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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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‘It’s A Big Old Dong” – $10 Million MLK Statue Raises Ire Of Black Community
16 Jan 2023 by Heinrich / No Comments
A massive bronze sculpture entitled ‘The Embrace’ has been slammed by the family of the late Martin Luther King for resembling a penis.
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Mandela Gets Into The NFT Game
07 Mar 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
Auctioneers Bonhams, in partnership with Nelson Mandela’s eldest daughter, is offering a series of Nelson Mandela’s colourful Robben Island sketches as NFTs.
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Clueless Security Guard Doodles On Famous Painting
11 Feb 2022 by Tayla / No Comments
You have to have some degree of control over the primitive and instinctual part of your mind to not doodle on a famous art piece in an art gallery.
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Danish Artist Deserves Round Of Applause For “Take The Money And Run” Piece
30 Sep 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
Danish artist Jens Haaning was given $84 000 (around R1,3 million) by the Kunsten Museum of Modern Art to recreate some prior works of his. He had a different idea.
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Another Layer Of Intrigue Added To Bizarre History Of ‘The Scream’
23 Feb 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Norwegian artist Edvard Munch’s artwork, ‘The Scream’, is known the world over, although its fame isn’t without a degree of controversy.
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How To Download High-Res Rembrandt, Cézanne, Or Monet Prints For Free [Legally]
16 Jan 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
14 French museums have now placed in excess of 100 000 pieces of art on an online portal, in case you’re looking to impress your next dinner guests.
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They’re Calling This Seven-Year-Old Kid ‘The Preschool Picasso’ [Video]
09 Jan 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Seven-year-old Mikail Akar, a young painter from Germany, is selling his work for serious cash. To be fair, he has skills.
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Someone Ate That R1,7 Million Banana [Video]
09 Dec 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Artist Maurizio Cattelan taped a banana to a wall. Then a performance artist came along and ate it, causing mass panic. This is art in 2019.
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Pupil In ‘Satanic’ Artwork Drama Hits Back As Deluge Of Abuse Directed At School [Video]
24 Oct 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In the wake of a pastor’s rant about a matric art project going viral, the school in question has been inundated with abuse. The pupil has also issued a public statement.
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Another Blow To Steve Hofmeyr’s Pride As Court Rules Against Him
23 Jul 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
The court has ruled in favour of artist and activist Johan Pienaar in his case against Steve Hofmeyr.
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Artist Buys Banksy Artwork To Destroy It
16 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
A US artist, Ron English says that he’s going to whitewash an original Banksy that he bought for $730 000, in protest of the market in street art.
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Twitter Tears Into Cape Town Art Exhibition [Images]
15 Dec 2017 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Yes, that is a plastic fork stuck into a cushion. Local comedian Simmi Areff popped into an art exhibition on Wednesday and he wasn’t very impressed.
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This Picasso Painting Just Sold For A Casual R590 Million
16 May 2017 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Pablo Picasso died back in 1973, and it looks like that has added quite a few zeroes to the value of his artworks. Take for example the latest auction.
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Art Student Makes Car Invisible [VIDEO]
26 Mar 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This artwork takes a new spin on not remembering where you parked your car. Even if you remembered where it was parked, you might not be able to spot it. Check out how Sara Watson used paint to create an almost invisible car.
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