An estimated $8 million in art has been donated to an auction to raise money for the construction of a new building for the Whitney Museum of American Art. The New York museum is currently working on designing and creating a new space that will be about three times as...
Sotheby’s says it will move forward with the sale of about 300 pre-Columbian antiquities in Paris this weekend despite concerns from four Latin American countries. Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru have all contacted the auction house with objections to the sale...
Last week, a Banksy mural in London vanished without a trace. Slave Labor (Bunting Boy) was painted on the side of a Poundland store, but during renovations last week it suddenly disappeared. Poundland claimed to have no knowledge of the disappearance, and no one...
Sotheby’s and Christie’s brought in about $170 million this week from the sales of Old Master and Renaissance art. Three works brought in over $10 million apiece, and many paintings sold for far more than their estimated prices. The biggest seller was The Madonna and...
It’s auction season in NYC, and that means that in the next few months hundreds of millions of dollars will be traded by the city’s most privileged people. But this season begs a question: do auction houses need more monitoring and regulations? Some say yes,...
Culture can mean many things: it can be your language, your food, your clothing, your religion, etc. Here at Cultivating Culture, however, we cherish the aspect of culture that inspires: we love the arts. We highlight museums, galleries, organizations, and individuals that have dedicated their lives to supporting the arts. We celebrate the facet of humanity that has brought “order out of chaos,” and we invite you to join, or to enjoy.
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