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Sotheby’s and eBay Announce Digital Partnership
The world’s largest online marketplace and the first international auction house have come together to form a new online platform. EBay and Sotheby’s announced today that they will join forces, creating an innovative online marketplace for costumers to discover, browse and buy art, antiques and collectibles. Bringing Sotheby’s top-notch auctions in real time, right in … Continue reading
Janitors Trash 60 Works at the Dusseldorf Academy of Art
Students and faculty are outraged as 60 destroyed works were found in a dumpster outside the Kunstkademie Dusseldorf (Dusseldorf Academy of Art). According to an article posted on ArtNet News, a frustrated janitor or group of janitors took knifes to the canvases and stomped on the works in order to break their stretchers. While the individual(s) who … Continue reading
Coverage on the May 2014 Modern & Impressionist Sales
It’s that time again when the semiannual sales kickoff and collectors from around the world battle it out at auction for some of the newest Impressionist and Modern works to hit the market. First up was Christie’s evening sale on the 6th which included works from the Viktor and Marianne Langen, Huguette M. Clark and Edgar … Continue reading
Coverage on the May 2014 Contemporary Auction Sales
I am sitting here looking over the contemporary results and I can’t help but think… “How many third world countries could you feed with the amount of money spent in one week?” Truthfully, you could probably feed some with just the top lot from one of the evening sales… Instead, the ultra-rich made it rain … Continue reading
Heroes, Villains, Myths, Legends on 57th Street!
With mainstream media fixated on science fiction — heroes, villains, myths and legends have not only become part of our daily lives, but in some cases, an obsession. You see the effects every day, from San Francisco turning into Gotham City for a day just to make a little boy’s dream come true, to the young ladies … Continue reading
An Artistic Environment – Dubai’s Metro stations are getting an artistic overhaul!
Vice President, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Moktoum shared the upcoming renovations to the public transportation systems in an article posted to the Emirates 24/7 yesterday. According to the article, the focus of the renovations is to make “arts and creativity accessible to all segments of … Continue reading
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