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Damien Hirst Is Burning 1,000 Artworks For An NFT Project
(HENI/Damien Hirst/The Currency) British art superstar Damien Hirst’s first NFT project The Currency just hit a critical deadline. Collectors have now officially weighed in as...
Andy Warhol’s ‘Cars’ Exhibit Is An Arty Tribute To Mercedes-Benz
Andy Warhol’s 1937 Mercedes-Benz W125 Grand Prix Car(© 2022 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS),...
Palm Beach Art Dealer Charged With Selling Fake Basquiat And Warhol Art For Millions
A real painting of a sinister devil by Jean-Michel Basquiat that sold for $85 million in May of 2022(Phillips) The legal saga of Palm Beach...
Inside The ‘Louis Vuitton And Nike Air Force 1 By Virgil Abhloh’ Exhibit
(Courtesy Louis Vuitton) This week, fans of late style visionary Virgil Abloh can embark on a public art scavenger hunt across New York City to...
‘Virtual Realities – The Art Of M.C. Escher’ Showcases 400 Of The Famed Artist’s Most Mind-Melting Pieces
“Reptiles” (Michael S. Sachs) M.C. Escher might have been an unknown while alive, but today he’s one of those rare talents whose last name has...
These Trippy Photorealistic Bird Paintings Are Inspired By The Work Of Famous Artists
“Monet Spoonbill (Platalea nymphéas)”(Clive Smith) A world beyond animal extinction is on view in NYC through June 4. Clive Smith’s second solo show at Marc...
‘El Toro De Oro’ Is A $1 Million Bronze Bull Charging Into NYC’s Meatpacking District
(Alejandro Jimenez) NYC is getting a swanky new steer to rival the famous Charging Bull on Wall Street and Miami’s newly-installed “Bitcoin Bull” courtesy of...
Meet The Artist Transforming Designer Sneakers Into Freaky Animal Masks
(SCAD FASH) Imagine buying a pricy pair of Yeezys just to disassemble them to create art. Michigan-born artist Gary Lockwood, aka Freehand Profit, has crafted...
‘Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure’ Is A Massive Tribute To Art World Icon
(Ivane Katamashvili) Meet Basquiat with fresh eyes this month at the Starrett-Lehigh building in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. The recently opened Jean-Michel Basquiat: King Pleasure is...
Artist Ryan Jones Showcases Classic Cars, Vintage Watches & Steve McQueen In Latest Solo Show
“Daytona,” 2022 (Ryan Jones) Fine art meets fantasy and film in San Francisco this month. Fragments, the latest solo show by Bay Area-based artist Ryan...
Naturalist Painter John Newsom Blends Stunning Wildlife With Abstract Settings In ‘Nature’s Course’ Art Exhibit
“Solstice,” 2016 (John Newsom Studio) A homegrown Oklahoma artist has returned to the heartland to celebrate his colorful, mid-career retrospective. Nature’s Course, by NYC-based and...
Dave Navarro & PADHiA Address PTSD Through Art With ‘Duel Diagnosis’ Exhibit
(Robert Kerian) Dave Navarro is perhaps best known as the guitarist for Jane’s Addiction and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but lately, making art has...