Tag: Sotheby’s
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Museum in Amsterdam Features Street Art From Around The World
A new art museum is making big waves in Amsterdam. Called the Modern Contemporary Museum Amsterdam – or Moco Museum for short – Moco is a museum dedicated to modern and contemporary art. It is housed in a beautiful villa from the early 1900’s, designed by the Dutch architect Eduard Cuypers, located in the middle of…
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Banksy Investigation: Was The Sotheby’s Shredding Real Or Did We All Get Banksy-ed?
We’ve all seen and heard the news by now. The British street artist Banksy pulled off one of his most spectacular pranks on Friday 5 October when one of his trademark paintings appeared to self-destruct at Sotheby’s in London after selling for $1.4 million at auction. Because Banksy is the art community’s biggest troll, his dramatic…
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EXCLUSIVE: Banksy Shredding – Director’s Cut – YES it Really Got Shredded
In the final chapter to the Banksy shredding saga, Banksy has just released a video titled ‘Director’s Cut’ showing the whole event take place. According to Banksy: “Shredding the Girl and Balloon – the Director’s cut. Some people think it didn’t really shred. It did. Some people think that Sotheby’s were in on it, they…
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Man Claims The Banksy Shredding Saga Was A FAKE, Despite The Fact That Sotheby’s Confirms The Sale
Unless you’ve been living under a rock this last week, you will have heard the news about the Banksy shredding painting saga. We reported about it HERE and HERE. Lot’s of people have shared their theories about the event. Was Banksy in the crowd? Was Sotheby’s involved in the stunt? Did the shredding mean the…
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BREAKING NEWS: New Video Reveals The Moment Banksy Artwork Was Shredded
It’s been all over the internet. As we reported HERE, at a Sotheby’s auction in London on Friday 5 October 2018, Banksy absolutely broke the internet with news that Girl with a Balloon, a work by Banksy created in 2006, had just been sold for a record price of £953,829 ($1.25 million USD). Moments later, an…
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422 Million American Express Points for Collector who Purchases Ancient Cup!
A Chinese collector who bought an ancient Chinese ceramic cup for a record HK$281 million ($39 million) at auction in April got an unexpected bonus when he paid for it on Friday: almost 422 million American Express points. Liu Yiqian, who used his Centurion Card to pay for the cup from Sotheby’s Hong Kong, hadn’t…
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Aboriginal art goes online – The old adopts the new
If you searched the listings on artFido right now you’d find over 1700 pieces of art listed, and approximately 80 would be classified as Aboriginal art. Not a huge number in its own right, less than 5% of all listings, but substantial enough to prove a point: that there is definitely a market for Aboriginal…