VISUAL

"ADQ, an Abu Dhabi-based sovereign wealth fund, investment, and holding company, has entered into 'a definitive agreement' to acquire a minority interest in Sotheby’s. The deal, valued at around $1 billion, will see ADQ purchasing newly issued shares of Sotheby’s. Patrick Drahi, the current majority owner, will invest additional capital." - ARTnews

“His latest graffiti design, located on Westmoor Street in Charlton, south-east London, is situated on the side of a building and has been designed to look as though the animal is climbing on to a car parked next to the property.” - The Guardian (UK)

This is a question Portland is asking as it prepares to scrap and remake the Burnside Bridge - "its most significant multi-modal downtown bridge in more than 65 years.” - Oregon ArtsWatch

Before streaming, but especially before the internet, posters drew us in, some with era-defining visuals. - The Guardian (UK)

Churchill was not one to enjoy being out of power, and perhaps abandoned the Conservative Party leadership behind the scenes. But his “love of painting, both as a hobby and a fan, remained a sustaining pleasure.” - The Observer (UK)

London police and security firms have no idea what to do with Banksy artworks (read about what happened to the sixth piece) - which may be why the seventh piece is piranhas on a police call box. - The Guardian (UK)

A new director came in 2011, and has “since helped shape a museum that stands out on campus, in the city, and in the art world.” - The New York Times

For vanessa german, “one of the threads that connects her varied interests is a belief that art can restore our capacities to love ourselves and our communities — but only after we confront traumas and injustices.” - The New York Times

It wasn’t good news - or rather, it wasn’t good astronomical divination. “The futures foretold were almost uniformly bad news for the empire, though some signaled destruction for Babylon’s enemies.” - Artnet

He had some (postmortem) secret weapons at St. Peter’s Basilica: A team of mathematicians … and the Pope. - Hyperallergic

When’s the big reveal after the surprise five animal appearances this week? Is the artist protesting far-right rioters, climate change, or … what? - The Guardian (UK)

This one, hungry pelicans playing with fish, is appropriately located above one of London’s famous chip shops. - Euro News

"The cave paintings (in the Sierra Sur de Jaén mountain range) were made on limestone, which contains water-soluble salts. When water is poured on the paintings, these salts dissolve and then come to the surface when the water evaporates, leaving a crust that causes 'irreparable damage' to the paintings." - CNN

The image of a howling wolf was on a satellite dish on top of a store on Rye Lane. Two men with a ladder and masks quickly snagged the satellite dish and ran off with it. - BBC

"'We no longer see any prospect of success,' the group (Last Generation Austria) said in a statement. The group regularly made headlines over the past two years blocking streets and pouring black liquid over a screen protecting Gustav Klimt's masterpiece Death And Life in Vienna's Leopold Museum." - AFP (Barron's)