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ALL HALLOWS EVE

Vampira, the ‘glamour ghoul’

What do a Mummy’s Stone Eye, Peruvian Potatoes and a Roman Coral Phallus Ring Have in Common? Spells!

This Hilma af Klint’s painting was among 193 commissioned by a spirit during a seance to adorn a cosmic temple.

A Brief Compendium of Mesmerising and Macabre Memento Mori

All Mediums, No Large! The World's Largest Center for Spiritualism is Located in the Enchanting Hamlet of Lily Dale, NY

How Witches in Art Have Held Us Under Their Spell for Centuries

William Hogarth Was an Artist, Not a Gentleman; 18th-century English satirist painted scenes of low life but had surprising things in common with the refined artists of his time.

The Gold Twinz: a thriller starring deviant lovers in Florida’s underworld: Jardine Libaire and Neil Krug – a long-time collaborator of Lana Del Rey – have created a crime novel and art project following charismatic protagonists into the dark underbelly of the Sunshine State

Amalia Pica "Accumulations and Overlaps" at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

In Storage or ‘In Situ’? 75-Year-Old Artist Guillaume Bijl Works From Home Surrounded by His Weird and Wonderful Large-Scale Sculptures

In Pictures: See Highlights of the New Museum’s Very Subtle New Triennial, Filled With Raw, Barely-Finished-Looking Art.

Amoako Boafo “Singular Duality: Me Can Make We” at Roberts Projects

Burnaway: Molly Z.G., "Almost Heaven :^)" at Institute 193

Miranda: Artist Karla Diaz turns insomnia into dream-like paintings at Luis De Jesus

‘Curating Is Always About Desire’: Artist Tiona Nekkia McClodden on Her Exhibition Paying Homage to Revered Queer Filmmaker Barbara Hammer; How a 1972 Motorcycle became the conceptual heart of the new show at Company Gallery

Surface tension – an interview with Mamma Andersson

Ron Athey at the ICA Los Angeles, “Queer Communion”

Victoria Square Project, Athens, Greece; "We Apologize" installation by Adrian Paci

Check out the Digs! An Artist’s Life in Objects, From a Warhol Print to a Postmodern Lamp; At his Connecticut studio, Peter Halley works among an eclectic collection of furniture and art infused with personal memories.

Shana Nys Dambrot: Tiffany Alfonseca "De las manos que nos crearon" at The Mistake Room, Los Angeles

Fragonard’s The Swing has been restored—and it's saucier than ever

PICASSO! PICASSO! PICASSO!

Knight: UCLA is selling a Picasso. Why that’s a good thing

To Sell Picassos, Las Vegas Turns to Sotheby’s, Jay Leno and a DJ; Bellagio ballroom will be transformed in order to auction art owned by a casino giant

Secrets of Picasso’s Prints; At the Norton Simon Museum in California, an exhibition of rarities offers a glimpse of the artist’s creative and technical process

What is Art, Really? Art historian Julia Friedman joins host William Shatner to answer the question

WEALTHY WHITE WOMEN WEASELLY CANNED

Chicago’s Art Institute Fires All of Its Docents: Too Many Wealthy White Ladies

Indocency [sic] on Display at the Art Institute of Chicago; Museum fired all its volunteer greeters and guides because most were white women with above average means

Education apocalypse now: On the firing of the Art Institute of Chicago’s unpaid docents

‘He Raises the Bar for Me’: 4 Artists on the Influence of Bob Thompson; The painter’s painter, who died young in 1966 after an all-too-brief career, still casts a long shadow. he continues to inspire Peter Doig, Rashid Johnson, Naudline Pierre and Henry Taylor

Hammer to Host Bob Thompson Show

What Does It Take to Succeed as a Young Artist Today? A New Documentary Asks Industry Players—and Finds the Answer Is Bleak

Jim DeFrance "Slots, Whales & Corvus" at STARS

Every American Should See Artist Winfred Rembert’s Pivotal Truths

‘A Sinister, Overlit Burlesque’: Paula Rego at Tate Britain – Review

Paul Stephen Benjamin 'Black Is A Color' at Gavlak

Tyler Stallings New Artist Documentary: "Carlos: Being of Light"

How the Chase for the Latest ‘Lost’ Caravaggio Has Captivated Europe’s Art World; If authenticated, a painting by the Baroque master—initially listed at auction this past spring for around $1,800 and potentially worth millions—could become one of the most valuable old master artworks in the world

BRAVING OPPRESSION

Margaret Atwood Faces Backlash, Slammed as Transphobic for Sharing Article Hitting at Gender-Neutral Language

The silencing of Belarus's dissenting artist; A growing number of culture workers are being given long prison sentences on spurious charges

A Blackface ‘Othello’ Shocks, and a Professor Steps Back From Class; Students objected after the composer Bright Sheng showed the 1965 film of Laurence Olivier’s “Othello” to his class at the University of Michigan

The Atlantic: China Is Watching You; With generous state support and low-cost sales abroad, surveillance camera producer Hikvision has become a world heavyweight

Formerly of the NYT, Bari Weiss and 'The World Has Gone Mad'

As Boycott of Havana Biennial Gains Steam, Artists Withdraw

Over 100 musicians flee Afghanistan, head to Portugal amid fears of Taliban crackdown

Taliban militants ‘Behead women’s volleyball player and post photos of her head on social media’

‘Art in Afghanistan Will Have to Be Underground’: An Afghan Artist Who Escaped to Italy Wants to Help Those Still Caught in Kabul

Columbus Day: On recent hostility towards the fifteenth-century explorer

Missing Apostrophe in Facebook Post Lands a Man in Defamation Court

'15 Minutes of Shame' Documentary From Essential Employee to Pariah ... Canceled for Fidgeting with My Fingers!!!

'15 Minutes of Shame' Trailer

Mass Surveillance System Set to Spoil Secret Lovers’ Paradise in Venice, Italy

The CCP’s Culture of Fear: In China under Xi Jinping, idealism is passé and conformity a shell for the ruthless pursuit of hierarchical power and private interests

Shana Nys Dambrot: Meet Mixed Media Painter Joy Ray

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Billion Dollar Producer: ‘Dune’ Marks Next Chapter in Mary Parent Saga; Head Down and Hard Work

"The Tender Bar" Official Trailer

‘Cowboy Bebop’ Teaser: ‘Lost Session’ of Netflix’s Live-Action Reimagining Has Style to Spare

The Art World is Gonna Love It! "The French Dispatch" Cast Featurette

Nicole Kidman Is a Spot on Lucille Ball in First Trailer for “Being the Ricardos,” Lucie Arnaz Approves

Creative Artists Agency Co-Chairman Richard Lovett Says Company Mines Streaming Data for Movie Deals; Lovett says protecting stars and making deals is challenging in era of at-home entertainment

Udo Kier Is Long Overdue for Awards. His Fabulous ‘Swan Song’ Deserves All Your Attention.

The Film History of Udo Kier

How Riz Ahmed Shattered Stereotypes to Become Hollywood’s Most Exciting New Leading Man

Good Trailer, Bad Trailer - The Art Behind Trailers

The Batman - Official Trailer

The Golden Age of Animation In 10 Inventive—And Politically Incorrect—Cartoons

Felix in Hollywood (1923)

Night On Bald Mountain - Fantasia (1941)

Ruthie Tompson Dies at 111; Breathed Animated Life Into Disney Films; One of a cadre of women who worked behind the scenes, she did indispensable but anonymous work on classics like “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and “Pinocchio.”

Inside the Broccoli Family Behind the James Bond Empire

Wall St. Journal: ‘Lamb’ Review: Shear Brilliance; Icelandic drama follows isolated farmers who’ve lost a child but receive an ovine surrogate

‘The Afterparty’ Trailer: Tiffany Haddish Tries to Solve Lord and Miller’s Murder-Mystery Series

Europa: The 1931 peculiar tale of the anti-fascist film the Nazis didn’t want you to see; Polish avant-garde silent flick is finally getting its premiere in London, 80 years after it was made, though its themes still pack a punch

How RED Cameras Changed Filmmaking as We Know It; RED digital cameras have become a go-to for big-budget studio productions

"The Electrical Life of Louis Wain" True story of eccentric British artist and cat lover Louis Wain (Benedict Cumberbatch)

Behind the Scenes: “Mank” Cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt on Making the Film; Winner: Society of Cinematographers Award 2021

STREETWISE

The Return of the Shadowman; A stealth artist from Seattle has been replicating the ’80s street art of Richard Hambleton throughout Manhattan. Is this a tribute, a marketing tool — or both?

Street artist Fin DAC: ‘I’m painting to beautify the urban landscape’

Half biologist, half street artist, all gentleman Mantra to Open “Metamorphōsis” at Goldman Global Arts in Miami

Graffomat, a spray can plotter!

Brooklyn Street Art Images of The Week

STAGE STRUCK

Andy Warhol, the Musical, with New Title "Trouble": Gus Van Sant’s Tribute to the Pope of Pop; Clement Greenberg and Irving Blum enter into duet-combat on the merits of Ab-Ex, Pop and artistic genius

‘He was easy to spot!’ Gus Van Sant on spying Andy Warhol – and his musical about him; The Oscar-nominated film director has made the jump into musical theatre with a portrait of the high priest of pop art, staged in Europe

Center Theatre Group makes a big promise to women and BIPOC playwrights

L.A.’s Mark Taper Forum Will Still Open Season with Porn-ish “Slave Play” Despite Playwright’s Complaints

How ‘Fire Shut Up in My Bones’ Brought Step to the Met; The opera’s choreographer and co-director, Camille A. Brown, talks about the legacy of the African diaspora and influence of “School Daze” in her dances

‘Noël Coward on (and in) Theatre’ Review: The Charm Offense; A polymath with a high-velocity pen, Coward masked exactitude with effervescence.

Say It Three Times: “Beetlejuice” Is Coming Back to Broadway After “The Music Man” Chased it Away

JOHN STEPPLING

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I feel something significant has gone out of daily life. I am speaking of western societies, but only because I know them best. And it’s enormously difficult to articulate that which I feel has gone missing. But I shall at least try to compose some signposts pointing toward this elusive quality.

ART NOIR

Art crime flourished during pandemic year, Interpol survey shows; Figures indicate fewer museum thefts, more illegal excavations

Last photograph of Lucian Freud’s stolen Francis Bacon portrait published for first time

Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala photo helped solve looted gold Egyptian coffin case

How the FBI Discovered a Real-Life Indiana Jones in, of All Places, Rural Indiana; 90-year-old amateur archaeologist who claimed to have detonated the first atomic bomb was also one of the most prolific grave robbers in modern American history

Will Disgraced Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick Avoid Trial After All? Court Papers Suggest He Could Be in Settlement Talks With U.S. Authorities

A robot is displaying art at the pyramids. Egypt detained it over spying fears, its maker says

Eighty years after his death, weapons experts now say Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’s suicide may have been murder; Although the German Expressionist was undoubtedly depressed, new evidence suggests that the artist could not have fired the gun that killed him in 1938

U.S. Charges Once-Rising Artist With Selling Raymond Pettibon Forgeries; Christian Rosa is accused in a federal indictment of scheming to defraud art buyers through the sale of four pieces purportedly by Mr. Pettibon

Stripping Away the Veil "The art world has been a secretive, opaque business for centuries."

BOOKS AND WORDS

Chasing the Man-Moth: On poet Elizabeth Bishop’s subway creature

Glasstire and Award-Winning Long Time Editor-in-Chief Christina Rees to Part Ways; No Reason Given for the Full Time Grad Student ... The Christina Rees Catalogue of Writing

Christina Rees: The Progressive Hammers Are Out, Looking For Nails

The Miracle of Stephen Crane; Born after the Civil War, he turned himself into its most powerful witness—and modernized the American novel

Four new crime fiction novels entertain with atmosphere, coincidence, diabolical murder and climaxes of Shakespearean proportions

Needle in a Timestack Writer-Director John Ridley on Two Methods of Writing an Adaptation

Catch These 5 Incredible Finds—From Ian Fleming’s Annotated James Bond Draft to a Rare Tolkien Trove—at Firsts, London’s Rare Book Fair

A Haunting Compendium of Paris Ghost Stories

Every Trick in the Book: Inside the British-retirement-home mystery that knocked the new Sally Rooney off the No. 1 spot on the Sunday Times best-seller list after just one week

New Book: Auto Erotica: A Grand Tour through Classic Car Brochures of the 1960s to 1980s, published by FUEL

NYT: New Book! David Sedaris Shows Us How His Mind Works

Must Read Hilarity! An Excerpt: David Sedaris’s Diary; America’s comedian in England reveals more than 10 years’ worth of his inner thoughts

Reading Playboy for the Articles: 13 Essential Journalism & Literature Pieces from Playboy Magazine; Kerouac, Bradbury, Dahl, King Jr., Thompson, Atwood and Many Startling More!

A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Woman: Patricia Highsmith's diaries and notebooks chart her early work and love life

It’s Never Too Late to Publish a Debut Book and Score a Netflix Deal; Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, at 50, is not the average age of a debut author. But the public school teacher describes herself as a “literary debutante"

If You Can't Answer These 6 Questions You Don't Have A Story

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Weiwei Writes! Ai Weiwei on climate loss: Leaving Beijing was not just a political choice – I was a climate refugee; In the 1970s Beijing was like other cities in China. There were no private cars, and bicycles formed a matrix in the streets.

How a Group of Midwestern Museum Docents Wound Up at the Center of a Right-Wing Media Firestorm; The Art Institute of Chicago abruptly dismissed all of its docents.

CHASING HUNTER

We Got the First Look Inside Hunter Biden’s Hush-Hush Gallery Show, the Least-Seen, Most-Talked About Debut in the Art World; “All the prices he's worth right now, 10 years from now that's going to be a cheap Hunter Biden painting,” Georges Bergès said.

Hunter Biden’s art exhibit in SoHo draws few visitors

Meager turnout marks second day of Hunter Biden’s NYC art show

AG Garland asked to appoint special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden

‘Hunter Biden Rule’ proposed to prevent money laundering in art world

From genetics to allyship: how queer culture changed the family portrait

Faith Wilding "Fossils" at Anat Ebgi

Issue Art: Should museums mount exhibitions with a moral agenda? Absolutely. If they do it well.

See Sculptures by Kehinde Wiley, Alison Saar, and More Commissioned for Destination Crenshaw, L.A.’s $100 Million Black Arts Initiative; 100 sculptures will ultimately line a 1.3-mile corridor in South Los Angeles; Concept Illustrations

Rome villa with Caravaggio's only ceiling painting announced for auction with a €471m price tag; The Casino di Villa Boncompagni Ludovisi, also known as Villa Aurora, was decorated by Caravaggio in around 1597

The Rampancy of Golden Ratios across Faces and Screens: A Conversation with Sound Designer Walter Murch and Arts Writer Lawrence Weschler

For the First Contemporary Art Show at Egypt’s Pyramids, JR Transformed the Ancient Wonder Into a Partially Levitating Mass

The New Criterion: Fear: On the human desire for freedom

California Scheming: Noah Barker at Löwengasse

What Quilts Mean Now

Dice Games in the Desert: Chinati Weekend in Marfa

Must See! Antoinette LaFarge talks about fictive art and artists' hoaxes!

In Conversation, Nov.10, Dec. 8 and Jan. 12, Hosted by Gordy Grundy and Art Report Today

Why Does the Artworld Love Turning Young Artists Into Tribute Acts?

Dasha Zhukova, Redefined: How the Powerful Collector and Businesswoman Built Her Reputation

Former Casino Boss Steve Wynn’s Picasso Collection Fetched $109 Million in a Special Sotheby’s Event in Las Vegas

Shana Nys Dambrot: Meet New Media Artist & Filmmaker Jess Irish

More MSCHF! This Prankster Art Collective Is Making an Elaborate Commentary on Authenticity by Hawking 999 Fake Warhols (Plus One Real One; MSCHF bought a Warhol, created 999 replicas, and is now selling each for $250. The catch: you'll never know which one is real.

New Honolulu Museum of Art Exhibit Explores Hawaiʻi's Social Issues Through Art and Technology

CRITICISM

Man of Action: Harold Rosenberg: An Art Critic’s Life; New Book; He knew everyone, sat on all the panels, went to all the parties; he even had an archnemesis in the art critic Clement Greenberg; 656 pages

Where does art fit in a post-liberal world? Western liberal democracies have long called the shots when deciding what is “good” art. But that could be about to change

The time of the Indigenous critic has arrived. Now that the industry is finally greenlighting Indigenous films and TV, Indigenous critics ought to lead the conversation. Critic or cheerleader?

Sasha Stone presents a Thought Provoking Piece — What/Who Do We Believe? Reimagined History: Monica Lewinsky, The Academy Museum, and Kim Kardashian; Fairy Tales at the Apocalypse

Judy Chicago on How to Build a Lasting Art Career

Radical from the start: Judy Chicago’s retrospective at the De Young Museum goes beyond The Dinner Party; Exhibition demonstrates how the artist has “always been progressive in her thinking” about social issues, from feminism to environmentalism

ON THE EDGE: FROM THE JOAN AND JACK QUINN FAMILY COLLECTION

Peter Frank on Whitehot: "On the Edge" Los Angeles Art 1970s-1990s from the Joan and Jack Quinn Family Collection

California Cool: An Art Collector’s Perspective; BMoA Premieres "On the Edge" Los Angeles Art, 1970s - 1990s

Two Joints for Three Basquiats!

Meet Joan Agajanian Quinn, Art “Accumulator” and Muse to Warhol and Hockney

Joan Agajanian Quinn presents: Friends of John Altoon

Freedom, friendship at 'Edge' of BMoA's new exhibition

"Steven Arnold: Heavenly Bodies" Doc Teaser; Documentary Produced by Joan Agajanian Quinn

ART IN FILM

Art Heists, Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot in "Red Notice" Trailer

'Here and There' A Group Show with Samuel Erenberg, Pamela Smith Hudson, Vincent Johnson, Carol Kaufman and Lies Kraal

PROFOUND EXPERIENCE

William Shatner cried upon returning from space. The "overview effect," experienced by astronauts when they view the Earth from outer space, irrevocably changes your perspective as a human

Anna Park’s Charcoal Drawings of the End of the World Have Earned Her Fans From Top Curators to KAWS. At 25, She’s Just Getting Started; Four museums bought work out of Anna Park's sold-out debut solo show. What is it about her art that has captivated so many tastemakers?

Keith Walsh "All Good Pictures Are About The Future"

LAD DECKER

Lad Decker "Hostile Witness" at Decker Studio

After a Meteoric Rise in the Art World, February James Looks to Her Roots; The L.A.-based artist—whose work has graced album covers by Diplo, Santigold, and Lil Yachty—celebrates her parents and their deferred dreams in a new exhibit

ILLUSTRATION

J.C. Leyendecker Inspired Both Norman Rockwell and a Marvel TV Show. Here’s What You Need to Know About This Master of Illustration Art

"The Summit of the Gods" Official Trailer, Animated Manga

Take the Quiz: Should You Be A Museum Director?

Stromberg: Art Imitates Life: an Interview with Jeff Weiss of Weisslink ... The Website of Artist Jeff Weiss

John David O’Brien: Louise Nevelson “Collages 1957–1982” at Kayne Griffin

VELVET UNDERGROUND DOC

Velvet Underground’s Art Connections Star in Thrilling Todd Haynes Documentary

‘Velvet Underground’ Documentary Review: Rough-Edged Rockers; Todd Haynes’s new film celebrates the New York band fronted by Lou Reed that had a small audience but a large impact

Interview with Director Todd Haynes: ‘This world is too cosy. Except cosy is almost too cosy a word’; a documentary about the Velvet Underground

Zak Smith 'Decorder': Prayer Against Turbulence

Brooklyn Rail: Interview with Jorge Pardo “When I started putting things in galleries, I always had a hard time telling myself when to stop the game of perception.”

BEANO? ART INFLUENCER?

How the Beano comics encouraged generations of artists to break the rules

Watch out! Contemporary artists take on the Beano – in pictures

Jay DeFeo and Bruce Conner Were BFF’s (Bohemian Friends Forever); The San Francisco artists blazed trails in the ’60s and ’70s that converge at Paula Cooper

See the work at Paula Cooper!

OUR DIGITAL WORLD

The Amazing Things You’ll Do in the ‘Metaverse’ and What It Will Take to Get There; Tech visionaries foresee a vast, immersive world that mirrors and extends the real one, allowing people to do and be what previously could only be imagined

Deepfake Technology's Potential To Change Media And Disrupt Society

Tom Cruise Can Really Play Guitar!!! Justin Bieber Fooled by Deepfake, Reignites Fight Talk

DISCOVERY

The Earth Is Inside an Enormous Cosmic Tunnel, New Research Proposes; New model proposes a filament-like magnetic tunnel encompassing the entire solar system, explaining two mysterious features of the sky

Israeli scuba diver discovers ancient Crusader sword

Early signs of the Vikings in North America, long before Columbus

Italian mayor launches underwater excavation to find third Riace bronze

GO, VAN GOGH!

Van Gogh Between Grace and Madness; New exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art highlights the paintings of olive groves the artist made in his turbulent last year

Stunning $30m Van Gogh watercolour resurfaces at Christie’s New York following complex behind-the-scenes deal

70 paintings in 70 days: Van Gogh’s astonishing achievement at the end of his life

GOOD GIGS

Japanese Visual Artist and Streetwear Designer Hiroshi Fujiwara Teams Up with Loro Piana for Their First-Ever Creative Collaboration

Vanity Fair: Inside Louis Vuitton and Frank Gehry’s Luminous New Fragrance Collection; The architect behind world-renowned museums and concert halls has created his first perfume bottle, giving shape to the ineffable

A KAWS and Reese’s Puffs Collab Is on the Way ... Acute Art is part of the Puffs Plan

What’s That Smell? KAWS Eau de Toilette! It’s Comme des Garcons & KAWS

Hermès Lends Detroit-Based Artists a Platform at Their New Store in Troy, Michigan; Colorful mural from multidiscplinary Ellen Rutt

Jeff Koons and his Uniqlo Collection

Jeff Koons and BMW: First Look of The Artist's Special Edition 8 Series Gran Coupe Revealed

Opportunities in October 2021; From collaborative grants to open calls and experimental residencies, a list of opportunities that artists, writers, and art workers can apply for this month; Thanks Hyperallergic!

BEST OF THE WEEK with JERRY GOGOSIAN, THE INSTAGRAM LAUGH SENSATION!

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Performance Artist Jerry Gogosian Headlines the Wall St. Journal

PALATE PALETTE

Alison Roman: Crispy Chicken (or Pork) Cutlets

Stanley Tucci - How To make Negroni

Paul Kalemkiarian: This Is Not The Wine World I Grew Up In

What It Was Like to Eat with Anthony Bourdain?

How Both Paris Hilton and Martha Rosler Satirize Domesticity; Both Womens’s agendas are cleverly hidden through humor and blatant performativity

THE CLIMATE HAS ALWAYS BEEN CHANGING

Taking a stand: climate crisis tops agenda at Frieze London

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NFT: THE CELEBRITY VANITY PAST TIME AND INVESTMENT BANKER'S START-UP

NFT art sales hit $3.5bn so far this year—but market is still volatile; Latest Hiscox Online Art Trade Report finds that this booming asset class benefitted from a late-summer surge

A Collecting Category Emerges: How NFTs Took the Art World By Storm

A Cryptocurrency Collective Has Been Revealed as the $4 Million Buyer of Martin Shkreli’s Collectible Wu-Tang Clan Album; The collective, PleasrDAO, has also bought NFTs from Pussy Riot and Edward Snowden

James Murdoch Is Backing a Start-Up That Will Allow Collectors to Buy NFT Art From Galleries Using Old-Fashioned Fiat

Gaika’s NFT Project for Voice Turns Viewers Into Participants; The Voice NFT Residency provides artists with resources to experiment in creating art that utilizes blockchain technology

Martha Stewart releases NFTs as more celebs tap into crypto craze

Move over, Bored Apes: This $7 billion art platform is going all in on NFTs

Artist Lucien Smith Joins NFT-Oriented Equity Management Firm to Address Market Imbalances

CAA Signs NFT Collector Behind “0xb1” Persona; In addition licensing and brand partnerships, CAA will facilitate partnerships with "blue-chip brands looking to enter the NFT space."

Who Is Behind Art Forger Wolfgang Beltracchi’s New Crypto Project? Kenny Schachter Unmasks the Top NFT Creator in His First-Ever Interview

What’s With All the Hitler NFTs?

OpenSea Sure Has a Lot of Hitler NFTs for Sale

This Is How NFTs Might Change TV and Film Industries

Market Brief: CryptoPunks Continue to Lead the NFT Market

Bored Ape Yacht Club Records $542 Million in Lifetime Sales — BAYC Creators to Launch Token in Q1 2022

TikTok announces NFT collection led by top creators

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