The Latest Breaking News on Art

Banksy expert Paul Gough laughs off TikTok video claiming he is the elusive artist

He claims Banksy could "just as easily be a woman, a non-binary individual, or a group of people"

Bristol Post · Aug 11, 2022

Cassie Workman: Aberdeen review – a voyage around Kurt Cobain

Exploring the late Nirvana star’s life and death, Workman delivers a darkly beautiful hour of spoken word

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2022

Soho celebrity haunt the Groucho Club bought by developer Artfarm

Famous members have included Noel Gallagher, Lily Allen and Rachel Weisz

Evening Standard · Aug 11, 2022

Salt of the Earth: Israeli Artist’s Dead Sea Sculptures

Israeli artist Sigalit Landau wades into the warm, briny waters of the Dead Sea to inspect her latest creations -- everyday objects coated in salt crystals that glisten in the bright morning sun. The lowest point on Earth is also Landau's studio where she submerges objects -- from a ballet…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 11, 2022

How Bolivia’s ruthless tin baron saved thousands of Jewish refugees

The long read: He has been described as ‘the worst kind of businessman’, but we now know that industrialist Moritz Hochschild also rescued as many as 20,000 Jews from the Nazis

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2022

Fair celebrates Queen Mother's 90th birthday, Thai crafts

Interested members of the public are invited to witness the legacy of Thai craftsmanship during "Miracle of the Arts of the Kingdom" which will kick off Friday and run every weekend from 10am to 7pm until Aug 28, at the Arts of the Kingdom Museum in Bang Pa-in, Ayutthaya.

Bangkok Post · Aug 10, 2022

Brazilian woman swindled mother of more than $100 million in art, police say

Brazilian woman Sabine Coll Boghici, 48, was arrested on Wednesday on allegations she was part of a bizarre scheme to defraud her 82-year-old mother, Genevieve Boghici, the wife of the late art collector Jean Boghici, out of money, artwork and jewelry totaling some 724 million reais ($142.42 million).

Reuters · Aug 10, 2022

Masterclass review – the ‘great male artist’ put through the shredder

Brokentalkers theatre company and feminist comic Adrienne Truscott joyfully burlesque the ugliness of machismo in art and in life

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2022

Romantic Proposes Marriage, Offers Gigantic Ring Carved In Sand

This heartwarming video shows the moment a romantic man proposes to his girlfriend by having a giant picture of her engagement ring carved onto their favorite beach.

Zenger · Aug 10, 2022

Brazil police recover art masterpieces stolen in elderly con

Police in Rio de Janeiro are seeking the arrest of six people accused of involvement in stealing 16 artworks together valued at more than 700 million reais ($139 million), some of which were recovered

The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2022