March 15, 2025
Visual artists

Sarasota Art Museum showcases works of Hermitage visual artists

For the recent nationwide AEP6 study by Americans for the Arts, the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Sarasota County identified more than 200 nonprofit arts and culture organizations in our area.  Now imagine what happens when those 200 arts groups start collaborating with each other. The cross-pollination possibilities are endless. Just look at the annual

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Artists

The Aquatic Meets the Galactic in Artist Josèfa Ntjam’s Captivating Mythologies

Venice, with its interlocking islands threaded through with canals, is so singular, so breathtaking, and, during the Biennale, so busy, it feels like an insular world unto itself. Yet, entering Josèfa Ntjam’s swell of spæc(i)es, an art-weary traveller will feel all sense of time and place melt away as they are teleported towards unexplored galaxies

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Artists

Meet the artists behind Murray Bridge’s five new murals

Justine McAllister finishes off her work on Fourth Street, Murray Bridge on Sunday. Photo: Peri Strathearn. Five new murals have sprung to life around Murray Bridge’s CBD as part of the Wall to Wall street art festival. The festival had been announced in February and the five participating artists named in March, but their designs

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Visual artists

Banner [Virtual] Art Gallery – The Bay State Banner

Afri-Cobra-Catalog 2021-Miami-Venice PHOTO: Courtesy of the artist View Banner Art Gallery   Banner [Virtual] Art GallerySponsored by City of Boston | Mayor Michelle Wu   This is the 17th interview in a weekly series presenting highlights of conversations between leading Black visual artists in New England. In this week’s installment, artist L’Merchie Frazier talks to

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Art Investment

Navigating the art investment landscape

  An interest in art as an investment is something Verena Ruedi sees with many ANZ Private clients.   “We’re very much focussed on helping our clients manage and grow their wealth in ways that support their ambitions. That might be personal, intergenerational, or other areas – like art – that are important to them.

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Art Investment

Luxury investment platform Konvi expands with new acquisitions – The Armchair Trader

Konvi, a European luxury assets fractional investment platform, has acquired alternative investing platforms Diversified and Fractible, bolstering its global user base to 50,000 active users. Over the past year, there has been significant consolidation in the European fractional investment space as brokers struggle with compliance costs and complexities. Konvi, as one of Europe’s leading fractional

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European Fine art

Antiques dealer arrested over sale of looted 3,500-year-old Egyptian sculpture

An antiques dealer illegally sold a looted ancient Egyptian sculpture worth €190,000 ($202,000) using fake documents, police said. The Spanish gallery owner is alleged to have bought the artefact, which dates from 1450BC, from a company in Thailand, knowing it had been stolen. Spanish National Police said a Swiss gallery offering the sculpture for sale

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Artists

Is the music industry gaslighting artists?

The below is a guest post by Annabella Coldrick, Chief Executive, Music Managers Forum. You can read our guest post policy here. “In a debate that… has often been characterised more by anecdote than by evidence, facts assume even greater importance.” Geoff Taylor, former BPI CEO, August 2022 Annabella Coldrick The phrase “Government-led working group” will probably

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Artists

2023 art study reveals top-selling contemporary artist and insights into female representation

In 2023, Yayoi Kusama of Japan dethroned Britain’s David Hockney as the highest-grossing contemporary artist, according to a new art report. ADVERTISEMENT A recently unveiled art report by Hiscox Artist Top 100 for 2023 has revealed fascinating insights into the state of the contemporary art market.  Among the most striking revelations is the ascendance of

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Artists

Student artists shine in inaugural YHS art walk

By Dylan Reubenking/dylan@yelmonline.com Yelm High School’s commons transformed into an art gallery, and its performing arts center (PAC) hosted a student talent showcase during the inaugural art walk on Friday, April 12. More than 130 pieces of artwork of all varieties, including paintings, drawings, digital designs, ceramics, poetry and more caught the eyes of dozens

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