Tag: Sets
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Artist Ali Cherri Files Complaint After Israeli Army Kills His Parents, Indian Painting Sets Auction Record: Morning Links for April 2, 2026
To receiveMorning Linksin your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter. The Headlines BEARING WITNESS. Today, the acclaimed French-Lebanese artist Ali Cherri, together with the International Federation for Human Rights, filed a complaint with the French War Crimes Unit against “unknown perpetrators,” and denouncing the Israeli army’s bombing of civilian homes in Lebanon, according to a read more
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Artist Sets Guinness World Record for Largest Sock Monkey
News Emilia Evans-Munton, a Glasgow School of Art graduate, said she made the giant sculpture as an “ode to the toys that are left behind.” Emilia Evans-Munton’s “Remember I’m Still Here” (2025) lays in the back parking lot of Stow College at the Glasgow School of Art. (all photos by and courtesy the artist unless read more
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Chinatown Sets the Year of the Fire Horse Aglow
News Sarula Bao created a fabric horse in the style of “bu zha,” an embroidery art form, for New York nonprofit Think!Chinatown’s annual Lantern Residency. Sarula Bao, Think!Chinatown’s Lantern Residency artist, holds up her handcrafted puppet to celebrate the Year of the Horse on Mott Street in Manhattan. (all photos Rhea Nayyar/Hyperallergic) After weeks of read more
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Amy Sherald’s Show Sets Visitor Record at Baltimore Museum of Art
News The museum became a venue for “American Sublime” after Sherald withdrew her exhibition from the Smithsonian, citing censorship concerns. Amy Sherald, “Ecclesia (The Meeting of Inheritance and Horizons)” (2024) (courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth) The traveling exhibition Amy Sherald: American Sublime has set a new attendance record at the Baltimore Museum of read more
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Drawing of Foot Recently Discovered as Authentic Michelangelo Work Sells for $27.2 M. at Christie’s, Sets New Record
Last March, a person who now wishes to remain anonymous submitted a photograph of a small, framed drawing of a foot to Christie’s online “Request an Auction Estimate” portal. Just under a year later—and after months of authentication research—the work, newly identified as an authentic drawing by Michelangelo, sold for $27.2 million on a $1.5 read more
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Sotheby’s Second Sale in Saudi Arabia Tops $19.6 M., Sets Record for Saudi Artist
Just under a year ago, Sotheby’s made its biggest foray in the Gulf yet with its first-ever auction in Saudi Arabia. That sale, titled “Origins” and featuring 117 lots spanning art and luxury objects, brought in $17.3 million with fees—squarely within its $14 million–$20 million presale estimate. It wasn’t a spectacular result, but also wasn’t read more
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