A painting of Jesus Christ that has been attributed to Leonardo Da Vinci, called the “Salvator Mundi,” was bought by an anonymous buyer for $450 million. It was later reported that Prince Bader bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Farhan al-Saud…
The Arts
$14.8 Million ‘Simpsons’-Themed Art Was the Main KAWS Attraction at Hong Kong Sotheby’s Auction
The Simpsons remains one of the cultural staples of the millennial generation. The cartoon was at the forefront of the now-common tactic to center weekly episodic content around the pop culture developments occuring simultaneously. The strategy has made The Simpsons a televised package of the cultural developments of…
Pop Culture Icons Like Thanos, Godzilla and The Matrix Leap Out of This Artist’s Imagination and Into Old Paintings
Artist Dave Pollot does something we all want to do, but only someone like Banksy actually does. He finds kind of lame paintings and then enhances them with his own pop culture spin. The results are hilarious, often-subversive but always…
Sergio Ramos shares more of his art collection
The Real Madrid captain was keen to show his followers a new item from the artist Phil Frost, whose paintings can fetch as much as €40,000. Sergio Ramos has been sharing some new items of his art collection with fans…
French museum renames masterpieces after Black subjects
French art masterpieces have been renamed after their long overlooked black subjects in a ground-breaking new Paris show on the representation of people of colour in art. Manet’s “Olympia”, the scandalous painting of a naked reclining prostitute that marks the…
Here’s the Story Behind JAY-Z’s $15 Trucker Cap
Since at least 2017, JAY-Z has been spotted wearing trucker caps with “Ballroom Marfa” written across the front. He joins a host of celebrities who have taken to wearing their hearts on their heads. Kanye West‘s infamous red MAGA hat is the most well-known…
How Artworks Get Their Prices
How do experts determine the value of an artwork? And what drives art valuations up and down? Leading arts economist Clare McAndrew gives insight into the key drivers at work in this complex process in the first of four segments…
Ancient Middle East art and identity showcased at New York museum
Cultures collide at the latest exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which focuses on the Middle East nearly 2,000 years ago. A new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York is looking at the Middle East, going…
Kirsty Mitchell’s best photograph: a storyteller in a bluebell wonderland
It took five seamstresses two weeks to make the dress. Then, two minutes into the shoot, the model said she was cold and wanted to go home. The Storyteller by Kirsty Mitchell. Photograph: Kirsty Mitchell Growing up, our house was…
Stop saying your children are drawing jagajaga — Biodun Omolayo
The founder of the Omolayo Art Gallery, Mr. Biodun Omolayo, has advised parents not to say or do things that can kill their children’s talents, especially when the talents are just unfolding. According to him, many potential superstars had been…