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taped banana artist says his work is a 'provocation' on value of art

ART-BANANA-CATTELAN:Duct-taped banana artist says his work is a 'provocation' on value of art

entertainment

Updated on Nov 25, 2024 11:51 AM IST

Reuters |

Duct-taped banana artwork fetches USD 6.2 million in Sotheby's art auction

Duct-taped banana artwork by Maurizio Cattelan fetched USD 6.2 million in Sotheby's art auction. Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun bought one of three editions.

lifestyle

Updated on Nov 21, 2024 10:49 AM IST

Reuters |

Dr Bhabha’s collectibles go under the hammer; fetch a fine purse for NCPA

Maestro Mehta too said that he was grateful to the Bhabha family for generously contributing their family heirlooms for the cause of art. The NCPA is the perfect institution to trust to put these funds to good use, considering their work with both art and underprivileged children

Mumbai, India - Aug. 17, 2024: Auction of collectibles from Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha's family collection, where a French Parasol with a delicately carved golden handle, was sold for <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>2 lacs, at NCPA in Mumbai, India, on Saturday, August 17, 2024. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

cities

Updated on Aug 18, 2024 05:56 AM IST

ByYogesh Pawar

Prez rule! Gifts going under the hammer at Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum are a hit

Almost 95% artefacts have already received bids at the first-ever auction, of gifts to Presidents of India, which is live on E-Upahaar portal. Here's a peek!

There are 250 artefacts that are currently displayed at the Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum, which have been selected for first-ever auction of Presidential gifts.

htcity

Updated on Aug 16, 2024 04:52 PM IST

ByHenna Rakheja

“Padma Shri is an honour, but there is a lot more work to be done”

72-year-old art collector Kiran Nadar talks about being bestowed the nation’s fourth highest civilian award, the new sprawling centre coming up in Aerocity

Kiran Nadar, the founder-chairperson of Kiran Nadar Museum of Art

lifestyle

Published on Feb 06, 2024 08:00 AM IST

ByAnushree Majumdar

Picasso's Buste de Femme fetches €3.4 million in Germany

A late work by Pablo Picasso, a portrait of his second wife, sold for €3.4 million ($3.65 million) at an auction in Germany — significantly more than expected.

Pablo Picasso's 'Buste de Femme' was painted in 1971. (Federico Gambarini/dpa/picture alliance)

lifestyle

Published on Jun 06, 2023 05:23 PM IST

ByDeutsche Welle, Delhi

Details of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's $1 billion art collection

The sale, whose proceeds will go to charity, will possibly be the most extreme test of the art market ever, but it comes at a time of deep uncertainty in the the global financial markets.

Christie's announced plans in August to auction the art collection of late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, which it estimated to be worth more than $1 billion. (AFP)

business

Published on Sep 23, 2022 12:25 PM IST

Bloomberg | | Posted by Nisha Anand

Rodin's 'The Thinker' sells at auction

Worldwide, about 40 casts exist of Auguste Rodin's world-famous bronze sculpture of a man lost in thought. Christie's auction house has just sold one of them for $11 million.

lifestyle

Published on Jul 01, 2022 05:17 PM IST

ByDeutsche Welle, Delhi

Franz Marc painting goes on sale after returning to family that fled Nazis

The Foxes, featuring two brightly coloured, intertwined foxes, is estimated to fetch around USD 47 million when it goes on sale at Christie's in London on March 1.

A person poses with The Foxes (1913) by painter Franz Marc at Christie's Auction House in London, Britain.(Reuters)

lifestyle

Published on Feb 01, 2022 08:16 AM IST

Reuters | | Posted by Krishna Priya Pallavi, London

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali's rare collection of original artwork up for auction

Did you know American boxer Muhammad Ali loved to draw between fights? A 24-piece collection of his original cartoon style artworks, reflecting his interest in religion and social justice apart from him in the ring, go up for auction

lifestyle

Updated on Oct 03, 2021 07:09 PM IST

ByZarafshan Shiraz, Delhi

Harry Potter's glasses and Indiana Jones' fedora to be auctioned in June

Famous film and television memorabilia such as Harrison Ford's fedora, Daniel Radcliffe's glasses and wand from Harry Potter along with pieces from Batman and Top Gun will be auctioned in June by the Prop Store in California.

Indiana Jones' fedora and Harry Potter's glasses to be auctioned in California(IMDB)

lifestyle

Published on May 22, 2021 09:29 AM IST

Reuters | , Santa Clarita

Picasso's 'Woman sitting by a window' painting sells for USD 103 mn in New York

Pablo Picasso's famous painting - 'Woman sitting by a window' was sold at an auction, on Thursday, for USD 103 million. This is the Spanish painter's fifth painting to cross the USD 100 million mark.

Picasso painting sells for $103 mn in New York: auction house(AFP)

lifestyle

Updated on May 14, 2021 08:59 AM IST

AFP |

Japanese internment art auction stopped after protest

On Tuesday, the auction that was held for a series of sketches purportedly drawn by an artist at the Japanese internment camp at Manzanar was stopped after groups protested against it, calling it, "hurtful, and a degrading reminder of the mass roundup and incarceration.”

Auction of Japanese internment art pulled after protest(AP)

lifestyle

Updated on Apr 07, 2021 09:13 AM IST

AP | , Los Angeles

Guy who lost $69 Million Beeple artwork moves on to Picasso and Warhol

Shortly after losing out on the auction for a $69.3 million digital artwork by Beeple, Justin Sun, a tech entrepreneur who founded the cryptocurrency platform Tron, contacted the Christie’s sales department looking for more NFT-connected artworks.

Today, Christie’s has announced that this much hoped-for crossover between the NFT market and the traditional art market has borne fruit.(AP)

lifestyle

Published on Apr 02, 2021 04:20 PM IST

Bloomberg |

Crypto investor 'Metakovan' named as buyer of $70 million digital artwork

The buyer of a $70 million digital-only artwork was named on Friday by auction house Christie's as a crypto asset investor who goes by the pseudonym "Metakovan."

This undated photo released by Christie's on Thursday, March 11, 2021 shows a digital collage titled “Everydays: The First 5,000 Days,

lifestyle

Published on Mar 13, 2021 01:52 PM IST

Reuters | , London

Landscape painted by Churchill and owned by Angelina Jolie sells for USD 11.5M

A painting of a Moroccan landscape which was made by Britain's World War II leader Winston Churchill and gifted to US President Franklin D Roosevelt was bought by Angelina Jolie in 2011. She recently sold the painting for a whooping amount of USD 11.5 million.

Churchill painting owned by Angelina Jolie sells for USD 11.5M(Reuters)

lifestyle

Published on Mar 02, 2021 09:15 AM IST

AP | , London

A 10-second video clip authenticated by blockchain sold for $6.6 million

The video by digital artist Beeple, whose real name is Mike Winkelmann, was authenticated by blockchain, which serves as a digital signature to certify who owns it and that it is the original work.

Auction house Christie's has just launched its first-ever sale of digital art – a collage of 5,000 pictures, also by Beeple – which exists solely as an NFT. Reuters. (via REUTERS)

business

Published on Mar 01, 2021 01:14 PM IST

Reuters | , London

Hyderabad art auction raises Rs 5 lakh for Covid fight

An art gallery in Hyderabad raised Rs 5 lakh for relief work related to the coronavirus epidemic that has already infected over 13,000 persons across the country.

Titled Art in Isolation, the auction is expected to close on April 17, following which the amount may undergo further revision. (HT photo)

india news

Updated on Apr 17, 2020 12:25 PM IST

Hindustan Times, Hyderabad | BySrinivasa Rao Apparasu

An auction with a twist: Mona Lisa made of Rubik’s Cubes goes on sale

An image of the Mona Lisa made of 330 Rubik’s Cubes is going on sale in Paris, just down the road from Leonardo da Vinci’s original.

Mona Lisa made of Rubik’s Cubes goes on sale.(Instagram)

lifestyle

Updated on Feb 04, 2020 04:25 PM IST

Reuters | ByReuters

An artist’s journey to try and make the world a better place

I always gave to charity, a percentage of what I made from every painting sold, and started donating my work to raise money at art auctions for different causes. But I always felt it was never enough

It makes me wonder: How many of us can look away from a child begging on the street? How can we not care knowing that they haven’t eaten for days? How does it not bother us that they work in restaurants and homes, when they should be studying (and even playing) instead?(HT photo)

analysis

Updated on Nov 27, 2019 01:27 PM IST

ByRevati Sharma Singh

Cartoon girl goes for $25 million at Sotheby’s Hong Kong auction

Judging by the turnout at the five-day auction by Sotheby’s - and the prices art and wine have commanded - elites from Hong Kong and the rest of Asia are as keen as ever to open their pocketbooks.

The event includes 20 live auctions that are expected to fetch more than $336 million.(Source: Sotheby’s)

lifestyle

Updated on Oct 08, 2019 02:53 PM IST

ByBloomberg

Sculpture by Jeff Koons sells for $91.1 million, record for living artist

The selling price of “Rabbit” was only $80 million, but once commissions and fees were added, the final total rose to $91.075 million.

U.S. artist Jeff Koons' sculpture titled

world news

Updated on May 16, 2019 10:54 AM IST

New York | ByAgence France-Presse

Interest in contemporary art among young collectors is encouraging

The recent auction by Saffronart, which saw the sale of 32 works by contemporary artists, is a testimony to the renewed interest in this art form, especially among the younger profile of collectors.

File photo of an art auction in Mumbai.(HT File / Representative Photo)

cities

Published on Jan 25, 2019 02:24 PM IST

ByArvind Vijaymohan

On board Mumbai’s newest floatel: Dine in style off the Gateway of India

Two new floatels, or floating hotels, off the Gateway of India, will open their doors on Monday.

The two floatels, Queensline Sea Yah and Queensline Neverland, will be stationed a kilometre from the Gateway of India.(Satish Bate/HT Photo)

cities

Updated on Nov 17, 2018 09:57 AM IST

Hindustan Times | ByTanushree Venkatraman, Mumbai

Visual appeal: Folk, classical Indian art at Saffronart’s upcoming auctions

The ‘Classical Indian Art’ and ‘Living Traditions: Folk and Tribal Art’ auctions, scheduled to be held from April 10-12, will focus on India’s court, colonial and indigenous art forms.

A 20th century bronze sculpture which shall be part of the auction.

lifestyle

Updated on Apr 02, 2018 04:05 PM IST

Press Trust of India | ByPress Trust of India, New Delhi

Beyonce’s daughter Blue Ivy goes viral after $19k bid on art

Beyonce and Jay-Z’s daughter Blue Ivy Carter created a viral moment when she threw up bids at an art auction to the tune of $19,000.

The event also saw Blue’s handwritten notes celebrating the award winners.(HT file photo)

lifestyle

Updated on Mar 19, 2018 02:35 PM IST

Asian News International | ByHT Correspondent

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ART-BANANA-CATTELAN:Duct-taped banana artist says his work is a 'provocation' on value of art

Duct-taped banana artwork by Maurizio Cattelan fetched USD 6.2 million in Sotheby's art auction. Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun bought one of three editions.

Maestro Mehta too said that he was grateful to the Bhabha family for generously contributing their family heirlooms for the cause of art. The NCPA is the perfect institution to trust to put these funds to good use, considering their work with both art and underprivileged children

Almost 95% artefacts have already received bids at the first-ever auction, of gifts to Presidents of India, which is live on E-Upahaar portal. Here's a peek!

72-year-old art collector Kiran Nadar talks about being bestowed the nation’s fourth highest civilian award, the new sprawling centre coming up in Aerocity

A late work by Pablo Picasso, a portrait of his second wife, sold for €3.4 million ($3.65 million) at an auction in Germany — significantly more than expected.

The sale, whose proceeds will go to charity, will possibly be the most extreme test of the art market ever, but it comes at a time of deep uncertainty in the the global financial markets.

Worldwide, about 40 casts exist of Auguste Rodin's world-famous bronze sculpture of a man lost in thought. Christie's auction house has just sold one of them for $11 million.

The Foxes, featuring two brightly coloured, intertwined foxes, is estimated to fetch around USD 47 million when it goes on sale at Christie's in London on March 1.

Did you know American boxer Muhammad Ali loved to draw between fights? A 24-piece collection of his original cartoon style artworks, reflecting his interest in religion and social justice apart from him in the ring, go up for auction

Famous film and television memorabilia such as Harrison Ford's fedora, Daniel Radcliffe's glasses and wand from Harry Potter along with pieces from Batman and Top Gun will be auctioned in June by the Prop Store in California.

Pablo Picasso's famous painting - 'Woman sitting by a window' was sold at an auction, on Thursday, for USD 103 million. This is the Spanish painter's fifth painting to cross the USD 100 million mark.

On Tuesday, the auction that was held for a series of sketches purportedly drawn by an artist at the Japanese internment camp at Manzanar was stopped after groups protested against it, calling it, "hurtful, and a degrading reminder of the mass roundup and incarceration.”

Shortly after losing out on the auction for a $69.3 million digital artwork by Beeple, Justin Sun, a tech entrepreneur who founded the cryptocurrency platform Tron, contacted the Christie’s sales department looking for more NFT-connected artworks.

The buyer of a $70 million digital-only artwork was named on Friday by auction house Christie's as a crypto asset investor who goes by the pseudonym "Metakovan."

A painting of a Moroccan landscape which was made by Britain's World War II leader Winston Churchill and gifted to US President Franklin D Roosevelt was bought by Angelina Jolie in 2011. She recently sold the painting for a whooping amount of USD 11.5 million.

The video by digital artist Beeple, whose real name is Mike Winkelmann, was authenticated by blockchain, which serves as a digital signature to certify who owns it and that it is the original work.

An art gallery in Hyderabad raised Rs 5 lakh for relief work related to the coronavirus epidemic that has already infected over 13,000 persons across the country.

An image of the Mona Lisa made of 330 Rubik’s Cubes is going on sale in Paris, just down the road from Leonardo da Vinci’s original.

I always gave to charity, a percentage of what I made from every painting sold, and started donating my work to raise money at art auctions for different causes. But I always felt it was never enough

Judging by the turnout at the five-day auction by Sotheby’s - and the prices art and wine have commanded - elites from Hong Kong and the rest of Asia are as keen as ever to open their pocketbooks.

The selling price of “Rabbit” was only $80 million, but once commissions and fees were added, the final total rose to $91.075 million.

The recent auction by Saffronart, which saw the sale of 32 works by contemporary artists, is a testimony to the renewed interest in this art form, especially among the younger profile of collectors.

Two new floatels, or floating hotels, off the Gateway of India, will open their doors on Monday.

The ‘Classical Indian Art’ and ‘Living Traditions: Folk and Tribal Art’ auctions, scheduled to be held from April 10-12, will focus on India’s court, colonial and indigenous art forms.

Beyonce and Jay-Z’s daughter Blue Ivy Carter created a viral moment when she threw up bids at an art auction to the tune of $19,000.

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