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Elton John's Major Collection Auction Unveils Treasures from a Music Icon

Jan 15, 2024

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Elton John is auctioning over 900 items from his former Atlanta penthouse, including his Yamaha piano and artwork by Warhol and Banksy, in a Christie's sale expected to raise $10 million. This significant event marks the first major public offering of John's collection since 2003.

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Ron Perelman Sells $963M Art Collection to Repay Banks

May 24, 2024

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Ronald O. Perelman sold 71 pieces of art by renowned artists for $963 million between 2020 and 2022 to repay loans, as revealed by court documents. The sale, driven by a margin call from Deutsche Bank, included works by Picasso, Warhol, Basquiat, and others.

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Uncovering a $200 Million Art Forgery Ring in Italy

Nov 13, 2024

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Italian Carabinieri have dismantled an art counterfeiting network in Europe, seizing more than 2,100 works worth €200 million and arresting 38 suspects. The operation uncovered workshops producing replicas of works by famous artists such as Banksy and Picasso, as well as exhibits and certificates to authenticate the fakes.

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A Florida dealer has been charged with selling allegedly fake art by Basquiat and Warhol

Jun 1, 2022

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Daniel Elie Bouaziz allegedly sold reproductions of artworks stamped with forged authenticity seals. He also sold forgeries of works by Banksy, Henri Matisse, Frederick Hundertwasser, Keith Haring, and others.

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Fotografiska, is opening new photography museums in 3 major Art Cities Berlin, Miami, and Shanghai

Nov 29, 2021

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Fotografiska is expanding its empire of photographic museums. The private museum announced plans to establish outposts in Berlin, Miami, and Shanghai. The museums in Berlin and Shanghai are scheduled to open in the third quarter of 2022 and 2023 respectively.

Lifestyle

Tom Ford's Universe: From Fashion and Film to Art and Collecting

Sep 9, 2023

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Tom Ford is a globally renowned fashion designer known for his luxury clothing. In addition to his fashion career, he is also a filmmaker and passionate art collector, celebrated for his discerning taste in the art world.

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Basquiat at the Swiss Summits, Urban Art Reinvented

Dec 23, 2024

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The Hauser & Wirth exhibition in St. Moritz explores the unique connection between Jean-Michel Basquiat’s urban art and the inspiration he drew from the Engadin’s alpine landscapes. Highlighting iconic works and collaborations with Warhol and Clemente, it celebrates the marriage of vibrant New York aesthetics and the serenity of the Swiss Alps.

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Magritte’s Masterpiece Set to Break Records at Christie’s Auction

Sep 19, 2024

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A rare painting from René Magritte’s L'empire des lumières series is set to go under the hammer at Christie’s New York this autumn, with an estimated sale price exceeding $95 million. This sale could break the artist’s auction record, marking a major triumph for the auction house amid a challenging market...

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Chad Cantcolor: The Dynamic Visionary of Contemporary Pop Art

Jul 16, 2024

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Chad Carothers, widely recognized as Chad Cantcolor, is an acclaimed American contemporary freehand painter and designer known for his vibrant and dynamic artworks that blend bold colors and intricate patterns, reflecting a unique fusion of street art and fine art, and capturing the essence of modern pop culture.

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Mona Lisa: the mystery continues in contemporary art

Mar 5, 2022

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The Portrait of Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, is an inescapable masterpiece of art history, to say the least, which, created by the great master Leonardo da Vinci, between about 1503 and 1505, continues to be a popular subject in contemporary art...

Art History

Pop art that narrates the genre of the portrait

Oct 26, 2022

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In order to narrate how Pop art interpreted portraiture, a genre with remote origins dating back even to ancient Egypt, it is possible to refer to the work of three iconic masters of the movement, namely Andy Warhol, Richard Hamilton and Yayoi Kusama...

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Pop art or how popular culture became an actual "style"

May 30, 2017

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Popular art or "pop art" asserted itself by taking the opposite of abstract expressionism (action painting by Jackson Pollock, colorfield painting by Mark Rothko ...) considered too academic, esoteric and elitist.

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Ellen DeGeneres & Portia de Rossi, a shared artistic passion

Aug 23, 2023

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Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi share a passion for art, with Ellen having auctioned off pieces from her collection, including sheep sculptures, a work by Jean-Michel Basquiat and a creation by Alexander Calder. The couple embodies a commitment to creativity and artistic expression.

Art History

Some symbols of New York "translated" by art

Jan 25, 2023

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Beginning after the Second World War, the center of world art, the hothouse of all new trends, as well as the creative market, has gradually shifted from Paris to New York, therefore, an art historian from the old continent like me, cannot escape from pretending to ask for the fateful working vacations...

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Roy Lichtenstein: Icon of Pop Art and Cultural Transformation

Jun 28, 2024

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Roy Lichtenstein was a pivotal American artist known for pioneering the Pop Art movement in the 1960s. His work often featured bold, comic book-inspired imagery rendered with Ben-Day dots, challenging traditional distinctions between high and low culture.

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30,000 Artworks, Poetry, and Books head to the Moon for Perpetual Preservation

Jul 31, 2023

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A pioneering project, the Lunar Codex, is sending a digitized collection of art, poetry, and books to the moon, permanently installed via unmanned rockets, showcasing the creative endeavors of 30,000 artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers from 157 countries.

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Esteban Vera, creativity as inspiration

May 3, 2023

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"My inspiration has always been creativity. It is a characteristic I have had since I was very young. I try to be creative in everything I do, and this eventually was instrumental in inspiring me to create artwork in different branches and styles".

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Artist Biography: Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jun 18, 2024

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Jean-Michel Basquiat, born in 1960 in Brooklyn, New York, rose to prominence in the 1980s Neo-expressionism movement through his SAMO graffiti and solo exhibitions. His vibrant, symbolic art explored themes of race, class, and societal structures. Despite his death in 1988 at age 27, Basquiat's extensive body of work continues to be celebrated and cements his legacy as an iconic figure in modern art.

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Charles Saatchi's Impact on Contemporary Art

Oct 25, 2023

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Charles Saatchi is a British art collector and former advertising executive known for his extensive contemporary art collection and patronage of the Young British Artists (YBAs). He co-founded the prominent advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi and established the influential Saatchi Gallery in London.

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'Spider' by Louise Bourgeois sold for $40 million at Art Basel, a record for the artist

Jun 16, 2022

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The sculpture was purchased by a private collection from the collection of Ursula Hauser, mother of gallery co-founder Manuela Hauser.

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Palm Springs residents want controversial Marilyn Monroe statue moved

Mar 1, 2023

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Residents of Palm Springs, where the 26-foot-tall statue of Marilyn Monroe has been on public display since 2021, have called it sexist.

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Poptonicart: I have always been fascinated by portraits

Dec 5, 2023

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"I originally attended the School of Arts and Crafts, completed several further education courses at international universities and also managed marketing & communications, branding and design departments in international companies for many years."...

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Rob Pruitt: A Visionary Post-Conceptual American Artist

Nov 12, 2024

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Rob Pruitt (born 1963/1964) is an American post-conceptual artist known for his diverse work in painting, installation, and sculpture, without a single defined style or medium. He describes his art as highly personal and autobiographical. Pruitt has exhibited widely in New York and internationally, with a mid-career retrospective at the Aspen Art Museum in 2013...

Art History

Skyscrapers seen in art

May 25, 2022

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Skyscrapers have totally disrupted, with their height and grandeur, the contours and skies of our cities, offering us, from the heights of their structures, new and peculiar perspectives on the world. It was precisely these peculiarities that inspired and fascinated the artists of the twentieth century...

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Dominique Kleiner: A Pop Artist on the Rise

Jan 23, 2025

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Dominique Kleiner, a passionate painter, revisits Japanese animation icons from the 70s and 90s with a modern and nostalgic touch through a style that blends Pop Art, street art, and digital collage. His growing success and the rising popularity of his works reflect the enthusiasm for retro culture and the revival of contemporary Pop Art.

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Keith Haring: The Vibrant Voice of Street Art

Jun 24, 2024

14 minutes read

Keith Haring was an iconic American artist known for his vibrant, bold, and energetic artwork that often featured a mix of symbols, figures, and patterns. His unique style transcended traditional art boundaries, transforming everyday urban spaces into dynamic canvases...

Art History

A mouth for 9 artists

Apr 26, 2023

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Throughout the long and controversial narrative of art history there was a time, to be located roughly from the beginning of the events of human existence until the arrival of the Avant-gardes, when lips were mainly immortalized within the faces of the effigies...

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Jack Nicholson: a $150 Million Art Collection

Sep 1, 2023

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Nicholson has established himself as a prominent art collector, having begun his journey in the 1960s. His collection proudly features works by artistic luminaries such as Picasso...

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Views by Renoir of Guernsey will be exhibited together for the first time on the island

Apr 18, 2023

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The show will start at the Musée des impressionnismes in Giverny and then move to the Candie Museum on the island of Guernsey.

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Victoria & David Beckham: a collection that includes Sam Taylor Wood, Banksy, and Tracey Emin

Oct 4, 2023

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When the Beckham family name is rumored to be valued at more than $1 billion, one can't help but wonder about the type of art that this family embraces...

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A jury found that the NFTs of "MetaBirkins" by artist Mason Rothschild violate the rights of the Hermès brand

Feb 9, 2023

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A New York jury rules against Mason Rothschild for selling digital copies of the famous bags from the fashion house.

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Top Artist to Invest in Right Now: Takashi Murakami

May 23, 2023

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In Takashi Murakami's 2003 offset lithographic print titled Jelly Fish (2003) a prominent feature is a jellyfish with large eyes situated on a flowery planet...

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Virgil Abloh, who fused high fashion, art and streetwear, has died aged 41

Nov 30, 2021

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Virgil Abloh was the first African-American to lead a major fashion house. He was artistic director of Louis Vuitton's menswear while continuing to design his own streetwear label, Off-White. His family revealed he had been battling cardiac angiosarcoma since 2019.

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Margarita Ivanova, I use different styles

Mar 4, 2023

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"I have always been drawing, from early childhood and could not imagine myself without it. Of course, there were different periods of life, and in the end I received an architectural education. But soon painting took over and became my main and only profession. Art has always been with me".

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Mr. Brainwash and the Art of Collision Between Pop Art and Street Art

Feb 4, 2025

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Mr. Brainwash, the pseudonym of Thierry Guetta, is a French-American artist who has revolutionized the contemporary art world by merging Pop Art and Street Art into a visual explosion of colors, symbols, and cultural references...

Lifestyle

Elton John: Musical Virtuoso and Art Collector Extraordinaire

Aug 21, 2023

9 minutes read

Elton John is a renowned British musician and songwriter acclaimed for his piano prowess and captivating performances. He is also a notable art collector, curating an extensive and varied collection of artworks.

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