Sculpture with possible ties to Leonardo da Vinci heads to auction, could sale for $50 million
In just a week, Guernsey’s auction house in New York City will bring a small, 11-inch bronze sculpture that is believed to be, at least by some, associated with Leonardo […]
First Keith Haring mural to hit the auction block
Next month, a mural by Keith Haring will hit the auction block at Bonhams. The mural is quintessentially Haring and in the early 1980s, the artist painted it in one […]
Oxford professor allegedly stole items that are now at the Museum of the Bible
Just a year ago, the Museum of the Bible in Washington DC discovered that five fragments of Dead Sea Scrolls in its collection were, in fact, forgeries. Making up about […]
Despite attempt to block loan of ‘Vitruvian Man,’ drawing heads to the Louvre
Just a week before the start of the Louvre’s much-anticipated blockbuster exhibition of works by Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian court threw out an appeal put forth two weeks ago […]
Violaine Lochu, Meat me
No single work of art has touched me as deeply as Violaine Lochus‘s Meat me in the last two years. Performing alone, her body half naked, her soul incarnated by […]
December exhibition to feature works by Congo, the artist chimpanzee
This winter, a rather unorthodox artist will have an exhibition at one of London’s highly regarded galleries. Having passed away nearly 50 years ago, the artist puts an interesting spin […]
Man steals $20,000 Salvador Dalí from San Fran gallery
Sunday was not a good day for a San Francisco gallery. In just a matter of minutes, a man walked into Dennis Rae Fine Art and walked out with one […]