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6 Amazing Landscape Paintings by Pierneef Sold at Bonhams
Jacob Hendrik Pierneef’s remarkable landscape paintings reveal why he is one of South Africa’s art masters whose works are fetching high prices at auctions.
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Baltimore Antique Show Returns With a Long Exhibitor List
Baltimore Antique Show Returns with Art, Antiques, Jewelry, and an amazing Summer Show for all Collectors
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Whitney Museum Bucksbaum Award Goes to Pope. L
Claim 2017, an art installation by Pope.L aka William Pope.L, winner of Whitney Museum of African Art Bucksbaum Award. Image: Whitney Museum. ART NEWS Pope. L has won this year’s Whitney Full Article »
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African American Artists Tackle Issues of Race, Gender, and the Economy
African American artists have for decades used their work to protest injustice. A new exhibition highlights the works of African American artists who use their artworks to address issues of race, gender, and the economy.
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ALO New Works at Saatchi Gallery in ‘Exit from Aden’ Illuminate His Relationships
ALO New Works at the Saatchi Gallery include portraits of mythical figures and real people the artist has encountered in life or in the media.
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Ben Enwonwu’s Anyanwu Tops Bonhams Modern Africa Art Sale
Anyanwu, a bronze sculpture by Ben Enwonwu surpassed estimates at the Bonhams Modern Africa Sale in London, selling for $ 441,799. Image: Bonhams ART AUCTION Anyanwu by Ben Enwonwu sold Full Article »
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Torture Pictures: Andres Serrano Rekindles a Painful History
Andres Serrano’s Torture Pictures on display at Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, push the limits of contemporary photography and stir up memories of a painful history.
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Richter’s Eisberg Leads Sotheby’s London Art Sale
Eisberg, an oil on canvas painting by Gerhard Richter goes on sale at Sotheby’s London Evening sale of Contemporary Art. It is estimated at £8 -12 million. Image: Sotheby’s ART AUCTION Full Article »
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Andres Serrano Exposes Complex Human Nature
Andres Serrano photograph of Ku Klux Klan member captivates a female guest during his exhibition at the Jack Shainman Gallery ART REVIEW Andres Serrano: Selected Works 1984-2015, at the Jack Full Article »
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New Vincent van Gogh Investigation Probes His Heart and Art
Irises, an oil n canvas painting by Vincent van Gogh is one of the exceptional works by the famous artist. via Wikimedia Commons MEDIA| ART Mental health and art engender a Full Article »
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Top 10 Contemporary African Art Sold at Africa Now
The South African artist William Joseph Kentridge dominated this year’s top 10 contemporary African art sold at Africa Now.
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Contemporary African Artists Take on the Global Art Market in London
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London showed that African artists are forcefully inserting themselves into the global art space.
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American Visionary Art Museum Outside Art Fall Shows
American Visionary Art Museum is 21. In celebration, the museum has put together some amazing Fall shows that will reposition Outside art and artists to the center
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Expo Chicago Ends With Impressive Growth
Untitled by Nabil Nahas was one the abstract paintings on display at this year’s art Expo Chicago. Image: Galerie Tanit, Beirut ART FAIR: Innovation and high-quality presentations gave guests at Expo Chicago Full Article »
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Baltimore Museum of Art Must See Fall Shows
Le-dejeuner-sur-l’herbe: Les Trois Femmes Noires by Mickalene Thomas is one of the images on view in On Paper: Finding Form, one of the Fall exhibitions at the Baltimore Museum of Full Article »
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Naked Donald Trump Statue Set for Auction in Los Angeles
The naked Donald Trump statue titled The Emperor Has No Ball by the anonymous art collective INDECLINE goes on sale at the Julien’s Auctions as part of an art sale that Pulp Fiction by Banksy
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Chicago Billboard Art Project Brings Art to the People
George Stinney Jr. 2016 by Vik Muniz is one of the works selected for the Chicago Billboard Art Project. Image: Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco ART NEWS: Major artworks selected for Full Article »
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Graffiti Art, Issues and Banksy’s Quest for Equity
Rickshaw by Banksy is an example of how the artist explores graffiti art to make statements about capitalism and salient social issues. Image: Banksy ARTCENTRON CELEBRATED: Banksy’s Daring Quest for Truth Full Article »
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Modern Art History: MFA Examines Five New Installations
Dos Mujeres (Salvadora y Herminia) by Frida Kahlo (detail), 1928. The oil on canvas is one of the artworks examining modern art history at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston REVIEW: Five Full Article »
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Andy Warhol, Banksy, and Damien Hirst Shine at Auction
Untitled aaaaaa 1992 by Damien Hirst was a major highlight at Bonhams Post-War and Contemporary art auction where Andy Warhol art led sales. Image: Bonhams Auctions AUCTION NEWS: Artworks by Andy Warhol, Zao Full Article »
