2023 Underground Art Market Report
Corrective Services Commissioner Brad Royce will lead a review into policies that allow prison staff to buy and sell items manufactured by prisoners. It comes after images surfaced claiming to show a Bunbury Regional Prison employee using Facebook Marketplace to sell garden ornaments made by …
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CORCORAN, Calif. (KABC) — California is rethinking its prison system in an effort to reduce the recidivism rate which has averaged about 50% over the past 10 years. At California State Prison Corcoran, Sean O’Brien is using art as therapy. “Personally? It probably saved my …
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The reported death in an Arctic penal colony on Friday of Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny was seen by many as a frightening omen of what awaits imprisoned artists and others advocating for freedom of expression in Russia as it descends further into dictatorship under …
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The facade of the central pavilion of the Venice Biennale in 2016 (CNS/Courtesy of Venice Biennale) Pope Francis will go to Venice in April to visit a women’s prison where the Holy See has set up its pavilion for the Venice Biennale, a major international …
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It’s called “The Dead Man’s Switch.” Acid Trip In an art stunt, a Russian artist is planning to lock away a treasure trove of art pieces that includes a Picasso and a Rembrandt into a large vault that’s rigged to destroy its contents if Wikileaks …
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Artist threatens to destroy Rembrandt and Picasso masterpieces if Julian Assange dies in prison – CBS News Watch CBS News Russian artist Andrei Molodkin says he’s planning to destroy up to $45 million worth of art, including pieces by Rembrandt, Picasso and Andy Warhol, if …
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A Russian dissident artist living in France says he has gathered 16 artworks worth an estimated $45 million—and they will be destroyed if Julian Assange dies in prison. Andrei Molodkin says the artworks in the “Dead Man’s Switch” project, including masterpieces by Rembrandt, Pablo Picasso, …
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A Russian artist has vowed to dissolve masterpieces by Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, and Andy Warhol with acid if Wikileaks founder Julian Assange dies in prison. As first reported by British broadcaster Sky News, Andrei Molodkin claims to have 16 modern and contemporary artworks collectively worth $45 …
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will go to Venice in April to visit a women’s prison where the Holy See has set up its pavilion for the Venice Biennale, a major international contemporary art exhibition. The pope will make the one-day trip April 28, according …
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An artist in France announced plans to use acid to destroy up to $45 million worth of art – including pieces by Rembrandt, Picasso and Andy Warhol — if WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange dies in prison. Andrei Molodkin said 16 works of art donated to …
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