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Beeple Digital Artwork Grabs $1.6 Million At Auction
A digital artwork by the artist Beeple was sold at a whopping $6.5 million at Nifty Gateway, making it the most expensive sale of its kind ever. The work by Beeple (original name Mike Winkelmann) was put for auction at Christie's just a few…
Jeff Koons loses appeal on high-profile plagiarism suit
Artist Jeff Koons and the Centre Pompidou museum in Paris has lost an appeal against a 2015 plagiarism lawsuit decision.
The original lawsuit was brought by the French photographer Frank Davidovici in 2015. It concerned a 1988 sculpture…
Big Head Bandz drops jewels of knowledge on ‘We Built Different’
Hook: I’m on my King James we built different im on my King James we built different yea we built different we built different we built different yea bandz gang gang gang
Indianapolis Museum President Resigns After Controversial Job Listing
After the recent storm at the Indianapolis Museum of Art over a job listing, its president Charles Venable has now resigned.
The controversy erupted last week when screenshots of a particular job listing at the Newfields-based museum…
Conceptual Artist Maria Eichhorn to represent Germany at 2022 Venice Biennale
Noted concept artist Maria Eichhorn will represent Garmany at the 2022 Venice Biennale in Italy.
The Berlin-based artist is renowned in Europe for her conceptual artworks that are themed on the intersection of money, politics, and art.…
Samella Lewis, Historian of Black Art, Honored By CAA
Renowned artist and art scholar Samella Lewis was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the College Art Association for its 2021 edition.
Samella Lewis is best known for her vast array of works that depict the Black experience in the…
Steve Martin Helps Launch Fund For Australian Indigenous Artists
Actor and art collector Steve Martin has helped launched a fund to promote indigenous art culture in Australia.
The fund is called National Endowment for Indigenous Visual Arts (Neiva). It was primarily organized by D’Lan Davidson, a…
Meet Kilo M.O.E., the artist who plays the long game
The world of hip-hop is nothing short of a gladiator arena. Most artists are like meteors; they shine bright and then quickly fade away into oblivion. In such a world of one-hit wonders, it is no less than a surprise that Kilo M.O.E. has…
Are.O” (AFKA- RockstarRican) – The Rising Artist You Should Keep Your Eye On
Hip-hop is often considered a field where you can’t make it big without the support of others. The young artist named Are.O (RockstarRican) is proving everyone wrong.
What really makes this young rapper stand out is his creative wisdom,…
George Baselitz donates six inverted portraits to The Met
Famed artist Georg Baselitz and his wife have gifted six portraits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
The six portraits are all inverted and date back to 1969. All of them depict friends and colleagues of Baselitz from the…