A new generation of African game developers, concept artists, and world-builders is doing something the industry has never seen before — placing Africa at the centre of interactive worlds, and inviting African digital artists into a billion-dollar creative pipeline. Read MoreAfrican Digital Art
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$63.5 M. Modigliani Nude from Joe Lewis Collection Leads Sotheby’s London Double-Header Auction Totaling $520.7 M.
In its post-sale release, Sotheby’s noted that Asian collectors bought more than a third of the Lewis collection, which achieved $392.6 million. Read MoreARTnews.com
Behind the Scenes at Pace
Employees describe the gallery’s disorienting layoffs, Brenda Goodman looks back on her six-decade practice, and artists urge Mayor Mamdani to ban AI in schools. Read MoreHyperallergic
A Knicks Good-Luck Charm Is Now a Guggenheim Exhibit
The unlikely talisman takes the form of a handbag designed and toted by Jordyn Woods, fiancée of Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns.
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Pace Gallery’s Hall of Mirrors
Despite a tightly controlled narrative, for some workers and artists, the mega-gallery’s downsizing has left more questions than answers. Read MoreHyperallergic
Who Will Fight for Artists’ Rights in Congress?
Democratic Congressman Jerry Nadler has led the fight to bring resale royalties to artists in the US. With his retirement, it could all go away. Read MoreHyperallergic
For Bibi Lei, Painting Is a Portal to Imagined Worlds
For its summer group show, West Chelsea Contemporary brings together five artists to explore the evolving and dynamic monster motif in contemporary art.
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Artist Helen Cammock Removes Controversial Video Referring to Churchill from London’s National Portrait Gallery: Morning Links for June 23, 2026
Plus, sculptor Charles Hinman has died and a look at the top 10 sales at Art Basel. Read MoreARTnews.com
Botticelli’s ‘Venus’ May Hold Clues to a Fatal Illness, Researchers Say
Did a tumor kill the artist’s favorite muse?
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Kenny Schachter on Dueling Dealers, Shadowy Art Agent Joe Hage Managing Hockney Estate, and More
Plus: Which artist just opened a huge new space? And which major collector skipped Art Basel?
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