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'Africa is the new China when it comes to art'
Lagos (AFP) - Giles Peppiatt, from Bonhams in London, had good reason to make the trip to Nigeria's financial capital, Lagos, for the auction house's next sale of African art -- a glut of potential...
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The most expensive, over-the-top pieces of art owned by tech billionaires
Last week, a Picasso painting called "The Women of Algiers (Version 0)"fetched $179.4 million minutes before a bronze statue by Alberto Giacometti called "Man Pointing" sold for $141.3 million. The...
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Here's how much it costs to package, ship, and insure a multi-million dollar...
So you have some extra millions and you've decided to invest in a piece of fine art. Excellent choice. But before you go raising your bidding paddle, you'll need an insurance program.Take, for...
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One of the most important museums in the world just appointed a director...
The Brooklyn Museum just announced that it is appointing as its new director Anne Pasternak, who has never actually worked in a museum.While perhaps lesser-known outside New York City than the...
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An artist is making $100,000 a pop off other people's Instagram photos — and...
The latest exhibition by New York artist Richard Prince is raising ethical questions in the art world. The reason? He's selling canvases that feature other people's Instagram photos."New Portraits,"...
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An artist is selling other people's Instagram photos for $100,000 each
The latest exhibition by New York artist Richard Prince is raising ethical questions in the art world. The reason? He's selling canvases that feature other people's Instagram photos."New Portraits,"...
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Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, and Roy Lichtenstein all created amazing BMW 'art cars'
Lichtenstein. Warhol. Koons. Stella. Calder. Rauschenberg. Holzer. Elíasson.Since a BMW 3.0 CSL painted by Alexander Calder lined up for the Le Mans 24-hour race exactly 40 years ago, the BMW Art Car...
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Bill Gross dreamt he got advice from a dead artist in a 'séance-like half dream'
Bill Gross, of Janus Capital, is not a huge fan of contemporary art.As he says in his latest investment letter, he "settled for framing some All American Rockwells neatly clipped from old Saturday...
View ArticleThis video of a slab of meat swiping right on Tinder is weirdly perfect
A Dutch artist created an installation that parodies popular the dating app Tinder. The project has been nicknamed "Tender."Produced by Jason Gaines. Video courtesy of Associated Press and...
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10 insanely cool art events you have to go to this summer
Local art scenes in cities like London and New York have the reputation for going dark in the summer, as the moneyed elite take off for the beach, the countryside, and far-flung destinations like Ibiza...
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The guy who made the iconic 'hope' poster doesn't think Obama lived up to the...
The artist who designed the iconic Obama poster is disappointed in the president's performance.When asked in an interview with Esquire about whether the president had lived up to the expectations...
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15 incredible new photos of Liu Bolin, China's 'Human Chameleon'
Chinese artist Lui Bolin has an amazing talent. He can blend into any surroundings he chooses, making himself practically undetectable to the human eye. No, he doesn't have magic powers or an...
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Two of the women whose Instagram photos were hijacked by Richard Prince admit...
Two of the women featured in Richard Prince's "New Portraits" collection of photos stolen from Instagram didn't shoot their photos in the first place.In speaking with photo subjects Karley Sciortino...
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'Instagram hijacker' Richard Prince has another new exhibit and it's just...
Richard Prince, the artist behind the controversial Instagram print collection that reportedly sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars, is showing another exhibit in New York City right now.Prince...
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This guy threw away a fortune in drawings by Jean-Michel Basquiat
Wass Stevens is what you call New York-famous.He's the city's best-known nightclub doorman and a sometimes actor who once battered a man with the "business-end of a velvet rope." Now that you have an...
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The 20 highest-paying jobs for art and design majors
If you're a right-brained person and itching to turn your passion for visual arts or design into a career, you need to know your earning potential. We turned to PayScale, the creator of the world's...
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A mysterious artist is posting cartoons attacking Goldman Sachs and Hillary...
A street artist has set their sights Goldman Sachs and is putting up stickers around New York City attacking the investment giant. Business Insider has seen two of the stickers, which both feature a...
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Meet the street artist whose 'selfie portraits' line the walls of Snapchat HQ
As you walk through Snapchat's headquarters in Venice, California, you'll notice a series of bright portraits of famous innovators.Everyone from Andy Warhol and Nelson Mandela to Tina Fey and Daft Punk...
View ArticleSomeone rigged 17 knives to play a classic 70's song and the result is oddly...
An artist set up sixteen knives and one meat cleaver to perform the Bee Gees song Stayin' Alive.Video courtesy of Neil Mendoza Follow Neil Mendoza: On Facebook, and TwitterFollow BI Video: On...
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A provocative new sculpture at Versailles has sparked outrage in France
Paris (AFP) - British-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor has sparked an uproar in France by installing a huge work he has called a "queen's vagina" in the stately grounds of the Palace of Versailles.The...
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