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René Magritte Painting Sells For Record R2.1 Billion At Auction
21 Nov 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The selling price, which exceeded expectations, is an encouraging sign amid a decline in global art sales and an art market plagued by economic uncertainty.
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Magnum Villa In Camps Bay Transforms Short-Term Rentals Into Instagram-Worthy Experiences (With An Ode To Magnum PI)
29 Oct 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
“Camps Bay reminds me of my favourite TV shows growing up—Magnum, P.I. and Miami Vice—with its white, palm-fringed beaches and big neon lights.”
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Court-Ordered Sale of Artworks By Michael Jackson Halted At Last Minute
10 Sep 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Some of the proceeds of the sale would have gone to creditors such as iconic singer Cher, who is owed R18 million.
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This Danish Artist Creates Massive Trolls Out Of Recycled Materials, Then Hides Them In The Forest For Hikers To Discover
27 Aug 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Imagine coming across one of these trolls in Newlands Forest. On mushrooms.
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Why An Art Collective Buried Ten Cadillacs In The Texas Desert
12 Aug 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The now-famous Cadillac Range was the brainchild of San Francisco-based architectural collective Ant Farm, and for the last 50 years, the installation has been considered the Stonehenge of American car culture, attracting nearly 1.4 million visitors a year.
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Unleash Your Inner Artist At Caprice This Weekend With Some Cocktails As Your Muse
07 Aug 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Applying colours to a blank canvas can be a potent cocktail of self-expression and imagination, and if you spice it up with conversation and cocktails, it sounds like a hella fun time.
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New Banksy Artworks Appear In London, But What Do They Mean?
07 Aug 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The two new murals appeared within a day of each other on the sides of buildings in southwest London.
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Controversial Portrait Of King Charles Receives The ‘Activist Vandalism’ Treatment [Video]
12 Jun 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
This is the most recent in a string of incidents at UK museums where activists vandalise art to draw attention to their causes.
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A Rare Collection Of Tiny Fabergé Animals Once Owned by the Romanovs Are Up For Auction
27 May 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The London-based Elmwood’s auction house is selling what is deemed to be one of the best collections ever amassed, with provenance leading directly to the Romanovs, as well as British aristocracy and European royalty.
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Fans Have A Fit Over ‘Horrible’ Portrait Of Kate Middleton – ‘Is This A Joke?’
23 May 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
While the outlet described the finished piece as a portrait of “strength, dignity and courage,” fans of Kate and the royals had a fit over the painting.
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Nine-Year-Old’s Art Exhibition Opens At Christie’s In London
21 May 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Nine-year-old Poppy Blackburn, who has battled leukaemia since she was three, is realising her dream of hosting her own art exhibition
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There Is A 24/7 Livestream Of Andy Warhol’s Grave That’s Been Running Since 2013
22 Apr 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
He is still plugged in and turned on over 25 years after his death.
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A Movement Called ‘Renoir Sucks At Painting’ Wanted Museums To Remove His Paintings
16 Apr 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The ‘movement’ gained so much attention at one point that Renoir’s great-great-granddaughter Genevieve Renoir eventually chimed in.
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The Most Ironic Case In Australia Right Now – Man Sues Artist For Gender Discrimination Over Her ‘Ladies-Only Lounge’
09 Apr 2024 by Tayla / No Comments
The artist behind the ‘ladies-only lounge’ that has become the subject of a formal anti-discrimination complaint says she is “absolutely delighted” that the case has ended up in court.
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Tiffany Lamps Are Having Their Moment On TikTok
28 Mar 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
At least a Tiffany lamp has a resale value. The same can’t be said for Stanley Cups, or tattoos for that matter.
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Now Prince William’s Rumored Paramour, Rose Hanbury, Is Being Accused Of Harbouring Stolen Chinese Antiquities
22 Mar 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
After dodging allegations of an affair with the future King of England, Rose Hanbury, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, has now come into the crosshairs of Chinese social media users.
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New Documentary Reveals A Different Side To Frida Kahlo [Trailer]
15 Mar 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
“What was very surprising is how sharp her tongue was! Just the many ways she found to insult people that she did not like.”
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Michelangelo Wrote A Poem About How Much He Hated Painting the Sistine Chapel
21 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Take heart in knowing that even a great artist like Michaelangelo sometimes thought their job sucked.
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SA TikToker Goes Viral With Clothes Made Out Of Shopping Bags And Lipstick Art
12 Feb 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
At only 22 years of age, this kid has a big future ahead of him. Perhaps Woolies or Pick ‘n Pay should offer him a bursary.
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The Beatles Once Made A Psychedelic Painting, And Now Its Up For Sale
31 Jan 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The painting forms part of the “The Exceptional Sale”, which features also features a gold crocheted vest that belonged to Janis Joplin, and Elvis Presley’s guitar from his 1969 Las Vegas residency.
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A Mansion Belonging To The Disgraced ‘Red Queen Of Art’ Sold For $79 Million [Video]
29 Jan 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
The ‘Red Queen’ came to be known as such because of her rather ‘dubious’ business dealings in the art world, with her name also being included in the infamous Panama Papers.
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Tuesday Morning Spice
23 Jan 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
Powerful 7.1 earthquake strikes near China’s border, Alzheimer’s blood test could detect disease 15 years before symptoms emerge, Michael Phelps and wife Nicole welcome baby No. 4, The easiest countries in Europe to gain citizenship, and Mugger falls to his death with stolen possessions.
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Huge Backlash From The Art Community After Unfinished Keith Haring Painting “Completed” Using AI
11 Jan 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
An overzealous X user has ignited a storm of debate after using AI to complete the pop artist’s last work, and the art community is not happy.
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The Search Is On For The ‘Rockstar’ Leaving Love On Sea Point Beach Every Night
09 Jan 2024 by Heinrich / No Comments
A mysterious ‘stone artists’ is leaving behind rock-shaped ‘art’ on Sunset Beach almost every night.
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Van Gogh Depicted Something In His ‘Starry Night’ That Scientists Only Figured Out Recently [Video]
05 Dec 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Starry Night might just be the splashing of a one-eared madman in a French asylum, but, strangely, Van Gogh managed to capture something so distinct in his work that it showed up in Hubble Space Telescope observations a century later.
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Bad Paintings By Famous Artists Prove That Even Masters Mess Up
27 Nov 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
It makes us mere mortals feel so much better knowing that even the most skilled artists have off days.
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How Salvador Dalí Became One Of The Pioneers Of Holographic Art
15 Nov 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
For lovers of his weird surreal art, Salvador Dalí seems an obvious artist to connect to the field of Holographics.
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Pablo Picasso’s ‘Femme A La Montre’ Sold For More Than R2,6 Billion
14 Nov 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
Pablo Picasso’s 1932 painting ‘Femme à la montre’ sold for more than $139 million (R2,6 billion) at a Sotheby’s New York auction last week, making it the most valuable work of art sold at auction this year.
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Is This Painting Of A Young Girl Haunted? Every Owner Seems To Think So
02 Nov 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
The first buyer returned the image within two days, alleging it had a “strange atmosphere”. The second owner returned it after it left her “startled and distressed”. Then the Wi-Fi went out, the security cameras stopped working, the washing machine broke, and the televisions went dark…
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The Most Reprinted ‘New Yorker’ Cartoon Ever Was Recently Auctioned For $175,000
24 Oct 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
It has since gone on to be the most frequently reprinted cartoon in the magazines’s history.
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