Eleven originals created by the cheeky, sneaky graffiti artist Banksy sold for over £540,000 at Bonham’s auction house in London last Wednesday. The Bristol-born artist, who has managed to keep his identity a secret despite worldwide notoriety, is a divisive figure in the art world, at once infuriating the establishment with his bold stunts and […]
Rindy Sam claims that planting a luscious lipstick kiss on an all-white Cy Twombly painting was “an artistic act provoked by the power of art.” As her case goes to trial, the 30-year-old French artist will have to defend her swoon against a prosecution that wants her to pay a fine of 4500 euros (about […]
Since Bloomberg first reported the news that Damien Hirst’s diamond-studded, platinum skull piece, For the Love of God, had sold for the asking price of £50 million, there has been a flurry of scepticism surrounding the purchase.
The ‘consortium of businessmen,’ or, “unnamed investor group,” includes Hirst, and why that raised eyebrows was dissected by […]
From MSNBC.com:
Mark McGowan, 37, said he ate “about three bites” of the dog meat, cooked with apples, onions and seasoning, to highlight what he called Prince Philip’s mistreatment of a fox during a hunt by the queen’s husband in January.
“It was pretty disgusting,” McGowan said of the meal, which he ate while appearing on a […]
MSNBC.com reports:
The “My Sweet Lord” display was shut down by the hotel that houses the Lab Gallery in midtown Manhattan, said Matt Semler, the gallery’s creative director. Semler said he submitted his resignation after officials at the Roger Smith Hotel shut down the show.
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The BBC reports that a deal inked between the French state and Abu Dhabi (UAE) will allow the Gulf state to build and license its own Louvre, at the rate of “400 million euros ($524m; £272m) just for the Louvre name,” and “will pay hundreds of millions of euros over 30 years for the privilege […]
