Turkey’s prominent contemporary artist Haluk Akakçe died on Monday, Oct 9. The 53-year-old artist, who had been treated for lung cancer for a while and remained in a coma for nine days, passed away this morning. In his post on his Instagram
The upcoming auction at Sotheby’s New York will feature Thomas Taylor’s original watercolor drawing for the first installment of the Harry Potter series, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” (1997). With a high estimate of $600,000, this iconic image served as the
Frank Stella, an American artist best known for his use of geometric patterns and shapes in creating both paintings and sculptures, dies at 87. Stella had been battling lymphoma, reported The New York Times. Stella is one of the most influential living American
This year, Frieze New York opens its doors at The Shed on May 1 and 5, gathering galleries from 25 different countries. The event started with high VIP sales at the VIP opening. With 68 exhibitors in tow, this year’s fair promises
Iran banned director Mohammed Rasulof and his crew from leaving the country. Rasulof’s new feature ‘The Seed of the Scared Fig’ was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. On April 30, the crew’s lawyer revealed that
Two individuals were apprehended on Sunday morning at the entrance of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris on suspicion of attempting to damage classified property. The arrests occurred at approximately 11:30 am local time, and the individuals were subsequently placed in police custody
The gold watch worn by John Jacob Astor, the wealthiest passenger aboard the Titanic, has set a new auction record for the most expensive item of Titanic memorabilia. A private collector in the U.S. purchased the 14-carat gold Waltham pocket watch, engraved
The FBI has found a small pastel drawing by Claude Monet, which was confiscated by Nazis during World War II. The FBI will return the painting to the owners, as reported by Times-Picayune last week. Monet’s “Bord de Mer” is currently in
Russian police conducted searches at Moscow’s Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, as reported by Ostorozhno Novosti’s news channel on Telegram. Officers were present at the museum’s archival building and another building where the Garage conducts walking tours. Garage supervisors and curators were
Pope Francis made history by becoming the first pontiff to visit the Venice Biennale, where he visited the Vatican’s Holy See pavilion during the 60th Venice Biennale on Sunday, April 28. Arriving by helicopter, the 87-year-old leader of the Catholic Church embarked
Paul Auster, the prolific American novelist renowned for his works such as “The New York Trilogy,” has passed away at the age of 77 due to complications from lung cancer, as confirmed by a friend of the novelist to AFP. Auster breathed
