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Commercial goes pastoral: the draw of showing art in the open air

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The Wiltshire gallery attracts 150 to 200 visitors a day and large-scale sculpture shows are the biggest draw, alongside regular talks and symposiums, says its founder Johnny Messum. It also occupies a former farm, the focal point being a cathedral-like, 13th-century monastic tithe barn. Education is a key component.

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Artistic Mediums of 2025: Where Touch and Technique Meet

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This rapid growth achieved new attention in 2021, when digital artist Michael Joseph Winkelmann, better known as Beeple, sold his non-fungible token (NFT) work, Everydays: The First 5000 Days , at a Christie’s auction for nearly $70 million. DappRadar reports that since 2021 the market for these digitally born creations has plummeted by 93%.

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Revealed: how Van Gogh's nephew exchanged two of the artist's drawings for butter and bacon

The Art Newspaper

© Martin Bailey In early 1945, just before the end of the Second World War, Vincent van Gogh’s nephew gave two of the artist’s drawings to the owner of a cheese business—in exchange for 35 packets of butter and a little meat. This suggests that the pair of Van Goghs would now be worth around £1m. 20,000 Dutch people died from starvation.

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The Age of Nostalgia: How Modern Collectibles are Redefining the Market

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Items that are in pristine condition, with no signs of wear or damage and in original packaging, are usually worth more than those that show signs of age or use. million in 2021 and a $2.2 The US Department of Justice seized his assets in 2021 and re-sold the album for $4 million.

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Could your “Pan-tiques” (collectibles from the Covid-19 pandemic) be worth big money in the future?

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The Library of Congress is exhibiting drawings of pandemic life, while the Quarantine Museum in Italy has brought together photographic records of life under lockdown. One drawing depicts “Marie Antoinetflix”, alluding to one of the leading pastimes during quarantine. And oh we have so many frustrations right now.”

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8 Famous Color Field Paintings that Define the Genre

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Famous Color Field Painting Artists Color field painters are the quiet residents in the abstract expressionist neighborhood, especially when compared to the loud action painters of the age, like Jackson Pollock. Auction passed via RoGallery (Nov 2021). million in 2014. Sold for $86,882,500 via Christie’s (May 2012).

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The Essential Guide to Minimalist Art: 10 Artists Who Mastered the Art of Simplicity

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Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) Prolific in drawing, printmaking, photography, painting, and installation, Sol LeWitt distilled art into its essentials by exploring ideas rather than conventional aesthetics. Frank Stella (1936–2021) Frank Stella, Point of Pines. Sol LeWitt, A Rectangle of Chicago Without a Rectangle.