The oil painting of a child is the first one Makamo has ever produced for a magazine cover. TIME recently shared the cover for their latest issue. One of the issue’s two covers features actress Cicely Tyson, and the second one features…
Billionaires are storing hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of art on superyachts
People who own yachts have lots of things to worry about. Is a yacht a good financial investment? (Usually not.) Will a group of class-warfare-waging rascals untie the boat from its dock, causing thousands of dollars in damage? (If you’re Betsy…
Microsoft uses AI to bring the Met’s art collection to the web—and your Instagram
Microsoft has teamed with New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on a series of “hackathon” projects. The projects pair the technology company’s AI expertise with the Met’s collection of artwork to “transform future connections between people and art,” according…
Denise Morris obituary
As curator at Scunthorpe Museum and Art Gallery, Lincolnshire, from 1976, she led its refurbishment and expansion, and gained plaudits for its exhibition programme, receiving an award for best small museum in 1982. Later that year she was elected a…
Hidden miniature painting of ‘hated’ French monarch to be shown in National Portrait Gallery exhibition
A previously unknown miniature portrait by one of England’s most celebrated artists of the 16th century is to go on show after being discovered at a French auction. The work by Nicholas Hilliard, estimated to be worth at least £750,000, is…
The little-known Botswana artist whose British Airways tail art angered Margaret Thatcher
When British Airways was looking for art design for their aircraft’s tail in 1997, they settled for the art work of Cg’ose Ntcox’o, a Khoisan woman from Botswana. Also known as Cgoise, she was a member of the Ncoakhoe tribe of the San people.…
Mac Miller Tribute Mural Pops Up In Los Angeles…Mac Miller’s legacy continues to live on through art.
When the game lost Mac Miller, it lost an artist in the truest form. One need only listen to Mac’s Spotify-exclusive rendition of “Dunno” to behold the scope of his talent. An excellent lyricist, visionary, and multi-instrumentalist, Mac’s work spoke volumes…
Adolf Hitler paintings: Berlin police seize ‘fake’ works at auction
Three watercolour paintings attributed to the former Nazi leader Adolf Hitler have been seized by German police. The works were up for sale at the Kloss auction house in Berlin, but taken on suspicions of forgery, police say. The separate…