At the latest round of auctions in London this week, Phillips held an evening sale of modern and contemporary art at its UK headquarters, bringing in a combined total of £17.5 million (21 million dollars) with fees. The 33 lots on offer ranged from works by mid-career artists like Shara Hughes and Caroline Walker to …
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Activists from the environmental group Just Stop Oil, a coalition of activist organizations in the UK whose members regularly carry out acts of civil disobedience, stuck to two paintings: one at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow yesterday , the other at the Courtauld Institute in London today. At the Courtauld, two activists …
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The Hagia Sophia, a Byzantine-era religious building in Istanbul, Turkey, was reportedly damaged last week when heavy cleaning equipment cracked the marble floors. It is only the latest incident in recent years that has seen the site damaged. The Hagia Sophia, built by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I between 532 and 537, served as the …
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On Thursday afternoon, Beyoncé unveiled the cover of Renaissancehis latest album, and many fans immediately realized on social media that it looked a lot like a famous painting from the 19th century. The cover, which was photographed by Carlijn Jacobs, features a scantily clad Beyoncé on a silver horse. It bears more than a few …
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Two environmental activists glued themselves to a painting in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery in Glasgow yesterday, while three others spray-painted a column in the museum with the words ‘Just Stop Oil’, the art diary reports. The activists belong to the environmental group Just Stop Oil, a coalition of activist organizations in the UK whose members …
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To get Morning Links delivered to your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. Header lines POLICE BLOTTER. Two Belgians arrested by Dutch police following the theft of jewelery in TEFAF in Maastricht earlier this week were released without charge, the Associated press reports. An investigation cleared them; no one else …
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Sotheby’s held a night sale offering modern and contemporary art on Wednesday night in London, bringing in a combined total of £149 million ($182 million) including fees. The 79 lots on offer covered works by young newcomers like Shara Hughes and pieces by established figures like Francis Bacon. 61 works sold, including two withdrawn in …
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Expressing themselves is vital for young children, but their art can be hard to love when it’s on your clean walls or on their clothes. Drawing boards, which usually involve a stylus and a reactive surface, are a great addition to any toy box. Endlessly reusable, they’re eco-friendly, mess-free and safe – your little ones …
At a tense panel tonight in Germany, experts gathered to discuss the fallout from the removal of a work from Documenta 15 that contained anti-Semitic imagery. The explicit purpose of the panel was to discuss the subject of anti-Semitism and art, not only in relation to issues of censorship and artistic freedom, but “also in …
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Love acrylic paint but fear the mess? Get a set of acrylic paint markers, which allow you to draw controlled, crisp lines that look like paint and are usually more opaque than those made by solvent-based markers. Acrylic paint markers can be used on paper and canvas, of course, but they also work well on …
