by admin | Feb 26, 2021 | Art, News & Trending
For a long time, as long as art has been an investment commodity, it has been used to launder money among the wealthy. A seller determines a price, has it appraised for that price by a friendly professional, and then sells it among his inner circle, often via a shell...
by admin | Feb 25, 2021 | Art, Auctions
Even the illustrious, ivory tower world of private art sales took a hard hit from 2020. And maybe it’s a little of a relief to see that even the unimaginably wealthy have felt the need to tighten their belts this year too. The most expensive piece of art to sell...
by admin | Feb 17, 2021 | film, News & Trending
Black artists are missing from our art museums, our galleries, our exhibitions. In the major art museum’s collections in the United States, according to filmmaker Sam Pollard, 85 percent of artists are white. Only a tiny fraction of that, 1.2 percent of artists,...
by admin | Jan 22, 2021 | Art, News & Trending
Kolam, sometimes known as Muggu, is a traditional form of geometric art from Sri Lanka and other parts of Southern Asia. Normally drawn in flour, sand, or powdered pigment on the ground in front of a home by the female family members, it is meant to welcome all into a...
by admin | Jan 15, 2021 | Art, Gallery, New York, News & Trending
While the Metropolitan Museum of Art was able to reopen after several months of prudent closure during the spring and summer of 2020, they’ve done so with reduced capacity, limited hours, and reservation requirements that mean that not everyone who wishes to...