Art Industry News: A purple, diamond-dusted image of Queen Elizabeth II breaks a record for Andy Warhol Prints + Other Stories

Art Industry News: A purple, diamond-dusted image of Queen Elizabeth II breaks a record for Andy Warhol Prints + Other Stories

Art Industry News is a daily round-up of the most momentous developments in the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know this Tuesday, November 29th. MUST READ London Museum Returns Benin Bronzes to Nigeria – Six artifacts from the 72 Benin works in the Horniman Museum collection will be repatriated to … Read more

The Lightwaves arts festival is designed to light up Salford Quays and MediaCity

The Lightwaves arts festival is designed to light up Salford Quays and MediaCity

The trail of dramatic light installations that visitors can circumnavigate after dark is back for the ninth year. The spectacular Lightwaves festival, which sets up a trail of dramatically lit artwork around Salford Quays and MediaCity, returns. Visitors can enjoy the stunning light show and installations after dark for four days in early December, with … Read more

Take a peek inside the brand new, state-of-the-art facility at CAPA College in Wakefield

Take a peek inside the brand new, state-of-the-art facility at CAPA College in Wakefield

CAPA College is renowned for being the only free CAPA (Creative and Performing Arts) college of its kind in Yorkshire. Students from across the county flock to Wakefield to pursue their dream of becoming the next Hollywood star. However, since 2018 the college has been temporarily renting accommodation, notably in the city’s famous Unity Hall, … Read more

Popsicle® helps bridge the art education gap with the Stick with Art! contest

Popsicle® helps bridge the art education gap with the Stick with Art!  contest

In partnership with the National Art Education Association and parents, actors and art advocates, Kyla Prattthe online art competition is part of the brand’s ongoing commitment to helping students across the country stick to the art. ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJ, November 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Popsicle believes that children’s imagination is their greatest superpower, and when … Read more

Here are the 10 biggest art purchases by US billionaires. Will Paul Allen’s collection make the list?

Here are the 10 biggest art purchases by US billionaires.  Will Paul Allen's collection make the list?

top line The art collection of the late billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is estimated to be in the tens of thousands when auctioned over two days at Christie’s on Wednesday and Thursday, and will be one less Impressionist painting from the 19th century than what these 10 paintings sold for, the largest All-time art … Read more

Arts Industry News: Italy’s New Right-Wing Minister of Culture Publicly Scolds the Uffizi Gallery for Closing on a National Day + Other Stories

Arts Industry News: Italy's New Right-Wing Minister of Culture Publicly Scolds the Uffizi Gallery for Closing on a National Day + Other Stories

Art Industry News is a daily round-up of the most momentous developments in the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know this Friday, November 4th. MUST READ Alex Katz Show Gets A Pan – The 95-year-old artist’s show at the Guggenheim, his second New York retrospective in nearly 30 years, “is … Read more

Art Industry News: King Charles becomes the first monarch whose art is sold at auction for 10 times its estimate + other stories

Art Industry News: King Charles becomes the first monarch whose art is sold at auction for 10 times its estimate + other stories

Art Industry News is a daily round-up of the most momentous developments in the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know this Tuesday, October 25th. DEFINITELY READ Artists Blow Up Gilbert & George’s Private Museum – Chika Okeke-Agulu and Candice Breitz invited the celebrated British artists to comment on the political … Read more

Art Industry News: Did a Baptist Preacher Steal Art From Edward Hopper’s Estate? + Other stories

Art Industry News: Did a Baptist Preacher Steal Art From Edward Hopper's Estate?  + Other stories

Art Industry News is a daily round-up of the most momentous developments in the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know this Thursday, October 20th. DEFINITELY READ What is the new museum in Moscow all about? – The much-anticipated GES-2 House of Culture, backed by Russian billionaire Leonid Mikhelson, was set … Read more