How celebrity collectors are shaking up the art world, from Swizz Beatz and his wife Alicia Keys, to Leonardo DiCaprio, Jay-Z and Madonna
Pharrell Williams and Steve Martin are two more famous collectors courted by the likes of the Brooklyn Museum and Minneapolis ...
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Painting the town: The story behind Athens’ iconic bulldog statues
Vibrant colors swirl on fiberglass material to create one of Athens’ most recognizable art installations: a series of bulldog ...
Long-Lost Klimt Portrays African Prince
The gallery selling the work, which resurfaced at the TEFAF Maastricht art fair, says a major museum is negotiating to buy it ...
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Why Leonora Carrington’s Otherworldly Sculptures Are Generating Interest—and Controversy
The otherwordly paintings by Leonora Carrington are broken records at auction. Will collectors also go crazy for her ...
BMW Is Celebrating 50 Years of Art Cars at Art Basel Hong Kong
In an exclusive retrospective conversation, Hypebeast sits down with Dr. Thomas Girst, global head of cultural engagement at ...
A Hong Kong Picasso Show Aims to Help Viewers See Him ‘in a New Light’
The exhibition at M+ pairs the Spanish master’s works with those of four generations of Asian and Asian-diasporic artists, ...
The NYC studio space of one of the world’s most famous pop artists has sold for $5.5M
The Manhattan-born artist stored his personal art and wine collection at this property, which is now in the hands of a new ...
Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were More Than Eye Candy—They Were Also Perfumed
Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory ...
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Statues in ancient Greece, Rome were colorful — and perfumed
New discoveries related to works of art in ancient Greece and Rome continue to be unearthed. A Danish study published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology in March found that statues in antiquity were ...
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French Pol to U.S.: Return the Statue of Liberty!
A French politician has called for the U.S. to return the Statue of Liberty, saying the country no longer deserves the gift.
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The Most Famous Statues of Aphrodite, Goddess of Beauty
Across history, the goddess Aphrodite has remained a prominent figure of beauty and love, and many statues have been built in ...
Ancient statues were colorful — and perfumed
The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideological purposes. But in reality, ancient works of art were colorful, and ...