A Spiderman Panel From the 1980s Just Fetched a Record $3.4 Million at Auction as Comic Prices Continue to Skyrocket
The $3.4 million sale of an original drawing from a 1984 Spider-Man comic has set a new record for the…
Here are the Top Ten IdentityIQ Topics of 2021
Here are the Top Ten IdentityIQ Topics of 2021 IdentityIQ The past year was packed with major events that affected…
The 10 Most Expensive NFT Artworks of 2021, From Beeple’s $69 Million ‘Everydays’ to XCOPY’s $3.8 Million Portrait of ‘Some Asshole’
As 2021 draws to a close, it seems like a good time to revisit the explosive market for NFT art.…
Born Without Arms or Legs, the Victorian Artist Sarah Biffin Painted Beautifully With Her Teeth. Now, She’s Become a Market Star
A unique figure from the annals of art history has found sudden success on the auction block, with a small…
In a Landmark Restitution, the U.S. Returns 200 Looted Antiquities From Top Museums and Private Collections to Italy
Painted jars, marble busts, ceramic figurines, and even an ancient Roman statue reportedly sold to Kim Kardashian are part of…
Can a Driver’s License Be Used for Identity Theft?
Your driver’s license has your personal information. So, that means it can be the perfect tool for identity thieves. The…
A Houston Outsider Art Center Beloved by Dominique de Menil Is Expanding Into an Eight-Acre Campus for Offbeat Creativity
For 40 years, Houston’s Orange Show Center for Visionary Art has been the guardian of experiential art environments in the…
The MCA Chicago Has Hired Keyed-In Curators René Morales and Jamillah James to Fill Top Leadership Roles
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago has announced two top curatorial appointments: René Morales as chief curator and Jamillah James…
IDIQ Names Industry Veteran Damian Bushnell Chief Product Officer
The company’s recent growth necessitates new roles and responsibilities for leadership Temecula, California, Nov. 16, 2021 – IDIQ, an industry…
Editors’ Picks: 14 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From Licensing Lessons for Artists to the Return of Immersive Van Gogh
Each week, we search for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events, both digitally and in-person, in the…
In Pictures: Artist Kenzo Digital’s New, Multilevel Installation Atop a New York City Skyscraper Has to Be Seen to Be Believed
Brooklyn artist Kenzo Digital has transformed the heart of Midtown Manhattan into infinite artwork in the sky in Air, his new,…
A New Museum Is Opening in the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Visitors Will Need a Military Escort to Get There
The Korean Demilitarized Zone, a thin strip of land dividing the Korean peninsula on either side of the 38th parallel,…
Collectors Stampede for Les Lalanne at Sotheby’s Paris, Where a White-Glove Sale of the Couple’s Designs Notched $92 Million
The auction appetite for French designers François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne, collectively known as Les Lalanne, continues to surge. A white-glove…
Depressing New Report Finds That Women Artists Accounted for Just 16 Percent of NFT Sales Over the Past 21 Months
It remains to be seen if the NFT and crypto art trend has legs, but it appears this new sector…
Justin Bieber’s Lawyers Tried to Shut Down a Gallery Show by an Artist Impersonating the Pop Star to Sell $100,000 Paintings
When a press release went out from one “Harry Gablowsian,” hundreds of pop fans RSVP’d for the new gallery’s opening…
A Trove of Recently Rediscovered Watercolors by Hilma af Klint Are Being Sold by David Zwirner, But Only an Institution Can Buy Them
A 2018 exhibition on the pioneering spiritual abstractionist Hilma af Klint’s (1862–1944) at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York essentially…
‘The Whole Thing Is an Art Project’: Meow Wolf Cofounders Explain the Grand Plan Behind Their Wildly Popular Immersive Art Universe
Last month marked the opening of Meow Wolf Denver, the third location for the wildly popular immersive art experience company that began…
The FBI Has Busted Once-Rising Artist Christian Rosa for Selling Forged Paintings Purportedly by His Former Mentor Raymond Pettibon
An artist who was on the fast track to fame before his career fizzled out has been indicted for allegedly…