Elton John is selling 900 items from his former Atlanta penthouse beginning on February 21 in a series of auctions at Christie’s estimated to gross $10 million. Last fall, John, together with husband and manager David Furnish, sold their 13,000-plus-square-foot Atlanta residence
A New York art gallery currently showing an exhibition that aims to de-sexualize the concept of nudity had its Instagram account flagged for … posting an artwork depicting a naked body, according to Hyperallergic. Nudity is not Radical!, a group show at
Over 1,300 people have signed a petition urging Indiana University at Bloomington (IU) to reinstate a canceled retrospective of Palestinian artist Samia Halaby. The show, titled Centers of Energy, was originally scheduled to open at the institution’s Eskenazi Museum of Art (EMA)
Hundreds of artists and cultural workers around the world signed a petition calling to boycott German cultural institutions in response to the nation’s “McCarthyist policies” targeting critics of Israel’s violence against Palestinians. Signed by over 650 people including artist Lawrence Abu Hamdan,
Police interrupted a heist at the American Fine Art gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona, on 7 January, apprehending the would-be thief on the building’s roof. The suspect, Harpeet Singh, who apparently traveled from California to undertake the theft, scattered stolen works on nearby
BBProjectTT hosts Sümer Erek’s exhibition “Tearing the Art”. In his paintings Erek centers the body through the frame. Tearing the Art is anchoring the body as a bridge, consisting of one-to-one dialogues, simmering over hours, ultimately seeking to reach a common essence
An international street art movement featuring Palestinian photojournalism from the Gaza Strip is drawing attention to the devastating toll of Israel’s ongoing bombardment. Titled Unmute Gaza, the creative campaign reinterprets the photography of journalists Belal Khaled, Mahmoud Bassam, Sameh Nidal-Rahmi, and Saher
Taner Ceylan’s “Olympus Exhibitions’, in its third year, hosts the theme Interior. Ceylan once again shows both his love and his passion for art within the artworks with the artworks from artists that he chose who focus on interiors as a theme.
A Diego Velázquez portrait of Spanish Queen Isabel de Borbón, which was expected to break the artist’s previous records, was quietly withdrawn from auction by Sotheby’s in New York. The court painting, which has been owned by a private family trust in
Curator and researcher Kevser Güler will take over the directorship of the Istanbul Biennial as of January 15, 2024. Istanbul Biennial, is organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) since 1987. The 18th Istanbul Biennial, curated by Iwona Blazwick
Last week, hackers hit a popular software used by museums to handle their sensitive information, causing online collections to go down. The news was first reported by Bleeping Computer, which received a copy of a notice that Gallery Systems, a museum software
Kolekta, an organization that aims to make contemporary art production in Turkey accessible to a larger audience, recently opened an exhibition series in Bregenz, Austria on December 2nd at Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis. The exhibition, curated by Derya Yücel, is titled
