March 22 - The world's largest canvas painting (at over 17,000 square feet) "Journey of Humanity" by Sacha Jafri sells at auction in Dubai for 228 million Dirham ($62 million US) making it the fourth highest price ever paid for a work by a living artist. The artist then donates his proceeds to charity.[5]
Two 17th century old master European paintings (one by Dutch artist Samuel van Hoogstraten of a boy wearing a red hat and one a self-portrait by the Italian painter Pietro Bellotti) are found in a garbage dumpster at a roadside service station in the region of Bavaria in Germany.[9]
August - Artworks in the style of Banksy appear across East Anglian towns in England. These works are subsequently confirmed by the artist's social media apparatus to be by Banksy and are further revealed to be named A Great British Spraycation en totale.[11][12]
November - Ron English's giant immersive instillation Sugar Circus opens in Shenzhen, PRC at the beginning of a world tour.[14]
November 16 - Diego y yo (Diego and I) (1949) by Frida Kahlo sells for $34.9 million at Sotheby's in New York City setting a new record price for a work by a Latin American artist and in the process shattering the previous mark of $9.7 million US set in 2017 by the artist's husband Diego Rivera's 1931 work The Rivals at Christie's in New York City.[15]
October 11 until January 30, 2022 - Surrealism Beyond Borders at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.[63] then travels to the Tate Modern in London from February 24, 2022 until August 29, 2022.[64]
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