Art market rebounds despite challenges, with Monet at $34.8 million and Basquiat works surpassing $46 million
NEW YORK, May 16, 2024 (AFP) - A Monet sold for nearly $35 million at auction Wednesday evening, Sotheby's…
2 years ago
Arts
Warhol in the desert: flamboyant art icon pops up in Saudi
by Robbie COREY-BOULET Agence France-Presse AL-ULA, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Andy Warhol's iconic portraits of stars such as Marlon…
3 years ago
US artist, KAWS and London gallery launch first exhibition on Fortnite
by Charlotte DURAND Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) - On a frosty morning in London's Hyde Park, onlookers aim…
4 years ago
With swords and stunts, Thai youth embrace ancient martial art
by Sippachai Kunnuwong THON BURI, Thailand (AFP) -- Armed with a wooden knife and shield, a teenage girl…
7 years ago
Brazil museum holds first exhibition since fire
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's historic National Museum on Wednesday displayed fossils discovered in the Antarctic at an off-site…
7 years ago
LOOK: Argentina’s iconic Ateneo is ‘world’s most beautiful’ bookstore
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) -- Argentina's iconic bookstore Ateneo Grand Splendid has just been named the "world's most beautiful bookstore"…
7 years ago
Wooden library lures bookworms outside Beijing
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Deep in the heart of a valley surrounded by rocky hills, a wooden library sits just…
8 years ago
France goes big on Japan with multi-million cultural program
by Loïc Vennin Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) -- Since Impressionist artists first clapped eyes on woodblock prints, Japan has been…
8 years ago
Van Gogh painting sells for over 7 million euros: auction house
PARIS, France (AFP) -- A painting by a young Vincent Van Gogh was sold at an auction in Paris Monday for…
8 years ago
Look: Major Tolkien exhibition opens in Oxford
(AFP) -- A new exhibition on ‘Lord of the Rings’ author J.R.R. Tolkien opens at Oxford University’s Bodleian Library, bringing…
8 years ago
Rockefeller Collection sold for record-smashing $832 million
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- In what was billed as the "sale of the century," the art collection of…
8 years ago
Los Angeles museum celebrates the art of the selfie
by Javier Tovar © Agence France-Presse GLENDALE, United States (AFP) -- There's an art to taking the perfect selfie -- from…
8 years ago
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