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Love Letters By Bob Dylan Fetch $700K At Boston Auction
Handwritten love letters and other memorabilia by Bob Dylan were a hit at the “Marvels of Modern Music” auction in Boston.
A single lot, consisting of 42 love letters by Bob Dylan to Barbara Ann Hewitt, sold for nearly $700,000. Dylan’s…
Christie’s Cancels Anticipated T-Rex Sale Over Fake Bones Speculations
The $15-20 million auction of a T-Rex skeleton in Hong Kong by Christie’s has been canceled over concerns about how many bones in it were replicas.
The T-Rex, which was nicknamed “Shen”, was scheduled to go on the auction block in…
Climate Protest Attacks Continue To Rock European Art World
Even as U.N. Climate talks were underway in Egypt, protestors continued targeting artistic and cultural sites in Europe last week.
The attacks occurred on Friday, around the same time, in the cities of Paris, Milan, and Oslo. The…
Hilma af Klint Relative Criticizes NFT Project On Her Works
Soon after the NFT project on the works of artist Hilma af Klint was announced, her relative has publicly condemned the move.
The criticism came from Hedvig Ersman, who is the granddaughter of Erik af Klint (nephew of the artist). Ersman…
With A Record-Breaking Mondrian, Sotheby’s Sales Collectively Bring $391M
Two back-to-back modern art sales at Sotheby’s brought in $391.2 million on Monday evening.
The star of the show was certainly Piet Mondrian, whose work Composition No. II (1930) sold for $48 million - $51 million including fees. This is…
More Climate Protests at Spanish Museum, Vancouver Art Gallery
Slime poured over a replica Egyptian mummy at a museum in Barcelona, while maple syrup was thrown at Emily Carr's painting in Vancouver.
Over the last weekend, Futuro Vegetal – a Spanish climate activist group – targeted a mummy replica…
ABAL FASHIONART: A PROJECT COMBINING ART AND FASHION
ABAL FashionArt makes concrete a combination of fashion and art, between a creative economist and an emerging painter: Debora Cuccaro and Alessandro Abruscato, a couple in life and at work, have created a brand that fuses…
German Authorities Seize Art Worth $5M From Russian Oligarch Alisher Usmanov
German authorities seized 30 paintings, worth almost $5 million, from the superyacht owned by Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov.
The news of the seizure was first reported by Süddeutsche Zeitung on Monday. The works were seized from…
Digital Benin, Database Of Looted Benin Bronzes Across Globe, Launched
A digital database of thousands of stolen Benin Bronze statues throughout the world has been launched, called Digital Benin.
The Benin Bronzes are a collective of historical statues that were looted from the Royal Palace of Benin…
Anna Weyant Emerges As A Hit At Star-Studded Gagosian Exhibition
The much-awaited exhibition “Baby, It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over” by Anna Weyant at Gagosian saw huge crowds and celebrity guests.
The highly anticipated exhibition by the 27-year-old Anna Weyant – the rising star of the art world – was a…