The Craziest And Most Lucrative Thrift Store Art Finds
Thrift stores are no longer hunting grounds for indie vintage fiends and elderly knicknack hunters — more and more, unsuspecting kitsch fans are picking up bargain-basement paintings at flea markets and garage sales only to later discover that they’ve purchased master works by art legends, with value to match. While these finds often face exhaustive...
Artist As Criminal
In a twist from our normal forces on art crimes (theft and forgery) here is a great article and slideshow about artist’s as criminals. Enjoy! “I do not understand laws,” Rimbaud wrote. “I have no moral sense.” He wasn’t the first artist to feel that way! As Mike Kelley pointed out in his Pay for...
Sotheby’s Sells “The Scream” For A Record $119 Million
Sotheby’s, Wednesday evening, sold Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” for $119 million, making it the most expensive artwork ever sold at auction. From the NY Times: It took 12 nail-biting minutes and five eager bidders for Edvard Munch’s famed 1895 pastel of “The Scream” to sell for $119.9 million, becoming the world’s most expensive work of...