This store charges women 24% less than men for a reason
LessThan100 is a pop-up shop. It sells "ceramics, textiles, publications, art prints, stationery, and other exceptional goods created by women artists and makers from across the US." And women pay less...
View ArticleJeb Bush is no fan of George W. Bush's painting skills
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) needled his older brother, former President George W. Bush, for his painting habit."Heck, no!" Bush said Thursday at the National Review Institute Summit, when asked if...
View ArticleA graffiti artist used a drone to vandalize Kendall Jenner's face on one of...
You would think that the top of a six-story Calvin Klein ad would be difficult to tag for even the most enterprising of vandals.But not even Kendall Jenner's innocent face is safe from a...
View ArticleHollywood’s top 10 art collectors
In conjunction with the start of the US art season, Wealth-X today released a list of Hollywood’s top 10 art collectors, which features Tinseltown titans such as Star Wars director George Lucas and...
View ArticleGraffiti art is so popular in China that people are even paying to have their...
The popularity of graffiti has gradually grown in China after first arriving during the emergence of pop culture in the '90s. Now with the widespread use of internet, graffiti fans across China can...
View ArticleThis is what happened when I went on a whim to a class that claims to teach...
When I arrived at the Brooklyn space I was told I had to "wait to be picked."The Crown Heights event promised to teach me how to pickpocket. From the outside, the space appeared to be mostly open,...
View ArticleA Van Gogh painting fetched $66 million at auction in New York
New York (AFP) - A Vincent Van Gogh painting fetched more than $66 million at a New York auction, the most paid for a work by the Dutch post-impressionist artist since 1998.According to the Sotheby's...
View ArticleThe only way to see this incredible museum in Mexico is by scuba diving
The Museo Subacuático de Arte, located off the coast of Isla Mujeres in Mexico's Riviera Maya, is the world's largest underwater museum. Composed of over 500 life-sized sculptures, MUSA offers...
View ArticleThese 19 photos of people's most valuable earthly possessions will make you...
Think fast: What's the most valuable thing that you own? What would you grab first if your house was on fire? More than likely, the thing you're thinking of is high in emotional (not monetary)...
View ArticleHere's what celebs like Kanye West and Cate Blanchett are seeing at the...
It's time to eat pasta and look at art in Venice, Italy. The 56th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition opened this past Saturday, May 9th, and will run through November 22nd. Celebs like Kanye...
View ArticleNouriel Roubini thinks there's a lot of money laundering going on in the art...
There's a lot of Nouriel Roubini news today.First, he's cautioning people against the art market.CNN Money reports that "Dr. Doom" said at the Milken Conference in Los Angeles, that "some people use...
View Article7 photos of mid-century society's beautiful elite practicing the life of...
Just in time for spring’s awakening, SoHo’s downtown Leica store is hosting a mini-exhibit of the iconic society photographer Slim Aarons. The small collection of 18 pieces uncovers a rarefied,...
View ArticleThis painting just sold for $46.5 million at Sotheby's in New York
A Mark Rothko painting sold for $46.5 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York, an evening in which several records were set including one for a work by German artist Sigmar Polke.The Rothko work...
View ArticleWhy Picassos are going to keep selling for record-breaking prices
This week, an art collector paid almost $180 million for a single artwork by Pablo Picasso. That's a record for a public sale of art (though not close to the actual record if you include private...
View ArticleAnother Rothko color-block painting just sold for millions in New York
New York (AFP) - A painting by abstract expressionist Mark Rothko sold for close to $82 million, auction house Christie's said, one day after another of his masterpieces fetched a hefty sum in New...
View ArticleThis artist just did something incredible with clay
"Clayhead" was created by Isak Åkerlund, who works as a freelance designer and animator based in Stockholm, Sweden. The animation shows deconstruction of a clay model of a human head using stop-motion...
View Article8 reasons to go to the Frieze Art Fair this weekend in NYC
On Thursday, the Frieze Art Fair opens in New York on Randall's Island Park.From May 14–17, fairgoers can check out a giant tent full of contemporary art. But that's not all you can do while...
View ArticleWe're now in the 'everything bubble'
Everything is overvalued. Stocks are extremely overvalued. An incredible amount of bonds have negative yields; how much more overvalued can they get? Investment-grade and high-yield credit spreads are...
View ArticleArt world's most Instagram-famous dog turned away at Frieze Fair
Pickle, the art world's favorite canine, is typically welcomed into gallery openings, parties, and fairs with open arms, but it looks like the Instagram-famous pooch didn't fare so well at New York's...
View ArticleNew York's spring art auctions have raked in $2.6 billion
New York (AFP) - New York's spring art auctions have always meant big money but this season has seen numerous records smashed and more than $2.6 billion coughed up in 10 days of eye-watering...
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