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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…
“When I stopped, I discovered I was a painter”: ABAL’s bright colors and feminine faces
Alessandro Abruscato, aka ABAL, suddenly discovered an unconscious gift, that of expressing himself through figurative art. Decisive was the experience of lockdown due to the pandemic: confinement at home prompted Alessandro to pick…
Men Who Defaced 4000 Years Old White River Narrows Sentenced to Prison
Two men, who defaced the 4000-years-old White River Narrows petroglyphs in 2019, have been sentenced to prison.
The White River Narrows, located in Nevada near Las Vegas, is an ancient site listed under the National Register of Historic…
Late Paul Allen Art Collection Draws Record $1.5B At Christie’s Auction
The art collection of the late Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, brought a historic $1.5 billion in sales at Christie’s New York auction.
The vast collection of Paul Allen, who died in 2018 at the age of 65, was announced for an…
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…
Art Basel Funded Blockchain Startup Arcual Gets Launched
MCH Group, the parent company of Art Basel, and LUMA Foundation have launched the blockchain startup Arcual for the art world.
While NFTs have been on the rise for the last 2 years, Arcual stands different due to its focus on art in…
Protest Attack At Berlin Museum, While Thwarted At Musée d’Orsay
Fake blood was thrown at a Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Painting at Berlin Museum, while another attack at Musée d’Orsay was stopped by museum authorities.
On Sunday, an unidentified individual threw fake blood at the Alte Nationalgalerie…