Latest in Asia’s Art World
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (706+ words) A low-down on Art Basel Hong Kong and South Asian art auctions in New York, Tate's first exhibition dedicated to ink, and a whole lot more. ART'OnO'will'return'to'SETEC'in Seoul from April 3 to 5 (VIP preview on April 2), marking its third edition with…...
Which Artists Are Insiders Searching For? After 10 Years, Not Much Has Changed
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (167+ words) Which big names soared? And who stumbled? Artnet News March 28, 2026 ShareShare This Article This article is part of the Artnet Intelligence Report: Year Ahead 2026. Drawing on in-depth analysis of the past year's market performance, the latest edition offers a data-driven…...