Each week, we scour the internet for the most significant, surprising, and outrageous art news—helping you stay informed (and sound smart). Have a suggestion? Let us know on social media (@meetmeural) with the tag #thisweekinartnews. (See all installments.)

1. “ ‘Vibrant, Yet Mellow’ Living Coral Is 2019’s Pantone Color of the Year” by Natasha Bach, Fortune

It’s been quite a year. “Vibrant, yet mellow”? That might be wishful thinking. Either way, Pantone has named its color of the year as “Living Coral.” The color is described as “an animating and life-affirming coral hue with a golden undertone that energizes and enlivens with a softer edge.” Expect to see the hue on the latest fashions—and your wall. To honor the choice, we’ve made a corresponding playlist, as part of our “Spot Color” series.

2. “Best Art of 2018” by Roberta Smith, Holland Cotter and Jason Farago, New York Times

This is probably everything you want from a year end list: winners and losers (winners: Van Gogh, Hilma af Klint, Kehinde Wiley; losers: the Met, Banksy), and a definitive ranking of shows and global highlights. It does a great job of contextualizing stories you’ve already heard while keying you in to what you might have missed completely.

3. “What Happened When a Long-Lost Michelina Wautier Painting Failed to Sell at Christie’s” by Olivia McEwan, Hyperallergic

In our series Price Tag, we write about auction successes, but what does an auction failure look like? This feature from Hyperallergic paints a pretty stark image. In the past year, the market price on Michaelina Wautier has risen, as history has been rewritten, putting a spotlight on overlooked female Baroque painters. And yet, this didn’t culminate in the sort of redemption Christie’s hoped to liquidate. What went wrong? Well, the painting.

4. “How Does the Art World Live With Itself?” by Jerry Saltz, New York

This article isn’t technically from this week (well, it’s from 2 months ago), but I just saw The Price of Everything on its recommendation, and would pass on that recommendation to everyone and anyone. The article, like the documentary, dives into the connection between the art world and money. The movie might be defined by some as a “takedown,” but it’s ultimately more optimistic than it gets credit for—and, sometimes, beautiful.

5. “After 450 years, the frighteningly modern visions of Bruegel get the showcase they deserve” by Sebastian Smee, The Washington Post

It’s been a big few weeks for Bruegel. First, a secret view into the drafts of his work, and now this, from the Washington Post, who calls his exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna the year’s most important art event. That’s a pretty strong statement, but one they back up by making connections between his work and the problems we deal with today. “Bruegel painted many biblical scenes. So what does it mean to say that he ‘secularized’ painting? In part, just that he was interested in how the divine tended to be crowded out by the inevitable busyness of human activity.”