Meh, Frieze Is Back

Good morning. 🌤 Today, a look at the latest Frieze New York art fair, a rare prototype for the US dol

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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

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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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