2023 Underground Art Market Report
NEW YORK — During the pandemic, a friend sent Sharon Stone a paint-by-numbers set to keep her busy, a gesture that has led to a new path of creative expression for the actor. Known best for roles in films like “Casino” and “Basic Instinct,” Stone …
Read More
RIVERSIDE, California – A former detective with the Murrieta Police Department pleaded guilty today to a federal criminal charge for soliciting bribes from a Colombian art dealer who was seeking immigration benefits in the United States. Paul John Gollogly, 74, of Temecula, pleaded guilty to …
Read More
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Authorities investigating a series of anti-LGBTQ+ postings at a bus stop in Bay Terrace have arrested a 48-year-old man. Wolfgang Marasevic of the 3000 block of Hylan Boulevard in Oakwood was arrested on Wednesday and charged with misdemeanors, including criminal mischief …
Read More
Russian artist Pyotr Pavlensky has been sentenced to six months in French prison for his role in exposing a 2020 sex scandal involving Benjamin Griveaux, a former Paris mayoral candidate. Through Pavlensky’s online artwork Pornopolitique, a website he once called the “world’s first porn website …
Read More
Growing up in a conservative, religious family in Haiti, Gaspard Louis wasn’t allowed to dance. And to consider dance as a profession was unheard of. But Louis couldn’t help himself. And now he’ll bring his professional dance company, Gaspard & Dancers, to Ent Center for …
Read More
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Bend Park and Recreation District said Friday it has experienced a steep increase in illegal activities and vandalism in its restrooms and said it “wants to make the public aware of the issues and efforts to protect health and safety …
Read More
In a landscape where movies based on comic books rake in billions of dollars, there’s an assumption that anyone in the comic book business is making tons of money. The reality is an entirely different matter: Since its earliest days, the American comics industry has …
Read More
Welcome to Wet Paint in the Wild, the freewheeling—and free!—spinoff of Artnet News Pro’s beloved Wet Paint gossip column, where we give art-world insiders a disposable camera to chronicle their lives on the circuit. To read the latest Wet Paint column, click here (members only). …
Read More
A visitor views ‘Flower Thrower, 2002’ by British street artist Banksy at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bangkok in October 2022. | Jack Taylor/AFP The graffiti artist known as Banksy might be unmasked in an upcoming defamation case over his use of Instagram to …
Read More
Dracula, one of the most popular horror creations in literature, continues to stoke the insatiable desire of fans over a century since he first flew out of the pages of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel. The vampire lord’s bloody adventures have graced not just books but …
Read More