The Latin/World Music band Pink Martini have recovered their stolen van which was handprinted by the artist Kenny Scharf. Only problem, the van has been over painted destroying the murals worth an estimated £600,000 by today’s prices of the artist’s work. The van was...
The finalists for the 2017 Absolut Art Award for Art Work and Art Writing have been announced. The 2017 Jury was led by Daniel Birnbaum, Director of Moderna Museet, Stockholm. The selected shortlist of six artists and five art writers for the Art Work and Art Writing...
The Rubell Family Collection has announced a planned move in 2018 to a new 100,000-square-foot museum set on a 2.5-acre campus in Miami’s Allapattah District. The planned move comes after 23 successful years in the RFC’s current, legendary 40,000-square-foot museum...
I think what really drives a great art collector is passion, you’ve got to love it and the impulse has got to be authentic. I know when I see a beautiful piece or something that affects me I can’t not have it. - Anya HindmarchThis autumn,...
In the midst of an August heat wave, art, music, and harmony presided over a South Bronx waterfront warehouse. After a huge success at Miami Art Basel, hip hop legend Swizz Beatz brought his revolutionary paradigm of an immersive free cultural event,...
Sotheby’s London evening sale has achieved £52,194,000 / $69,350,168 / €62,580,802 this was above the high estimate despite the Brexit decision which is engulfing British politics. “It’s clear that the passion for collecting continues to override any broader...
A monumental painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Andy Warhol, two enfants terribles of the art world, will be offered at auction from the collection of Elton John and David Furnish in Sotheby’s Paris Evening Sale of...
Works from the Art Collection of the pop singer Sting & his producer partner Trudie Styler will be offered at auction at Christie’s in London on 24 February 2016. Formed over the past 20 years and lovingly housed in their former family home at Queen...
Art Basel 2015 has closed in Switzerland with exceptional stand presentations, a strong collector attendance and exceptional sales to confirm its position as the premier fair for contemporary and Modern works. The show was once again widely praised for...