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Artist Says He Signed Contract Drunk: 'I Ruined My Own Life'
Artist Says He Signed Contract
Drunk: 'I Ruined My Own Life'
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Oct 19, 2024 5:30 PM CDT

Artist Says He Signed Contract Drunk: 'I Ruined My Own Life'

Norway's Bjarne Melgaard is suing 2 investors, claiming they've placed a stranglehold on him

(Newser) - Most recently, Bjarne Melgaard could be seen at Paris Fashion Week , but the provocative Norwegian artist is gearing up for a new battle that has nothing to do with haute couture: On Tuesday, a court in Norway will hear Melgaard's lawsuit against Svein Roar Grande and Stein Lie, two...

Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture
Vandal
Smashes
Ai Weiwei
Sculpture
Sep 23, 2024 11:04 AM CDT

Vandal Smashes Ai Weiwei Sculpture

Work of Chinese activist destroyed in Italy, though it may not be because of his politics

(Newser) - A vandal somehow got into an invite-only art show in Italy and smashed a large sculpture made by renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, reports Reuters . Ai himself posted surveillance video of the act in Bologna on his Instagram account. "When I learned that it was my large porcelain artwork...

Years Before Physics Theory Emerged, Van Gogh Painted It
Modern-Day Physicists Marvel
at Van Gogh's Eye
new study
Sep 23, 2024 10:15 AM CDT

Modern-Day Physicists Marvel at Van Gogh's Eye

The Starry Night accurately depicts the flow of energy

(Newser) - In the 1940s, a Russian mathematician named Andrey Kolmogorov laid out an important law of fluid dynamics that explains how energy moves through air and water, per Smithsonian Magazine . But if "Kolmogorov's theory of turbulence" sounds a little dense, you could instead cast a glance at Vincent Van...

Banksy Is Going Full-On Animal
Banksy Is Going Full-On Animal
Aug 12, 2024 1:00 PM CDT

Banksy Is Going Full-On Animal

Famed street artist is dotting London with depictions of a rhino, wolf, piranhas, and more

(Newser) - Street artist Banksy on Monday unveiled a new mural of a rhinoceros that looks like it's climbing on top of a car in London—the eighth animal-themed artwork he has posted in the past week in a collection that includes elephants, a goat, a wolf, pelicans, and more. The...

She Just Drew Lollapalooza's Biggest Crowd Ever

Chappell Roan continues her 'meteoric rise'

(Newser) - It's the summer of Chappell Roan. The 26-year-old pop star has had a "meteoric rise" over the last few months, with single "Good Luck, Babe!" climbing the charts and the earlier "Femininomenon" taking over social media, CNN reports. And now, Roan appears to have drawn...

Art Student Pulls Off an Unusual Museum Theft

Ile Sartuzi steals coin at British Museum, redeposits in donation box as part of thesis

(Newser) - It's one of the more unusual museum heists you'll read about—the thief kept his bounty for only a few minutes before returning it, publicly documenting the entire thing. As the Art Newspaper reports, the strangeness unfolded at the British Museum on June 18. That's the day...

He's Not Even 2, Holds a World Record
He's Not Even 2,
Holds a World Record
May 31, 2024 12:11 PM CDT

He's Not Even 2, Holds a World Record

Ghana toddler Ace-Liam Ankrah is now the world's youngest male artist, per Guinness

(Newser) - Meet Ace-Liam Ankrah, a Ghana toddler who has set the record as the world's youngest male artist. His mother, Chantelle Kukua Eghan, says it started by accident when her son, who at the time was 6 months old, discovered her acrylic paints. Eghan, an artist and founder of Arts...

Precious Moments Artist 'Never Took the Credit'
Precious Moments Artist
'Never Took the Credit'
OBITUARY
May 24, 2024 6:45 AM CDT

Precious Moments Artist 'Never Took the Credit'

Sam Butcher's drawings of biblical figures led to thousands of collectible figurines

(Newser) - Sam Butcher, the artist who created the Precious Moments figurines depicting angelic teardrop-eyed children, has died. He was 85. The company said in a Facebook post that he died early Monday surrounded by family, per the AP . It said his life's mission was "to share God's gift...

Billionaire's Attempt to Hide Portrait Blows Up in Her Face

Vincent Namatjira's portrait of Gina Rinehart might now be destined for Times Square

(Newser) - Australia's richest woman just met the Streisand effect . Unhappy with a portrait of her featured in the National Gallery of Australia, mining billionaire Gina Rinehart sought to have it removed, the Guardian reports. But the portrait is not only staying put, it's now been shared by media around...

Artist: I'll Destroy Masterpieces if Assange Dies in Prison

Andrei Molodkin says 'Dead Man's Switch' project includes works from Picasso, Rembrandt

(Newser) - 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, and Andy...

Cartoonist at Center of Post Hubbub: 'I Want an Open Debate'

Michael Ramirez says yanked cartoon wasn't racist but a specific depiction of a senior Hamas rep

(Newser) - The Washington Post may have belatedly not approved of his Hamas-themed editorial cartoon, but Michael Ramirez is now making the rounds to defend his work. The political cartoonist sat down with both CNN and Fox Digital to further explain the cartoon behind the commotion, which depicted a Hamas leader with...

A Find Like This Comes 'Once in a Generation'
A Find Like This Comes
'Once in a Generation'
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Oct 1, 2023 7:00 AM CDT

A Find Like This Comes 'Once in a Generation'

Long-lost work by old master Artemisia Gentileschi rediscovered in palace storage

(Newser) - England's King Charles I owned seven paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi, a 17th-century Italian artist born to a father who associated with the famous realist painter Caravaggio. She is now considered "one of the finest artists of her era, up there with Caravaggio," per ARTNews , but unfortunately for...

'Take the Money and Run' Artist Told to Bring Back the Money

Jens Haaning ordered to return money to museum after he produced blank canvases

(Newser) - The Danish artist who took the money and ran—specifically, he took the money Denmark's Kunsten Museum of Modern Art gave him to reproduce two of his prior works, but instead of recreating them he simply gave the museum two blank canvases he called "Take the Money and...

Renowned Colombian Artist Botero Is Dead
Renowned Colombian
Artist Botero Is Dead
obituary
Sep 15, 2023 1:53 PM CDT

Renowned Colombian Artist Botero Is Dead

Painter and sculptor's distinctive works were known around the world

(Newser) - Renowned Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose depictions of people and objects in plump, exaggerated forms became emblems of Colombian art around the world, has died at age 91. Lina Botero told the Colombian radio station Caracol that her father died Friday morning in Monaco of pneumonia complications, per...

Picasso Said She'd Never Leave Him. Acclaimed Artist: 'We'll See'

Francoise Gilot, who produced decades of lauded art, ditched Pablo, married Jonas Salk, dies at 101

(Newser) - Francoise Gilot, a prolific and acclaimed painter who produced art for well more than a half-century but was nonetheless more famous for her turbulent relationship with Pablo Picasso—and for becoming, as he freely admitted, "the only woman ever to leave him," per Artforum —died Tuesday in...

Banksy Competes for Wall Space With 'Ukrainian Banksy'

As actual artist makes his mark in war-torn nation, local Gamlet Zinkivskyi also inspires

(Newser) - Banksy has made his mark in Ukraine during the yearlong Russian invasion, but the UK artist has some current competition in the war-torn nation. Gamlet Zinkivskyi , a 36-year-old known as the "Ukrainian Banksy" for his black-and-white contemporary artwork, has put his burgeoning international career on hold to instead paint...

Artist Who Had to Prove He Didn't Paint Picture Awarded $2.5M

Gallery claimed Peter Doig painted picture signed by former inmate Peter Doige

(Newser) - Artist Peter Doig has been awarded a $2.5 million judgment by a federal judge in connection with a bizarre case that required him to prove a painting wasn't his work. In 2016, Doig was sued by a Chicago gallery after he disavowed a painting signed "P. Doige...

Renowned Creator of Funky Urban Sculptures Dies

Claes Oldenburg was 93

(Newser) - Pop artist Claes Oldenburg, who turned the mundane into the monumental through his outsized sculptures of a baseball bat, a clothespin, and other objects, has died at age 93. Oldenburg died Monday morning in Manhattan, according to his daughter, Maartje Oldenburg. He had been in poor health since falling and...

Artist Inscribed 120K Pennies With a Pandemic Message

'The body was already so fragile'

(Newser) - Months after the government sent out $1,200 stimulus checks early in the pandemic, conceptual artist Jill Magid distributed $1,200 in a unique way—she inscribed 120,000 pennies with a message and gave rolls of coins to hundreds of New York City bodegas. The message inscribed on the...

Hidden Work by 'the Painter of Maine' Surfaces in Bank Vault

Marsden Hartley's 'Friend Against the Wind' last seen in public 40 years ago

(Newser) - A painting by the American modernist Marsden Hartley that had been out of public sight for 40 years was located in a bank vault, a significant step toward uncovering the works of an increasingly appreciated artist who considered himself "the painter of Maine," reports the AP . The painting,...

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