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Documentary On Anti-Sackler Protests Wins Big At Venice
A documentary by Loura Poitras, about the Nan Goldin protests against the Sackler family, wins the highest honor at Venice.
Titled “All The Beauty And The Bloodshed”, the documentary won the Golden Lion – the highest honor – at the 79th…
Robert Pattinson Turns Curator For Sotheby’s Upcoming Auction
Actor Robert Pattinson has curated six artworks that will go on Sotheby’s auction block at the end of this month.
The works that Robert Pattinson picked would be up for auction at Sotheby’s “Contemporary Curated” sale on 30th September.…
Manhattan DA Raids The Met, Seizes Antiquities For Repatriation
Manhattan’s DA office recently seized antiquities from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) to repatriate them to their homes.
While the Manhattan District Attorney’s office has carried out multiple raids on the Met this year, this…
National Portrait Gallery, UK Raises Funds To Acquire $58M Joshua Reynolds Work
The London-based National Portrait Gallery has been raising almost $58 million to buy an 18th-century painting by Joshua Reynolds.
Titled Portrait of Omai (1776), the work features a man called Omai, who was from Tahiti. In the late 18th…
Bored Ape NFTS Worth $13.5M Stolen Since Launch, Reveals Reports
Almost 150 NFTs from the Bored Ape NFT collection, worth $13,582,962, have been stolen since its inception, a report reveals.
Immunefi, a Web3 security firm, released their report on Tuesday which collected data from the launch of Bored…
Prominent Russian Museum Director Arrested For Criticizing War in Ukraine
Russian museum director Yevgeny Roizman was the latest to be arrested for speaking against Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Roizman is well-known as the founder and director of the Nevyansk Icon Museum in Yekaterinburg. He is also a former mayor…
Billion-Dollar Collection Of Microsoft Cofounder Paul Allen To Be Sold At Christie’s
The art collection of the late Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, will be sold at a mega auction at Christie’s.
Once the auction gets finalized, it will be the most expensive single-owner art collection ever to be sold in an auction.…
Wisconsin Museum Accused Of Institutional Racism By Black Women Artists
The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA) in Wisconsin has been accused of ‘institutional racist violence’ by Black female artists.
The Black artists were participating in the Wisconsin Triennial, a regional art exhibition organized…
In A First, Scotland’s Glasgow Museums Return Stolen Objects To India
In a historic first, the Glasgow Museums in Scotland became the first museum in the United Kingdom to return stolen objects to India.
The ceremony occurred on Friday last week at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. It was attended by…
Mexico City To Remove Feminist Protest Monument Amidst Outcry
Mexico City is moving forward with the decision to remove a feminist “anti-monument” installed there last year and replace it with a historical stature replica, leading to public outrage.
The monument in question is colloquially known as…