Art can provide a stunning addition to your house and home — and it can also make you cash in the years while it hangs on your wall. Collectible art, just like any other investment, is not guaranteed to make you money. All investments have some risk involved, but this risk could be worth the future reward. … Read more
A sleeping cat hugs a fish in a picture seen from the air, picked out in sprouting rainbow seedlings in a rice field in Thailand to illustrate a traditional proverb about abundance. Farmer Tanyapong Jaikham and a team of workers planted the seedlings at various spots in the field in the northern province of Chiang … Read more
When the British filmmaker Steve McQueen was considering making a feature film about a free man who was captured and sold into slavery, his wife, the Dutch journalist and historian Bianca Stigter, suggested he start with a true story. She found a 1853 memoir by a New York man who was kidnapped, sold and enslaved … Read more
In 1989, Joe Simon, a film producer and art collector based in New York and California, bought Andy Warhol’s “Red Self-Portrait” silkscreen from a respected London art dealer for $195,000. Thirteen years later, he was set to sell the piece for $2 million when he hit an unexpected roadblock: the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board … Read more
It is the biggest party in the art world — and it usually attracts the most glittering stars. But as artists, collectors and A-listers descend on Miami for Art Basel this week there is only one question on everyone’s lips: Will Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez turn up? The Amazon founder and his fiancée are … Read more
A painting by the famous artist Sandro Botticelli — one believed to be missing for nearly 50 years — has been discovered. The masterpiece depicting the Virgin Mary and the baby Jesus was discovered in a family home in the Italian town of Gragnano, south of Naples, according to CNN. The artwork is estimated to be … Read more
After decades of speculation, the elusive street artist known only by his pseudonym Banksy has revealed his name. When asked if he goes by “Robert Banks” in a lost — and recently rediscovered — BBC interview from 20 years ago, the graffitist admitted: “It’s Robbie.” The artist has remained largely anonymous over the years, despite his … Read more
Letting kids draw on the walls might actually be a good thing. A mother from Peru let her son draw on walls since he was just a baby — and believes that’s what led him to be a budding artist. Adianée Peña García allowed her son Santiago Daniel to draw on every wall of their … Read more
A former New York City dog walker thought he was going to get a $10 million payday when a painting he’d come to own by a famous artist — whose works sell for millions of dollars — went to auction this week. The retiree, who is living off Social Security, was devastated when the painting … Read more
If you can inflate it here, you can inflate it anywhere. Times Square’s largest-ever art installation was unveiled earlier this week as a beacon for New Yorkers and tourists alike, who are invited to “conjure” up their cathartic thoughts and feelings — and even hopes for the future. Standing at a massive 30 feet tall, … Read more
They’re making art on the run. New Yorkers are combatting the drudgery of marathon conditioning — or simply keeping fit — by using some of their training trots to draw numbers, letters and icons with their routes on the popular app Strava, which tracks and shares routes for runners, walkers, hikers and bikers. The hashtag … Read more
It may not be the Sistine Chapel, but this small sanctuary also may be filled with Michelangelo’s works of art. Tourists will soon be able to visit a previously hidden room in Florence’s Medici Chapel, where sketches on the walls have been attributed by some experts to the famed artist. The 33-by-10-foot space will be … Read more
He just wanted to be the “cool neighbor” on Halloween — now, he’s squashing the competition. A former mortgage broker became a professional pumpkin carver after his impressive artwork stunned friends and family, earning him an estimated $1 million over a decade. When he was whittling pumpkin exteriors full time, California gourd artist Alex Wer was … Read more
All Hallow’s Eve is upon us and with it a litany of ways to wile away the dark hours of the most haunted day of the year. While pagan practitioners may choose to kick it classic with a solemn celebration of Samhain and the boo averse will be battening down the hatches, we have a … Read more
Looks like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s newest wax figure didn’t have the time to bake. A sculpture of the “Fast & Furious” alum, 51, has been unveiled at the Grevin Museum in Paris — but it has fans scratching their heads. The figurine doesn’t quite resemble Johnson, with its very pale complexion and off-centered facial … Read more
They came a long way — but probably didn’t make the opening. Hundreds of white plaster casts of vaginas, believed to have been en route to an art gallery, tumbled onto a road in Irkutsk, Russia, last month after a traffic crash. Bizarre video footage shot by a passerby on Sept. 22 shows a trail … Read more
Lend him an ear. The post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh provides posthumous insight into his life and work as part of a new exhibit that draws on advanced, generative artificial intelligence technology. A virtual avatar of the artist answers questions from visitors to “Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: The Final Months” at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris. … Read more
Jenny Smith was shocked to find her doppelgänger online — in a painting, that is. The mom-of-four was blown away by the discovery of a painted portrait that bared an uncanny resemblance to her curly red locks and “large” forehead, and she became determined to get her hands on the mysterious artwork. “Somebody posted the … Read more
She’s nailing it. Kassie Payne, 34, quit her full-time job to become a press-on nail art designer, which now earns her up to $1,800 a week. The Bristol, England-based mom started out creating Disney-inspired designs as a hobby, but when people began to inquire about the intricate designs, she was encouraged to take her pastime … Read more
Imi-tater? A Brazilian professional makeup artist re-created the “Mona Lisa” with potatoes and lettuce to make an edible masterpiece. Huylson Tormen posted an Instagram video last month showing his creative process as he turned his grocery list into a re-imagining of the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci. He began by purchasing Monalisa potatoes, a golden yellow … Read more