Basquiat skull painting sold for almost double of estimate — at $93.1 million

A SUMMARY OF THE MOST EXCITING ART NEWS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE

While we focus on Indian art, we can’t obviously function in a vacuum. It’s a small world and everything is connected, especially on the web. So, let’s train our spotlight across the world map to see what’s going on — from art trends to socio-political issues to everything that affects the great aesthetic global consciousness. Or, let’s just travel the world and have some fun!

Christie’s sells second-most expensive Basquiat ever

A painting of a skull by Jean-Michel Basquiat sold for $93.1 million at Christie’s in New York on Tuesday night, becoming the artist’s second-most expensive work to sell at auction and setting a new benchmark for this week’s blockbuster evening sales. The 1983 piece, titled In This Case, smashed its estimate of $50 million. The painting was last purchased publicly in 2002, when it sold at Sotheby’s for just under $1 million. It then sold privately in 2007 for an undisclosed sum. Bloomberg has more details.

This Official London Tube Art Is Getting Mercilessly Trolled On Twitter

While art is famously subjective, a newly unveiled art installation by British artist David Hockney in London seems to have united people on social media — in mostly dislike. Commissioned for a city tourism campaign, and revealed on Twitter on Tuesday by London mayor Sadiq Khan, the artworks are on display at Piccadilly Circus Tube station. Khan\’s tweet about them had 7,000 replies and over 5,000 quote tweets as of Thursday evening. Mashable checks out why.

A wall made of free paint samples

TikToker Skylar Capri (@skylarcapri) has added color to her wall using 1,000 paint samples for a no-cost transformation. After she posted a video about the creative and free design hack on TikTok, it went viral and racked up millions of views. A Home Depot employee allowed her to take all the paint-chip samples free of charge, she said. In her upload, she shows a quick montage of the installation process and the end result, which made for a mural-like rainbow of color. TikTokers in the comments seemed impressed with the free hack. Insider explores.