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Art forgery has been prevalent for centuries, ranging from cheap knock-offs to elaborate copies almost undistinguishable from the original. Through the decades, several notorious art forgers have appeared, including Han van Meegeren, a mid-level Dutch artist active during the avant-garde movements. Critics disregarded his original works, igniting a fury that drove him to dupe them. …

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Farhi Fine Art is a family-run art gallery and consultancy, specialising in Post-war Modern and Contemporary work. We host a range of artists, both emerging and established, including Alan Davie, Bruce Tippet, Mark Lancaster, John Atkin and most recently, Will McNally. The Farhi Fine Art Gallery will be hosting its Grand Opening event on the …

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Contemporary British Artist Will McNally has signed with Farhi Fine Art. His work wonderfully captures the witty spirit of pop culture by fusing hyper-realistic drawings with vivid neon colours. The self-taught artist with Irish and Greek roots started his journey in painting in his youth, with a Charity event hosted by his Auntie kickstarting his …

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Luna Luna Carnival was a traveling theme park that emerged in Hamburg in 1987 by the Viennese artist André Heller, featuring artwork from the likes of Basquiat and Keith Haring. Over 30 artists were commissioned by Heller to create original carnival attractions, including rides, interactive sculptures, labyrinths, and pavilions. With the help of a $500,000 …

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The Macklowe collection is the highest sold body of fine art works in history. Selling for a total of $922 Million, it overtook the Peggy and David Rockefeller Collection that sold for $835.1 Million in 2018. Harry B. Macklowe is an American real estate developer and investor, settled in New York. Linda Macklowe herself is …

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The contemporary art market boomed during 2021 and the first half of 2022. Market reports have been released predicting the latter half of the year as well as the beginning of 2023. Following a major recession due to COVID-19 in 2020, the art market has saw an unprecedented rise in value during 2021, reaching a …

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The waitlist for the DALL-E beta has been removed, so users can now sign up and begin using it immediately. With DALL-E, more than 1.5 million people—including authors, creative directors, and artists—are actively producing over 2 million photos every day. DALL-E 2, named after Salvador Dali and WALL-E, allows the user to input words which …

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Contemporary art is a term used to describe ‘art of today’, created by artists that are still alive and producing works, although, art historians mark the beginning of the current contemporary era as the late 1960s, just after the end of Modern art. Usually, the art within this subset portrays certain ideas or concerns, rather …

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She was well-known for being the owner in trust of one of the largest art collections in existence. But Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away Tuesday at the age of 96, also served as a physical and figurative flag carrier for several organisations supporting the arts. During her reign, Queen Elizabeth acted as an inspiration …

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In recent years, with the emergence of NFT art and the establishment of the Metaverse, many fine artists have begun ventures into this realm of art. Artists from the likes of Damien Hirst have either turned existing fine art works into non-fungible tokens or have started creating them digitally from scratch. Several classical works have …

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