Apr 17, 2023 | Art, Museums, News & Trending
Fake Basquiat paintings sold on eBay have led to a former auctioneer pleading guilty to fraud and lying to the FBI in California. Jean Michel-Basquiat was a Puerto Rican artist who got famous as a graffiti artist and ended up selling to international galleries and...
Apr 10, 2023 | Art, Culture, Museums, News & Trending
The Pergamon Museum in Berlin is coming to life with a light and sound installation by Liam Gillick. Liam Gillick is a British artist working out of New York City, whose multimedia installations center around examining social systems and the modes of production....
Apr 3, 2023 | Art, Gallery, News & Trending
The David by Michelangelo is at the center of a school controversy, with Florida parents claiming the famous sculpture is pornography. Earlier this month, the board of Tallahassee Classical School pressured their principal, Hope Carrasquilla, to resign after three...
Mar 29, 2023 | Culture, New York, News & Trending
A Hebrew Bible over a millennia old is going up for auction, and Sotheby’s hopes it will sell for at least $30 million. The Codex Sassoon is 1,100 years old. It’s handwritten on parchment and leather-bound, and a nearly-complete copy of the Hebrew Bible....
Mar 20, 2023 | Art, Museums, News & Trending
Valparaiso University wants to sell off many of its artworks, but students and faculty disagree. Valparaiso University, a Lutheran institution in Indiana, has a robust art collection in the Brauer Museum of Art on their campus. Among their nearly 3000 pieces are...
Mar 13, 2023 | Art, Culture, News & Trending, Organizations
Ontario police have arrested eight people in connection with the forgery of thousands of artworks by a popular indigenous artist. Norval Morrisseau was a painter from the Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation in Ontario, Canada. Known as the “Picasso of the...
