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Rocco Ritchie selling art for huge sums under the secret fake name ‘Rhed’
Rocco is of course the son of film director Guy Ritchie and music icon Madonna and he is now said to be secretly carving out a career for himself as a respected artist under a fake name Video Loading Video Unavailable The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Madonna talks about Rocco during show Rocco Ritchie has been unmasked as an exciting new British artist after being revealed as the mastermind behind a painter named Rhed. The 21-year-old is the son of 53-year-old film director Guy Ritchie and 63-year-old music superstar Madonna and had already been known to be entering the art world. Rocco has been studying fine art in…
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The Best and Worst of the Art World This Week
Simon Leigh’s Next Act – Superstar artist Simone Leigh revealed her plans for the U.S. pavilion at next year’s Venice Biennale. Miami Madness – The Art Angle podcast looks back on a week of art fairs in Miami through the eyes of Annie Armstrong, Artnet’s Wet Paint columnist. A New Record (of Some Kind) – NFT superstar Pak became, by one measure, the most expensive living artist of all time when some 28,000 buyers bought 266,445 units of a single digital artwork, raising $91.8 million. New Art, New Problems – Katya Kazakina investigates the new problems of showing and preserving digital art that can be changed by an artist at any time. So Long, Sacklers –…
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Banksy Pledges $13.3 Million to Help Turn the U.K. Prison Where Oscar Wilde Was Once Held Into an Art Center
Banksy has emerged as a possible white knight in a long-unrealized plan to transform the vacant prison where Oscar Wilde was once held into an art center. Reading Gaol has been up for sale since 2019 and, without a better offer, could potentially be turned into apartments. The famed street artist has offered to sell the stencil he used to paint a mural on the facade of the famous building in March. The sale could raise £10 million ($13.3 million) to support the Reading Borough Council’s effort offer to buy the grade II listed historic building in Reading, which is around 40 miles (64 km) west of London. Earlier this…
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Career performer, artist finds community in new hometown of Arthur | Art
ARTHUR — As he weaved past the stuffed animals, designer handbags and expensive paintings in his art gallery in downtown Arthur, Jerry Winters posed a question. “Do you want me to play something for you?” he asked. Dressed in a navy blue blazer, pink shirt, orange-and-blue plaid pants and a gold paisley tie with a matching pocket square, his style directly contrasts with the small town known for its significant Amish and Mennonite community. Minutes earlier, a horse and buggy passed by his store, which is packed with expensive artwork, some worth as much as six figures, he said. The 80-year-old sat down at his Steinway & Sons upright piano…
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An ‘eye’ for trash? This Latino artist is a hit during Art Basel
Cycling around the streets of Miami gave David Anasagasti, an artist known as Ahol Sniffs Glue, the inspiration to place his signature “eye” symbol on pieces of urban trash he finds and give his followers a chance to find them and keep them. His newest concept is now drawing international attention through an exhibition during Miami Art Week that runs parallel to Art Basel. Art Basel, the country’s contemporary art fair that runs through this week in Miami Beach attracts high net-worth individuals from around the world and includes works of artists such as Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. It’s not Anasagasti’s first time exhibiting during Miami Art Week, but…
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MSU art instructor first artist for new program at Taube | News, Sports, Jobs
Submitted Photo The Taube Museum of Art in Minot welcomes Ryan Stander, Minot State University art associate professor, as the first artist for the Taube’s new artist in residency program. The Taube Museum of Art announces the creation of an artist in residency program. The Taube is adapting the third floor into an artist in residency space. Previously just used for storage, this part of the building is being reinvented into a working artist studio, the first of its kind for the Minot area. “Our vision is to bring in artists to utilize this space as a studio. We are working diligently to create an area…
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