Seminal sculptures by Mahmoud Mokhtar to make their auction debut
Two rarely seen sculptures by Egyptian artist Mahmoud Mokhtar are heading to Sotheby’s for auction at this week. The sculptures represent two different periods in Mokhtar’s career and have belonged […]
Critics call on South Korea to change laws, keep Samsung chairman’s £1.26b art collection in the country
Lee Kun-hee, the head of the Samsung conglomerate who passed away in October of last year, amassed an impressive collection of art estimated to be worth around ₩2 trillion (£1.26 […]
Group ‘Burnt Banksy’ destroy original Banksy for NFT auction
The presence of NFTs in the art world took a large uptick recently. While having existed since 2017, non-fungible tokens—unique digital files which are verified through a blockchain not dissimilar […]
Eve Arnold believed photography should be affordable, so her estate is releasing posters of “iconic and unseen” work for just £30
Photographer Eve Arnold once remarked “I would prefer photography to be a folk art – cheap and available to everybody, rather than elevated to mandarin proportions created through an artificial […]
Satirical cookbook by Andy Warhol, including recipes like “Omelet Greta Garbo”, heads to auction
Flipping through the pages of an old cookbook is often an amusing experience. While most 1950s cookbooks were made in earnest and have only become comical with age, a self-published […]
Seeing it through: artist Amy Sherald orchestrates legacy of her Breonna Taylor portrait
Last September, Amy Sherald’s portrait of Breonna Taylor appeared on the front cover of a special Vanity Fair magazine dedicated to activism. Although commissioned by Vanity Fair guest editor Ta-Nehisi […]
“I Want To Report A Theft”: Activist Mwazulu Diyabanza tells his own story in new episode of Resistance
A year ago, you might not have been aware of a man by the name of Mwazulu Diyabanza. But that all changed last summer when Diyabanza made a name for […]
