[ad_1] Written by Jacqui Palumbo, CNN After cutting up a $30,000 Damien Hirst print, getting into a (now settled) legal entanglement with Nike over custom Satan sneakers and sending Grimes to the Met Gala with a sword made from melted-down guns, Brooklyn art collective MSCHF last week dared the wealthiest …
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[ad_1] Written by Toyin Owoseje, CNN Bob Dylan has apologized for an “error in judgment,” after it emerged that he used a machine to autograph special copies of his new book that had been advertised as “hand-signed.” Fans who paid $599 for one of 900 copies of the music legend’s …
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[ad_1] Written by Jack GuyChristian Edwards, CNN Around 2,500 people stripped off for a naked photo shoot on Australia’s Bondi Beach on Saturday, designed to raise awareness of skin cancer. The crowd gathered to take part in the latest work by US photographic artist Spencer Tunick, who is known for …
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[ad_1] Written by Jacqui Palumbo, CNN This article was updated with the final sale price and other details following the auction’s conclusion. Andy Warhol may be best known for his pop art iconography of Marilyn Monroe, Chairman Mao and Campbell’s soup cans, but it was one of his silkscreen prints …
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[ad_1] Written by Jacqui Palumbo, CNNOscar Holland, CNN Art from the private collection of late Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen fetched over $1.5 billion on Wednesday to become the largest single-owner sale in auction history. Works by Georges Seurat, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin and Gustav Klimt all …
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[ad_1] “Wakanda Forever,” the sequel to “Black Panther,” Marvel Studios’ award-winning $1.3 billion grossing movie, had its African premiere in Nigeria — the first time Marvel has held an African premiere there. Attending the event in Lagos, on Sunday, November 6, the film’s director, Ryan Coogler, and several leading actors …
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[ad_1] Written by Oscar Holland, CNN A Dutch court sent two Belgian climate change activists to prison Wednesday for a protest targeting Johannes Vermeer’s painting “Girl with a Pearl Earring.” The demonstrators, who are part of the campaign group Just Stop Oil Belgium, were each given sentences of two months, …
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[ad_1] Written by By Zoe Sottile, CNN No, this photo doesn’t portray one of the new creatures on HBO’s “House of the Dragon,” or an outtake from a horror movie. It’s an award-winning close-up photo of … an ant. The eye-popping photo is one of 57 Images of Distinction in …
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[ad_1] Written by Jacqui Palumbo, CNN In Snap, we look at the power of a single photograph, chronicling stories about how both modern and historical images have been made. It might be the most famous kiss ever caught on camera — the US sailor wrapping his arms around a woman …
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[ad_1] Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Ancient Egypt exerts a powerful pull on the imagination of every generation, refusing to stay buried in the past. But much of what we now take for granted about …
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