How Did Dinosaur Bones Get To Be As Expensive As Old Master Paintings?

How Did Dinosaur Bones Get To Be As Expensive As Old Master Paintings?

Skulls and other recognizable fragments can sell for well into six figures, while complete or near-complete skeletons now bring tens of millions of dollars at auction. Dinosaur fossils are even turning up at art fairs. – Artnet

Whitney’s Sacked Associate Director of ISP Speaks Out, The Rise of Dinosaur Bones Sold at Auction, Thom Yorke’s First Art Show: Morning Links for August 6, 2025

The Headlines WHITNEY ‘VICTIM’ SPEAKS OUT. Sara Nadal-Melsió’s role as associate director of the Whitney’s Independent Study Program (ISP) was terminated in June. She received the news right after the museum’s director, Scott Rothkopf, sent an email announcing his “suspension” of the 50-year-old ISP to a select number of its alumni. “I lost my job at the Whitney, but the art community lost a lot more,” Nadal-Melsió writes in Hyperallgergic. H…