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Saudi Arabia helps cultural businesses reach global audiences

The Art Newspaper

This support is particularly crucial for the handicrafts sector, where many enterprises are by their nature small-scale and individual artisans might have the skills to make high-quality products, but not the modern business skills, market access, and resources needed to effectively position their work or scale into larger, more competitive markets.

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How Gretchen Andrew’s AI art is revealing the societal scars of ‘facetuning’

The Art Newspaper

Once a Silicon Valley software engineer and now an artist with a focus on the digital, Gretchen Andrew creates works that make the invisible impacts of technology visible. The artist is not only criticising contemporary beauty standards, but also AI at large. “AI We’re often told to be different—by society, family or even algorithms.

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Reputed Donatello bust taken into hiding by Slovak government

The Art Newspaper

The bust had arrived at the museum in 1975, from the former mansion of the aristocratic Csáky family, with the artist listed as being “unknown”. Speaking to The Art Newspaper , Herucová says that while “it would be very hard to give a definite proof one way or the other… I am strongly inclined towards it being the work of Donatello.”

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Colonial American Silver: A Revolution in Craftsmanship

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From the earliest forms introduced in the 17th century that borrowed from European traditions to the 18th-century examples that showcased American makers forging their own path, colonial American silver set the bar high for those who followed. Join us to explore this rich artistic tradition through its history and core makers.

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Insights on Auction Sales: A Corvette, Rare Titanic Postcard

WorthPoint

Also included in the Vogt sale were two paintings by French artist Edouard Cortes, a rare sight in a South Texas auction, though not entirely unprecedented—Vogt has sold a dozen Cortes works in the past six years. both exceptional values given the rarity and quality of the work.

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Print or Poster?

MIR Appraisal

Etching as a means of printmaking was most prominent during the sixteenth century, utilized by such artists as Albrecht Dürer, Lucas van Leyden, and Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The medium was later mastered by artists like Rembrandt during the seventeenth century. So after all this, what is a poster?

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Types of Chinese Art: A Guide to Valuing & Collecting Chinese Art

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Sold for $650,000 HKD via Bonhams (Dec 2021). Much like the majority of artwork, a Chinese painting’s monetary value will align with its time period, rarity and condition – and of course, the artist. A set of ink-brush paintings by Chinese artist Qi Baishi set a record in 2017 for Chinese paintings sold at auction.