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Crypto entrepreneur eats $6.2 million banana artwork he bought at auction

Justin Sun, founder of Tron, eats $6.2 million banana artwork, drawing comparisons to NFTs and crypto volatility

Crypto entrepreneur eats $6.2 million banana artwork he bought at auction
Updated On : 30 Nov 2024 | 10:07 AM IST

Maurizio Cattelan's duct-taped banana artwork sold at US $6.2m at auction

Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan sold a duct-taped banana artwork 'Comedian' for US $ 6.2 billion in an auction held in New York. The artwork is bought by Crypto entrepreneur, Justin Sun

Maurizio Cattelan's duct-taped banana artwork sold at US $6.2m at auction
Updated On : 21 Nov 2024 | 3:49 PM IST

'AI could be used as a tool to augment human creative expression'

Fabin Rasheed, co-creator of a poet-artist bot, explains why AI in art is laden with possibilities

'AI could be used as a tool to augment human creative expression'
Updated On : 28 Nov 2022 | 1:40 PM IST

Human creativity finds new AI expression, but debate rages on future of art

Some now claim AI is the future of art. Others pooh-pooh the very idea. Yet others believe AI would be just another expression of human creativity

Human creativity finds new AI expression, but debate rages on future of art
Updated On : 28 Nov 2022 | 12:49 PM IST

Andy Warhol's 'Marilyn' sells for $195 mn, most ever for an US artist

The prior record for an American artwork was $110.5 million for an untitled Basquiat in 2017.

Andy Warhol's 'Marilyn' sells for $195 mn, most ever for an US artist
Updated On : 10 May 2022 | 10:08 PM IST

Murals: Great style statements that breathe life into your living spaces

While they work much better than plain paint; you need to get a fix on the theme, size and material you want and the artist's contractual obligations before you put the money on the table

Murals: Great style statements that breathe life into your living spaces
Updated On : 04 Mar 2022 | 5:41 PM IST

Spend on expensive art works, gold all set to surge amid pent-up demand

Indians are projected to spend 75 per cent more on valuables at Rs 2.95 trillion during FY22

Spend on expensive art works, gold all set to surge amid pent-up demand
Updated On : 10 Jan 2022 | 6:05 AM IST

Art in demand: Crypto, Picassos at strangest auction week in memory

At Sotheby's, a work by Banksy, Love is in the Air, estimated from $3 mn to $5 mn, can also be paid for in Ether or Bitcoin

Art in demand: Crypto, Picassos at strangest auction week in memory
Updated On : 11 May 2021 | 12:34 AM IST

Fearing taxes after Brexit, dealers moved artworks worth millions out of UK

Before Dec. 31, European artworks could, like all other goods, move freely between the EU and the U.K. with minimal restrictions and without cumbersome tax

Fearing taxes after Brexit, dealers moved artworks worth millions out of UK
Updated On : 14 Jan 2021 | 9:33 AM IST

Banksy artwork 'Show Me the Monet' sells for almost $10 million at auction

In the 2005 work, Banksy added abandoned shopping carts and an orange traffic cone to Claude Monet's image of water lilies in his garden at Giverny

Banksy artwork 'Show Me the Monet' sells for almost $10 million at auction
Updated On : 22 Oct 2020 | 4:15 PM IST

Personality-defining sculptures of every size to spruce up your home

You can get anything from very small pieces for your table top to massive, imposing statements of your personality that take up prime space, if your pockets are deep enough

Personality-defining sculptures of every size to spruce up your home
Updated On : 01 Mar 2020 | 10:43 PM IST

Suhasini Kejriwal's art witnesses life on the streets of Kolkata and Mumbai

Suhasini Kejriwal's art, born of the streets of working class Kolkata and Mumbai, evokes an almost old-fashioned aesthetic but hides layers of contemporary skill

Suhasini Kejriwal's art witnesses life on the streets of Kolkata and Mumbai
Updated On : 22 Feb 2020 | 12:37 AM IST

Art, the artist and her body

Transposed on her body, the city is at once familiar and alien, drawing the strings on its multi-layered freedoms and repressions

Art, the artist and her body
Updated On : 30 Aug 2019 | 9:35 PM IST

Kochi-Muziris biennale: A visual assault so opaque that it lures you back

Head to the 2018 edition of the Kochi-Muziris art biennale for rigorous mental gymnastics and a delightful visual assault

Kochi-Muziris biennale: A visual assault so opaque that it lures you back
Updated On : 31 Dec 2018 | 11:05 AM IST

Artwork or just 'goods'?

Worried emails have lately been flying back & forth among and from artists in New Delhi and Mumbai

Artwork or just 'goods'?
Updated On : 25 Aug 2017 | 10:50 PM IST