Happy Friday, listeners! It’s Jennifer, ArtCurious host, back at you this week with our short-form Friday roundup of my favorite art history updates and interesting news tidbits. This is ArtCurious News this Week, and this gets you up to date on some of the latest goings-on in the realm of art history. Today is Friday, November 11, 2022.

This week’s stories:

New York Times: Paul G. Allen’s Art at Christie’s Tops $1.5 Billion, Cracking Records

 New York Times: Lee Bontecou, Acclaimed Creator of Unusual Sculptures, Dies at 91

 The Egyptian General Authority for Tourism Activation: The discovery of a rocky tunnel in the area of ​​the Temple of Taposiris Magna, west of Alexandria

ARTnews: Thousands of Looted Benin Bronzes Scattered in Museums Worldwide Are Now Listed in an Online Database

ARTnews: Two Climate Protesters Scribble Ink on Andy Warhol Campbell Soup Prints at National Gallery of Australia

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