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Marjane Satrapi, 'Persepolis' author and filmmaker, dies at 56

French-Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi passes away Paris, June 4 - Marjane Satrapi, the acclaimed French-Iranian author, illustrator, and filmmaker best known for her graphic novel and Oscar-nomin...

#Obituary #Film #Activism #Art #Literature

1 month ago

Milan's restored bull mosaic sparks online jokes over 'missing' testicles

Restoration work triggers social media buzz Milan's recent refurbishment of a historic bull mosaic in the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II has left Italians amused-and puzzled-after some claimed the...

#Social Media #Tourism #Culture #Art

2 months ago

Jackson Pollock masterpiece sells for $181m at New York auction

Record-breaking sale at Christie's A Jackson Pollock painting described as one of the earliest examples of pure abstraction has fetched $181 million (£135 million) at a Christie's auction in New...

#Culture #Finance #Art #Auction

2 months ago

2026 Met Gala dazzles with costume art theme and star-studded looks

Met Gala 2026: A night of costume art extravagance The annual Met Gala, fashion's most anticipated event, returned in 2026 with a theme centered on costume art, inviting celebrities to interpret...

#Celebrity #Fashion #Events #Culture #Art

2 months ago

Met Gala 2026: Stars to shine under 'Fashion Is Art' theme

Met Gala 2026: A night of fashion as art New York's annual Met Gala returns tonight, transforming the Metropolitan Museum of Art into a stage for fashion's most extravagant interpretations of art...

#Celebrity #Fashion #Culture #Art #Fundraising

2 months ago

Banksy installs new statue in central London under cover of night

Mysterious installation appears overnight Street artist Banksy has unveiled a new sculpture in London's Waterloo Place, depicting a suited figure blinded by a flag draped over its face. The artwo...

#Culture #Public Art #Art #Street Art #Urban

2 months ago

Venice Biennale jury resigns over Russia and Israel controversy

Venice Biennale jury quits days before opening The entire judging panel of the Venice Biennale resigned on Wednesday, just nine days before the prestigious art exhibition's inauguration, citing o...

#Politics #War Crimes #Culture #International Relations #Art

2 months ago

Banksy confirms new London statue critiquing imperialism and power

Banksy unveils statue in central London Street artist Banksy has verified a new sculpture in Waterloo Place, St James's, depicting a suited figure stepping off a plinth with a flag obscuring its...

#Politics #Culture #Activism #Art

2 months ago

Rare 17th-century Mughal astrolabe heads to auction in London

Massive astrolabe from Jaipur's royal collection to be auctioned A 400-year-old brass astrolabe, once owned by Jaipur's royal family, will be sold at Sotheby's London on 29 April. Described as po...

#Science #Culture #History #Art #Auction

3 months ago

Paris engineer wins €1m Picasso painting in Alzheimer's charity raffle

Paris resident claims €1m Picasso artwork Ari Hodara, a 58-year-old engineer and art lover from Paris, was declared the winner of a Pablo Picasso painting valued at over €1 million in a charity r...

#Health #Art #Charity #Fundraising

3 months ago

Exhibition traces Mumbai's transformation from seven islands to megacity

Exhibition traces Mumbai's transformation from seven islands to megacity An art exhibition in Mumbai explores the city's evolution through centuries of political, economic, and social change, sho...

#Culture #History #Art #Urban Development #Society

3 months ago

Uffizi Galleries refute security breach claims after cyber-attack

Uffizi Galleries confirm cyber-attack but deny security compromise Florence's Uffizi Galleries acknowledged a cyber-attack on their IT systems but firmly rejected reports that hackers accessed or...

#Crime #Cultural Heritage #Cybersecurity #Art

3 months ago

Raja Ravi Varma painting smashes Indian art auction record at $17.9m

Record-breaking sale in Delhi A 19th-century masterpiece by legendary Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma has become the most expensive Indian artwork ever auctioned, fetching 1.67 billion rupees (...

#Culture #History #Art #Auction #Market

3 months ago

Million-euro Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse paintings stolen from Italian museum

Three masterpieces taken in rapid Parma heist Four masked thieves stole works by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse valued at nearly €9 million from a villa museum near Parma on 22 March, Italian police...

#Crime #Culture #Art #Theft

3 months ago

Woman fined for adding googly eyes to South Australia sculpture

Court hands down sentence for sculpture prank A 20-year-old woman has been convicted of graffiti after attaching googly eyes to a well-known public sculpture in Mount Gambier, South Australia....

#Crime #Legal #Art #Community

4 months ago

Lost Rembrandt masterpiece resurfaces after six decades in private hands

Rediscovered Rembrandt painting authenticated by Rijksmuseum A long-missing work by the Dutch master Rembrandt van Rijn has been identified after disappearing from public records in 1960. The pai...

#Culture #History #Art #Rediscovery #Authentication

5 months ago

Mumbai artist wins $1m prize for slum education initiative

Artist transforms Mumbai slums into learning hubs A narrow alley in Mumbai's affluent Colaba district leads to a vibrant settlement where washermen and their families live in stacked shanties. Am...

#Education #Art #Social Impact #Community Development

5 months ago

Malaysian-based artist sues AirAsia over alleged unauthorized use of mural on aircraft

Artist files lawsuit against AirAsia for copyright infringement Ernest Zacharevic, a Lithuanian-born artist residing in Penang, has taken legal action against budget airline AirAsia and its paren...

#Legal #Aviation #Art #Copyright

5 months ago

Australian mint faces backlash over Queen Elizabeth II coin portrait

Controversy over commemorative coin design The Royal Australian Mint has released two silver coins to mark the 100th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's birth, but the portrait of the late monarc...

#Monarchy #Art #Collectibles #Public Opinion

5 months ago

Italy probes fresco restoration after angel's face resembles Meloni

Investigation launched into fresco restoration Italian authorities and church officials are examining claims that an angel's face in a restored fresco at Rome's Basilica of St Lawrence in Lucina...

#Politics #Controversy #Religion #Art

5 months ago

Sydney preserves Bondi attack memorial in vacant shop

From abandoned shop to tribute site A boarded-up storefront in central Sydney has become an unlikely sanctuary for mementos left after the 14 December attack at Bondi Beach that claimed 15 lives....

#Violence #Art #Community #Grief #Memorial

6 months ago

Cecilia Giménez, known for 'Monkey Christ' fresco restoration, dies at 94

Spanish parishioner behind viral 'Monkey Christ' fresco dies Cecilia Giménez, the amateur artist whose botched restoration of a century-old religious painting turned her into an internet sensatio...

#Tourism #Culture #Art #Viral

7 months ago

Lagos hosts first street art festival transforming city into open-air gallery

Lagos street art festival turns city into open-air gallery Nigeria's largest city, Lagos, is hosting its first street art festival, transforming a major avenue into a public exhibition space. Org...

#Culture #Art #Urban Development #Festivals

7 months ago

Qatar unveils world's first museum dedicated to Indian artist MF Husain

New Doha museum celebrates MF Husain's legacy A striking grey-blue building in Qatar's Education City now houses Lawh Wa Qalam, the first museum dedicated to the late Indian artist Maqbool Fi...

#Museums #Culture #Architecture #Heritage #Art

7 months ago

Imperial Fabergé Winter Egg fetches record £22.9m at London auction

Record-breaking sale of historic Fabergé egg A Fabergé egg once owned by Russia's imperial family sold for £22.9 million ($30.2 million) in London on Tuesday, setting a new auction record for the...

#History #Art #Luxury #Auction

7 months ago

92-Year-Old Self-Taught Painter Gains Global Fame After Pandemic Revival

92-Year-Old Self-Taught Painter Gains Global Fame After Pandemic Revival A 92-year-old great-grandfather from Oxfordshire has found unexpected fame as a landscape artist after rediscovering his p...

#Social Media #Aging #Art #Community #Pandemic

8 months ago

Frida Kahlo’s El sueño sells for record $54.7m at auction

Frida Kahlo's *El sueño* sells for record $54.7m at auction A surrealist self-portrait by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo fetched $54.7 million (£41.8 million) at a Sotheby's auction, setting a new re...

#Culture #Records #Art #Auctions #Women

8 months ago

Klimt portrait fetches $236.4m at New York auction, second-highest ever

Klimt portrait sells for $236.4m, second-highest auction price in history A 1914-1916 portrait by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt sold for $236.4 million (£179 million) at a Sotheby's auction in New...

#Cultural Heritage #History #Art #Auctions #Nazi Looting

8 months ago

Nigeria’s $25m West African art museum stalled by political dispute over name and land

Nigeria's $25m West African art museum stalled by political dispute over name and land The Museum of West African Art (Mowaa), a $25 million cultural landmark in Benin City designed by Sir David...

#Economy #Politics #Protests #Culture #Architecture #Heritage #Art #Restitution

8 months ago

Ghana’s Asante king receives 130 returned artefacts from UK and South Africa

Ghana's Asante king receives 130 returned artefacts from UK and South Africa Ghana's Asante king, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has welcomed the return of 130 gold and bronze artefacts from the UK an...

#Diplomacy #Cultural Heritage #History #Mining #Colonialism #Art #Restitution

8 months ago

Artist secretly hangs AI-generated print in Cardiff museum before removal

Artist secretly hangs AI-generated print in Cardiff museum before removal A Welsh artist covertly placed an AI-generated artwork in National Museum Cardiff, where it remained on display for hours...

#Ai #Technology #Museums #Culture #Protest #Art

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Marjane Satrapi, 'Persepolis' author and filmmaker, dies at 56

Milan's restored bull mosaic sparks online jokes over 'missing' testicles

Jackson Pollock masterpiece sells for $181m at New York auction

2026 Met Gala dazzles with costume art theme and star-studded looks

Met Gala 2026: Stars to shine under 'Fashion Is Art' theme

Banksy installs new statue in central London under cover of night

Venice Biennale jury resigns over Russia and Israel controversy

Banksy confirms new London statue critiquing imperialism and power

Rare 17th-century Mughal astrolabe heads to auction in London

Paris engineer wins €1m Picasso painting in Alzheimer's charity raffle

Exhibition traces Mumbai's transformation from seven islands to megacity

Uffizi Galleries refute security breach claims after cyber-attack

Raja Ravi Varma painting smashes Indian art auction record at $17.9m

Million-euro Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse paintings stolen from Italian museum

Woman fined for adding googly eyes to South Australia sculpture

Lost Rembrandt masterpiece resurfaces after six decades in private hands

Mumbai artist wins $1m prize for slum education initiative

Malaysian-based artist sues AirAsia over alleged unauthorized use of mural on aircraft

Australian mint faces backlash over Queen Elizabeth II coin portrait

Italy probes fresco restoration after angel's face resembles Meloni

Sydney preserves Bondi attack memorial in vacant shop

Cecilia Giménez, known for 'Monkey Christ' fresco restoration, dies at 94

Lagos hosts first street art festival transforming city into open-air gallery

Qatar unveils world's first museum dedicated to Indian artist MF Husain

Imperial Fabergé Winter Egg fetches record £22.9m at London auction

92-Year-Old Self-Taught Painter Gains Global Fame After Pandemic Revival

Frida Kahlo’s *El sueño* sells for record $54.7m at auction

Klimt portrait fetches $236.4m at New York auction, second-highest ever

Nigeria’s $25m West African art museum stalled by political dispute over name and land

Ghana’s Asante king receives 130 returned artefacts from UK and South Africa

Artist secretly hangs AI-generated print in Cardiff museum before removal

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