by Editor | Nov 20, 2024 | Culture Music Art
from AFP Magritte painting nets auction record of $121 million New York (AFP) – A painting by Rene Magritte shattered an auction record for the surrealist artist on Tuesday, selling for more than $121 million at Christie’s in New York. A painting by Rene...
by Editor | Nov 19, 2024 | Culture Music Art
from artnet Tiffany Window Shatters Records as Most Expensive Ever Sold The sale of the stained-glass piece has cemented the 20th-century designer’s place in the ‘pantheon of iconic artists.’ by Richard Whiddington An impressionistic stained-glass...
by Editor | Nov 18, 2024 | Culture Music Art
from artnet A Montana Wheat Field—Planted as Conceptual Art—Becomes Community Sustenance Unlike any other wheat field in the state, a new work by Agnes Denes transforms the crop into an ephemeral installation artwork that invites community engagement. by Annikka Olsen...
by Editor | Nov 17, 2024 | Literary News
from The New Yorker Dorothy Parker and the Art of the Literary Takedown Her reviews are not contemptuous, a common pitfall for her imitators. They are simply unbridled in their dislike. By Sloane Crosley Illustration by Cecilia Carlstedt When I think of Dorothy...
by Editor | Nov 16, 2024 | Weirdness
from CNN A giant meteorite boiled the oceans 3.2 billion years ago. Scientists say it was a ‘fertilizer bomb’ for life By Ashley Strickland This graphic shows the sequence of events following the S2 giant meteorite impact / James Zaccaria A massive space rock,...
