Neanderthals May Be Responsible for 51,000-Year-Old Carved Deer Bone Art
The manipulated bone was discovered in a cave in Einhornhöhle, Germany.
View ArticleArtists, Harold García V to Franky Cruz, Reckon With Climate Crisis in the...
“It’s the same corporate interests making a profit, all in the name of man’s greed,” García said to Observer. “Integrity right now in the Everglades is completely compromised.”
View ArticleNFTs Generated $2.5 Billion in Sales in the First Half of 2021, New Reports...
In the first six months of 2021, data shows that 124,188 NFTs that could be classified as art were sold on the Ethereum blockchain.
View ArticleSylvia Plath’s Family Album, Wedding Ring and Letters to Ted Hughes Are Being...
Sotheby's obtained the items from Frieda Hughes, the daughter of Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes.
View ArticleAuction Sales Have More Than Tripled in 2021 as the Art World Comes Roaring Back
New data shows that the auction houses Sotheby’s, Christie’s and Phillips were able to drum up $5.8 billion in sales by June 30.
View ArticleGerman Art Advisor Angela Gulbenkian Pleaded Guilty to Duping Fellow Art Dealers
Gulbenkian allegedly secured payments in exchange for work by Warhol and Yayoi Kusama, but never followed through on delivering the art.
View ArticleNoah Horowitz, Art Basel’s Americas Director, Is Stepping Down in August
Horowitz was the leader behind Art Basel's Miami Beach iteration; the fair is making its comeback this November.
View ArticleA Labor of Love: How Community Murals Thrive in NYC
There are many organizations behind the works that color our urban landscape, and they all execute different objectives through their investment in public art.
View ArticleFake Basquiat and Keith Haring Works Are the Center of a New Art Forgery Scheme
Would-be mayoral candidate Angel Pereda was arrested in New York City on Friday under suspicion of trying to sell the works.
View ArticleSotheby’s Sold a 101.38-Carat Diamond for $12.3 Million in Cryptocurrency
The auction house said that this is the highest price ever achieved for any gemstone purchased with cryptocurrency.
View ArticleConfederate Statues Are Finally Coming Down in Charlottesville
Over the weekend, statues of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and George Rogers Clark were all taken down.
View ArticleA Small Wax Sculpture by Michelangelo May Bear the Artist’s Fingerprint
The Victoria and Albert Museum divulged their theory in a new BBC Two series.
View ArticlePussy Riot’s Members Have Been Jailed by the Russian Government for Hooliganism
In 2012, Pussy Riot members were imprisoned for two years after performing a song criticizing Vladimir Putin.
View ArticleFred Moten Is Still Figuring Out How to Live, Just Like Everyone Else
When he gets around to it, he'll also try and finish his opera.
View ArticleA Bike Ridden by Princess Diana in Her Childhood Is Going Up for Auction
Like the rest of her life following her marriage, Princess Diana's childhood was also tragically unhappy.
View ArticleMaurizio Cattelan’s New 9/11 Artwork Aligns With His Penchant for Controversy
Cattelan was in NYC on the day 9/11 took place, and said "a certain distance, not just in space but in time," from the event was necessary.
View ArticleShares in a 1964 Picasso Painting Will Soon Be Available on the Blockchain
Despite the fact those who buy the shares will partially own a Picasso, the physical painting will remain in storage far from owners.
View ArticleKyt Janae, Artist and Director at Foundation, Wants Creatives to Seize the...
Janae helps those unfamiliar with NFTs get acclimated, and says the biggest barrier to entry is unwillingness to learn the community.
View ArticleA Cambodian Sandstone Sculpture Looted During Communist Rule Is Being Returned
The statue was reportedly initially looted by a member of the Khmer Rouge, the armed wing of the Communist Party of Kampuchea.
View ArticleKhari Turner’s ‘Breathing Water to Air’ Is an Impressive Debut at Ross-Sutton...
Khari Turner's work will show at Ross-Sutton Gallery until August 7, depicting intimate cerulean scenes, twelves works in total.
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