March 22 - The world's largest canvas painting (at over 17,000 square feet) "Journey of Humanity" bySacha Jafri sells at auction inDubai for 228 millionDirham ($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 artistSamuel van Hoogstraten of a boy wearing a red hat and one a self-portrait by the Italian painterPietro Bellotti) are found in a garbage dumpster at a roadside service station in the region ofBavaria in Germany.[9]
August - Artworks in the style ofBanksy appear acrossEast 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 namedA Great British Spraycation en totale.[11][12]
November -Ron English's giant immersive installationSugar Circus opens inShenzhen,PRC at the beginning of a world tour.[14]
November 16 -Diego y yo (Diego and I) (1949) byFrida Kahlo sells for $34.9 million atSotheby'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 husbandDiego Rivera's 1931 workThe Rivals atChristie'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 theTate Modern in London from February 24, 2022 until August 29, 2022.[64]
