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Bruised Banana Art Is A Thing Now
23 Apr 2021 by Tayla / No Comments
This woman went bananas in lockdown, and her form of artistic expression has really made an impression.
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Meet The SA Art Duo Taking The World By Storm
31 Mar 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
When phenomenal artists like Teresa Kutala Firmino and Blessing Ngobeni emerge, the world can’t help but take notice.
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Proof That The NFT Crypto Art Scene Is Ridiculous
26 Mar 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
This whole NFT business is getting out of hand, and we have proof thanks to New York Times journalist Kevin Roose.
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Largest Painting In The World Just Sold For A Staggering Sum [Videos]
25 Mar 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
Sacha Jafri set out to create his painting, with the intent to raise $30 million for charity, but he got way more than he bargained for when the piece went on auction.
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It’s Actually Quite Easy To Create And Sell An NFT – Here’s How
24 Mar 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
If you’re keen to try your hand at creating and selling your very own NFT, it can be done in a few relatively simple steps.
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Someone Paid R1 Billion For This JPEG File – Have A Good Look
12 Mar 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The winning bid for the 319-gigabyte JPEG was entered after a two-week online Christie’s auction, and is the third most-expensive work sold by a living artist at auction.
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Banksy Confirms Latest Mural Is His With Bob Ross-Inspired Video
05 Mar 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
It doesn’t get better than watching Banksy paint a mural, with a voiceover pulled from ‘The Joy of Painting with Bob Ross’.
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Another Layer Of Intrigue Added To Bizarre History Of ‘The Scream’
23 Feb 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Norwegian artist Edvard Munch’s artwork, ‘The Scream’, is known the world over, although its fame isn’t without a degree of controversy.
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You’ve Seen Rasta’s Painting Of Meghan And Harry, Right?
19 Feb 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
Rasta has picked up his brush and paints again, this time to honour Meghan and Harry’s announcement that there’s a new baby on the way.
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It Took This Guy 12 Years To Build A Mini Jozi In His Backyard
18 Feb 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
Mulalo Nego Negondeni’s mini replica of Johannesburg took 12 years to build, having begun with a desire to see the FNB Stadium.
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Even ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ Can’t Compete With This Notorious Art Heist
18 Feb 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
In October of 2012, a small crew of thieves cased and then robbed the Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam, making off with seven famous artworks worth millions.
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Surely This ‘Sourdough Face’ Art Is Coming To Cape Town?
15 Feb 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
Swedish designer Linda Ring discovered the joys of baking sourdough bread long before it became a worldwide lockdown obsession.
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Zoom In On This 10 Billion Pixel Scan Of ‘Girl With A Pearl Earring’ Painting
22 Jan 2021 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ is a famous oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, believed to have been completed in around 1665.
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Portraits, Cityscapes, And Night Shots: Stunning Photos Taken With The iPhone 12
21 Jan 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
The iPhone 12 range delivers some insane camera capabilities, producing photos that look like they were captured using professional equipment.
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When Celebrity Wax Statues Go Horribly, Horribly Wrong [Video]
13 Jan 2021 by Carrie / No Comments
History is littered with examples of wax statues gone wrong, and Arlindo Armacollo’s creations are some of the worst out there.
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This Guy Took A ‘Banksy’ To ‘Antiques Roadshow’ And It Didn’t End Well [Video]
23 Oct 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
It turns out that if you rip a Banksy painting off a wall, you and the artwork are dead to him, as confirmed by ‘Antiques Roadshow’.
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So Great: Someone Has Been Making Little Shops On Real Roads, For Mice
04 Sep 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Street artists AnonyMouse have taken to installing incredibly small, detailed buildings in unexpected places.
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First Look At ‘Highly Commended’ Shots From Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Competition
02 Sep 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Let’s check out the competition with a first look at some of the stunning entries in this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards.
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So, About That ‘Fake’ Rembrandt Stashed Away In The Basement
02 Sep 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
An art museum in Oxford banished a Rembrandt painting to the basement in 1981, declaring it a fake. Fast forward nearly four decades, and things have changed.
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Posing Tourist Snaps Toes Off 200-Year-Old Statue, Doesn’t Tell Anyone, Gets Caught [Video]
05 Aug 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
This should be obvious, but if you’re going to visit a museum, don’t sit on, and break, the 200-year-old art.
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Mom And Dad In Court Battle Over This Teenager’s Tattoo
31 Jul 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
The divorced couple fighting over their daughter’s tattoo cleary haven’t taken into account that it’s permanent, no matter what the courts say.
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The FBI Arrested Inigo Philbrick – The Jet-Setting Art World ‘Boy Wizard’
06 Jul 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
33-year-old Philbrick was a renowned art dealer in high-end circles, but then it all came crashing down and he fled eight months ago. The FBI finally caught up.
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Latest Botched Art Restoration Has Experts Fuming
23 Jun 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
There’s a good reason why restoring classical, iconic works of art should be left to the professionals.
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Try This 44,8 Gigapixel Scan Of A Rembrandt
15 May 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Explore a scan of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’, so detailed that you can see the individual brush strokes.
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Sledgehammer Heist – Video Captures Thief Stealing Van Gogh Painting
23 Apr 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Video footage has been released of a thief making off with an incredibly valuable painting by Vincent van Gogh.
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Banksy’s Wife Is Not Enjoying Having Him Stuck At Home
16 Apr 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Banksy has decided to work from home and no wall is safe, not even those of the bathroom.
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How To Download High-Res Rembrandt, Cézanne, Or Monet Prints For Free [Legally]
16 Jan 2020 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
14 French museums have now placed in excess of 100 000 pieces of art on an online portal, in case you’re looking to impress your next dinner guests.
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They’re Calling This Seven-Year-Old Kid ‘The Preschool Picasso’ [Video]
09 Jan 2020 by Carrie / No Comments
Seven-year-old Mikail Akar, a young painter from Germany, is selling his work for serious cash. To be fair, he has skills.
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Someone Paid R1,7 Million For A Banana Duct-Taped To A Wall
06 Dec 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Next time you’re out shopping for fruit and veg, curse your parents for not letting you pursue that art degree. Your bananas could have been worth millions.
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They’re Calling This The Biggest Art Heist In History [Videos]
26 Nov 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Master thieves have stolen priceless diamond jewellery from one of Europe’s largest treasure collections.
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