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1. “Jeff Koons ‘Rabbit’ Sets Auction Record for Most Expensive Work by Living Artist” by Scott Reyburn, The New York Times

For nearly four decades, Jeff Koons has been known not only for his art—which has remained on the vanguard of modernity—but also for the prices he generates. He’s a master of selling his work, himself, and the idea of art as commodity. On Wednesday night, he outdid himself—and every other living artist—when his Rabbit (1986), a very Koonsian stainless steel sculpture, sold for $91.1 million with fees, setting a new record for an auctioned work by a living artist. If just by a hair, it broke the previous record, set by David Hockney’s Portrait of an Artist (Pool With Two Figures) (1972).

2. “The New Whitney Biennial Made Me See Art History in a New Way” by Jerry Saltz, Vulture (New York)

New York’s excitable, timeless art critic is back at it again with a review of the new Whitney Biennial, an exhibit that launched today. The show has garnered mixed reviews, creating buzz not just around the art featured but also the show’s politics. The museum made a noteworthy push for a more inclusive, expansive list of artists. Saltz applauds but has other problems: “Yet for a Biennial with so much diversity in who is being shown, there’s an enervating lack of formal innovation, as if the curators couldn’t take those kinds of formal chances. As a result, sometimes a whole room fizzles.”

3. “Monet Haystacks painting sells for record $110.7m at New York auction” by Roisin O’Connor, Independent

It’s been a big week for big sales, with the Koons blockbuster (above), as well as the sale of Monet’s Meules (1890), which just auctioned for $110.7 million, setting a new record for an Impressionist. (It surpassed another work by Monet, Nymphéas en Fleur, which sold just last year for $84.7 million.) And talk about a return on investment: The work was last sold in 1986 for just more than 2% of the sale price, $2.5 million. The work is part of a series of 25; only eight of which are not in a public collection.

4. “20 Rising Female Photojournalists” by Jacqui Palumbo and Brienne Walsh, Artsy

Artsy has compiled a thorough list of 20 up-and-coming female photographers. A brief browse through reveals how diverse these shutterbugs are from one another—not just in the cultures they call home but also in their techniques. These shots are all the more impressive when you consider they were originally taken as part of an editorial endeavour. We recommend skimming until you find something that catches your eye and then taking a deeper dive.