At Christie’s, Marlene Dumas set a new record for the most expensive artwork by a living female artist.
Police arrested Isaac Wright, known as Drift, during the opening of his solo show at Robert Mann Gallery, citing a photograph on view—taken from atop the Empire State Building—as evidence of criminal trespass. Plainclothes officers monitored the event before uniformed police took him into custody near the end of the night.
Police used artist Isaac Wright’s art as evidence to arrest him at his Robert Mann opening.
At Christie’s 21st-century evening sale, Marlene Dumas’ Miss January fetched $13.63 million, breaking the record for the most expensive artwork sold by a living female artist. The result outpaced Jenny Saville’s previous record and marked a rare high point in an otherwise uneven auction week. Three of the night’s four artist records went to women, including Simone Leigh and Emma McIntyre.
Paolo Boffi, former chairman of Boffi DePadova and son of founder Piero, has died at 85.
Paolo Boffi, son of Boffi DePadova founder Piero Boffi and a key figure in the evolution of the Italian design house, has died at 85. As chairman, he helped shepherd the brand into the global spotlight, guiding its transition from postwar cabinetry to a symbol of contemporary Italian interiors.
World Press Photo will change the photo credit of the “Napalm Girl” Vietnam War image.
World Press Photo will no longer name Nick Út as the photographer behind the 1972 image of children fleeing a napalm attack, citing new doubts raised by the documentary The Stringer. The film contends that Vietnamese stringer Nguyễn Thành Nghệ, long overlooked, may have been the actual author of the image, prompting the organization to reassess decades of attribution. While the Associated Press still stands by Út, World Press Photo concluded the evidence refutes his authorship.
A time capsule buried under the Transamerica Pyramid Center is now on view in San Francisco.
A sealed steel capsule buried beneath the Transamerica Pyramid in 1974 has resurfaced during the building’s recent renovation and is on view in an exhibition that opened yesterday. The recovered trove—discovered thanks to a tip linked to a decades-old puzzle—includes protest letters, vintage photographs, and a note from the mayor at the time.
Today’s attractive distractions:
The secret Valentino concert was one of the places to be as Design Week kicked off.
How helpful is TikTok’s in-app meditation feature, really?
There’s a surprising link between consumer preference and the angle of Barbie’s arches.
At Cannes, Kristen Stewart coined a new category of main character presence: big tit energy.
