Art & Collectibles Climate Activists in Rome Dyed the Trevi Fountain’s Water Black in Response to Recent Floods The famed landmark will be drained, cleaned, and re-filled. There are no indications it has sustained any damage. By Shanti Escalante-de Mattei for ARTNews
Art & Collectibles A Former OpenSea Manager Is Found Guilty in the First NFT Insider Trading Case In 2021, Nate Chastain began using anonymous Ethereum wallets to buy works of artist to be featured on the marketplace. By Shanti Escalante-de Mattei for ARTNews
Art & Collectibles This Gerhard Richter Painting Could Fetch $25 Million at Auction The famous work, made in 1974, will be offered at Sotheby’s Contemporary Evening Auction in New York on May 18. By Shanti Escalante-de Mattei for ARTNews
Art & Collectibles This English Artist Is Offering a $1.2 Million Reward for His Stolen, Art-Filled Laptop “I’m feeling absolutely devastated,” says artist James Penfold, whose laptop was taken from his East London home. By Shanti Escalante-de Mattei for ARTNews
Art & Collectibles This Ultra-Rare Ancient Gold Coin, Made to Mark Julius Caesar’s Death, Was Just Returned to Greece The Eid Mar was repatriated this week along with 28 other ancient artifacts looted from the country. By Shanti Escalante-de Mattei for ARTNews
Art & Collectibles One of the World’s Most Expensive Coins Ever Sold Is a Fake The “Eid Mar” (Ides of March) coin sold for $4.2 million in 2020 by Roma Numismatics director, Richard Beale. By Shanti Escalante-de Mattei for ARTNews
Art & Collectibles The Balkans’ Notorious ‘Pink Panther’ Gang Is Suspected of Stealing $25 Million in Diamonds at TEFAF Last Year The Balkan gang behind multiple jewelry heists is known for its tactics that seem ripped from a movie. By Shanti Escalante-de Mattei for ARTNews
Art & Collectibles Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Fake Andy Warhol Paintings Art dealer Daniel Elie Bouaziz pleaded guilty yesterday for selling the counterfeit artwork to an unnamed victim. By Shanti Escalante-de Mattei for ARTNews
Art & Collectibles A Man Accused of Selling Fake Warhols Is Arrested After His Wife Goes Missing Brian Walshe allegedly sold two knock-off paintings to the Revolver Gallery in LA. By Shanti Escalante-de Mattei for ARTNews
Art & Collectibles Despite Authenticity Concerns, Phil Collins’s Collection of Alamo Artifacts Is Heading to a Texas Museum Experts are questioning whether items in the Genesis singer’s collection are real—here’s why. By Shanti Escalante-de Mattei for ARTNews
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ArtNews The New Director of Luxembourg’s Top Contemporary Art Museum Wants to Give the Country’s Culture an Edge