Quote of the day by Michael Wright: ‘People who are artists want their art to get out. And once it’s appreciated…’
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August 22, 2026
“People who are artists, they want their music, their art, their acting craft to get out. And once it’s appreciated, that seems to be, unfortunately, enough.” — Michael Wright Michael Wright’s decades-long career included…
Four Renaissance masterpieces stolen from Sicily museum in art heist
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August 17, 2026
Four Antonello da Messina works stolen in Renaissance painter’s hometown Four works attributed to celebrated Sicilian Renaissance painter Antonello da Messina have been stolen from a regional museum in Messina, Italian media reported Sunday, in a…
The emperor’s new receipt: Rs 59 cr for a banana? Inside the world of absurd art pricing
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July 11, 2026
Sotheby’s auctioneer overseeing the bidding for Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian (2019) at Sotheby’s on November 20, 2024. Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby’s In a very exclusive room far far away, a very ordinary looking wooden gavel comes…