Tag: art markets

• Samson destroying the Philistine temple

  February 1, 2025

  Details SIMON DE MYLE (ACTIVE 1567-1570) Samson destroying the Philistine temple oil on panel 24 13⁄16 x 17 1⁄3 in. (63 x 44 cm.) Provenance Monsieur and Madame A. https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6520211 more ›

• The Ownership Economy: Crypto & The Next Frontier of Software

  January 25, 2025

  One of the most stunning things about the technology we consume every day is the degree to which it is built, operated, and even funded by its users. https://variant.fund/articles/the-ownership-economy-crypto-and-consumer-software/ more ›

• 5 things to know about Invader

  September 28, 2024

  Invader (b. 1969), Alias VRS_08, 2017-19. Ceramic tiles on Perspex. Incised with the artist’s monogram, title and date ‘VRS_08 19’ (on the reverse). 13¼ x 19⅝ in (33.5 x 49.8… more ›

• How Digital Art Has Fared since the NFT Boom

  August 22, 2024

  Hannah Nijsten, installation view of “Squares Cubed,” at Outernet, London, 2024. Photo courtesy of Outernet. Earlier this year, Taschen published On NFTs, an essay collection commemorating the 10 years since… more ›

• Marta

  January 11, 2024

  Marta is honored to announce the preview of We Gotta Get Back to the Crib, the inaugural collection of sculptural furniture works originally conceived by designers Michael Bennett and the… more ›

• ‘You could fill a museum with it’: the $963m Roman Abramovich art collection revealed

  September 22, 2023

  At first glance, the red-brick facade near a line of railway arches resembles an ordinary south London warehouse. On a cold February day in 2014, a precious cargo left this… more ›

• Visa Pour L’Image: Four exhibitions that will make you think differently about the world

  September 12, 2023

  Visa Pour L’Image is underway in the southern French city of Perpignan, showcasing 24 of the best photo reportages of the year. For this 35th edition of the world’s top photojournalism… more ›

• Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in the Art and Antiquities Market

  April 9, 2023

  The market of art, antiquities and other cultural objects has attracted criminals, organised crime groups and terrorists to launder proceeds of crime and fund their activities. Criminals seek to exploit… more ›

• SBF, Bored Ape Yacht Club, and the Spectacular Hangover After the Art World’s NFT Gold Rush

  January 22, 2023

  In September 2021, Sotheby’s offered up for auction a cache of 101 Bored Ape NFTs as a lot in a special sale called Ape In! The digital art revolution had… more ›

• Crypto winter is here—and NFT artist royalties under threat

  December 3, 2022

  When NFT (non-fungible token) sales surged in the spring of 2021, the art world held its breath for a digital culture shift. https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/12/02/nft-artist-royalties-under-threat more ›