In a Geneva museum, Hugh Nini and his spouse, Neal Treadwell, proudly stood before their amassed collection of photographs portraying men expressing love for one another. Among the group is a photo from the turn of the 20th century showcasing two men…
A precious Chinese Buddha statue, discovered in a French household and believed to be part of a long-lost set, is predicted to command a price of 1 million euros ($1.1 million) at a Paris auction slated for June 13. The auctioneer, Bonhams,…
Evelyne Axell, a Belgian artist with a radical yet fleeting career, exalted the feminine form through striking enamel illustrations steeped in psychedelic colour palettes. Her portraits presented naked women lounging in vivid fields of acid green or cerulean blue under vast skies.…
The Codex Sassoon, a Hebrew Bible dating back over a millennium, has set a new record as the priciest manuscript ever auctioned. Noted as “one of the most vital and unique texts in human history,” this ancient Bible holds significant historical and…
In an extraordinary stroke of luck, a pair of ceramic jars bought for just £20 ($25) at a London thrift store were sold for nearly 3,000 times their purchase price. This was after they were discovered to date back to the Qing…
A man has been implicated in the nearly two-decade-old case of the theft of the iconic ruby red slippers famously donned by Judy Garland in her role as Dorothy in the 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz.” The slippers had been stolen…
Sotheby’s confirmed that a colossal bronze spider sculpture has smashed the auction record for any work by a female sculptor. The towering “Spider” creation of Louise Bourgeois, which measures over 10 feet in height and spans more than 18 feet, fetched a…
An 18th-century royal weapon, once belonging to Tipu Sultan – a significant ruler in southern India’s history, was sold for a whopping £14 million ($17.4 million) at a London auction. Bonhams, the auction house, announced that the sale price shattered all estimates…
A statue depicting a seated Black woman by American artist Tschabalala Self was the victim of vandalism on May 15 but found restoration assistance from hundreds of people. The ten-foot-tall bronze piece, “Seated,” was created in 2022. It was temporarily displayed outside…
Over the past twenty years, Yue Minjun’s self-portraits, typically frozen in animated laughter, have become a defining emblem of modern Chinese art. These pink-hued caricatures, depicting characters from various societal roles, including military figures, have shattered auction records and earned international acclaim,…