2023 Underground Art Market Report
The first of eight suspects accused in a massive Indigenous art fraud case has been sentenced to five years in prison in a northern Ontario court Thursday. Justice Bonnie Warkentin sentenced Gary Bruce Lamont — a 61-year-old Thunder Bay man — for his part in …
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The first of eight suspects accused in a massive Indigenous art fraud case has been sentenced to five years in prison in a northern Ontario court Thursday. Justice Bonnie Warkentin sentenced Gary Bruce Lamont — a 61-year-old Thunder Bay man — for his part in …
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FIRST ON FOX: Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, wants to raise the stakes for climate change activists who vandalize historical artworks or damage museum property by creating harsher penalties for the crime. The Consequences for Climate Vandals Act, introduced in the Senate on Wednesday, would also …
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A teenager who high-fived a friend after fatally kicking a stranger to the head with a martial-arts style manoeuvre has been released from prison and placed on home detention. On Wednesday, Mark Nagel, 19, appeared in the High Court at Christchurch where he was resentenced to five …
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Kentucky resident Charles Davis has been found guilty of defrauding two local arts organisations, the ArtWorks Community Arts Education Center in Jamestown and Russell County Arts Council (RCAC) in Russell Springs. Through his position as a treasurer between 2017 and 2020, Davis was able to …
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On a low whitewashed outbuilding in the grounds of HMP Grendon, close to double rows of tall barbed-wire fences, an image of Elvis as a cowboy with the orange-mulleted head of David Bowie cuts a surreal figure. The image announces a new studio-cum-art gallery at …
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Summer Insider Art featuring about 80 artworks is open for viewing at Fremantle Prison’s gallery space. Insider Art is in its 19th year at this venue under a partnership between the Department of Justice and the World Heritage-listed prison. The exhibitions feature artworks submitted from …
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“Everywhere you go, up and down the street, everyone is always texting and driving,” said Poland Mayor Tim Sicafuse to 21 News. “When it comes to the history of local government, the funds keep shrinking. Every year they take away our state taxes and local …
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The truck was found later that afternoon, less than 10 miles northeast of his destination, a livestock dealer in Sac City, according to Jake Rowley, the regional team leader of United Cajun Navy, a nonprofit search-and-rescue organization which typically responds to natural disasters.
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Governor Kathy Hochul today unveiled Seneca, the selected proposal to redevelop the former Lincoln Correctional Facility in Manhattan. This proposed project would invest over $90 million in Harlem, bringing 105 affordable homeownership units, community spaces, and jobs with ambitious MWBE contracting and local hiring goals, …
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