May 7, 2021 • View in browser

Good morning. 🌤

Today, a look at the latest Frieze New York art fair, a rare prototype for the US dollar went to auction, and the sculpted index finger of a Roman emperor is finally reunited with the rest of his hand in Rome.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Meh, Frieze Is Back

Mixed feelings aside, we can all agree on one thing: it was better than an online viewing room.

Valentina Di Liscia and Hakim Bishara

What's Happening

Fragments of the colossal bronze of Emperor Constantine at the Musei Capitolini, Rome (photo via Flickr)

The Louvre Museum has returned an index finger to a bronze of Emperor Constantine after it was long mistaken for a toe.
A rare copper prototype for the first US dollar coin sold at Heritage Auctions in Dallas for more than twice its low estimate.

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