Category Archives: Art

28Sep/23

$1.5 million Japanese Buddhist statue stolen

September 28, 2023ArtAscetics, Buddhahood, Buddhas, Ryozen, Tadazou Iinuma, The Buddhaadmin

On the night of 18th September 2023, an Edo Period bronze statue of the Buddha was taken from the Barakat Gallery in Los Angeles’ La Cienega Design Quarter (www.barakatgallery.eu). The statue, priced at $1.5 million, was produced by Edo Period artist Tadazou Iinuma, and commissioned by a religious official, Ryozen. Dating from the Seventeenth Century, it depicts the Buddha as an athletic youth, seated in the Lotus Position, with a crown and halo. It was originally installed at the Yudonosan Temple. The monumental sculpture is a centrepiece of the Barakat Gallery’s Los Angeles Buddhist collection. Continue reading

19Sep/23

The Folio Society announces the publication of The Complete Plays By William Shakespeare

September 19, 2023ArtBhutan Centre for Media and Democracy, Bibliography, Embedded, First Folio, Folio Society, Hyde Fault, In England, Michael Witmore, Shakespeare authorship question, the folio, William Shakespeareadmin

Celebrating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s First Folio, The Folio Society will release a landmark limited edition of Shakespeare’s The Complete Plays on Tuesday, September 26, its most ambitious limited edition in the company’s 75-year history. Continue reading

20May/23

Exhibition Exploring the Guitar’s Place in American Art and Society Features Paintings, Photography, and Seminal Instruments

May 20, 2023ArtFrist Art Museum, Musical instruments, String, String instrumentsadmin

The Frist Art Museum presents Storied Strings: The Guitar in American Art, the first exhibition to explore the instrument’s symbolism in American art from the early nineteenth century to the present. Featuring 125 works of art as well as thirty-five exceptional instruments, Storied Strings will be on view in the Ingram Gallery from May 26 through August 13, 2023. CContinue reading

15Apr/23

Hard Rock International Kicks Off Janet Jackson’s “Together Again” Tour and Partners with Julien’s Auctions and Janet to Present a Special Collection

April 15, 2023ArtAtlantic City, Entertainers, Hard Rock Cafe, hard rock hotel, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, HARD ROCK INTERNATIONAL, Hollywood, Janet, Janet Jackson, Julien, Julien's Auctions, Musicians, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, Seminole tribe, Singers, The Cordish Companiesadmin

Hard Rock International will kick off the five-time Grammy® Award-winning singer Janet Jackson’s tour, “Together Again,” at Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida on April 14. In conjunction with her tour, and in partnership with Julien’s Auctions, the auction house to the stars, her memorabilia is on display in a public exhibition. Aligning with Janet Jackson’s birthday on May 16, the memorabilia will also be featured at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on May 8, followed by a performance at the property on May 20. Continue reading

20Mar/23

13-Year-Old Illustrator The Doodle Boy Launches First-Ever Digital Collectible Series with Orange Comet

March 20, 2023ArtAircraft, Comet Group, De Havilland Comet, Genius, Joe Whale, Mint, OPENSEA, Websites, Whale, World Wide Webadmin

Orange Comet, the industry’s leading Web3 game and entertainment company, today announced its partnership with 13-year-old artistic genius Joe Whale, better known as The Doodle Boy. The first phase of the digital collectibles project is set to mint exclusively on OpenSea on April 25, 2023. Continue reading

10Mar/23

John Stobart, World Renowned Maritime Artist, Passes at 93

March 10, 2023ArtCulture, Human activities, Humans, John Stobart, Museum, Rehs Contemporary Galleries Inc., Stobartadmin

It is with great sadness that Rehs Contemporary Galleries, Inc. announces the passing of John Stobart, one of the world’s most renowned maritime artists, on March 2nd, 2023. He was 93 years old. John Stobart is widely celebrated for his breathtaking depictions of historic maritime scenes both at sea and important port cities. His works can be found in the collections of museums, corporations, and private collectors around the world.Continue reading

27Feb/23

Disney 100: le Concert Evénement

February 27, 2023ArtCompanies, disney, Economy of the United States, Paris, The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Parks and Resortsadmin

It is in Paris in front of more than 50,000 spectators that will take place the biggest and most incredible event in the world celebrating the 100th anniversary of Disney. Continue reading

28Dec/22

#buyblackart – Harlem Fine Arts Show Announces 15th Anniversary

December 28, 2022ArtAfrican diaspora, New York City, Slavery in South Americaadmin

Harlem Fine Arts Show (HFAS) will celebrate their 15th year of being the largest traveling arts show featuring Artists from the African Diaspora. This show will feature up to 100 artists of African, Caribbean, and Black descent over a monumental three-day cultural experience and festival at the end of Black History Month, 2023, in New York City. Continue reading

08Dec/22

The Metaverse and NFTs of The Abode of Chaos dixit NYT, Contemporary Art Museum and headquarters of Artprice by Artmarket.com – a reality according to n°2208 of the monthly magazine Géomètre (creation 1847)

December 8, 2022ArtAbode of Chaos, Artmarket.com, Balance sheet, Corporate finance, Equity, Equity securities, Finance, Financial capital, Financial economics, Marielle Mayo, Metaverse, Share, Shareholders, Stock marketadmin

Taking into account Artmarket.com’s shareholder equity, equity of the market, and their access to any information likely to impact the share price, Artmarket.com must inform the market and its shareholders of the publication of a long article by Marielle Mayo, entitled “Abode of Chaos, a Metaverse in the making” which appears in the December 2022 n°2208 issue of the monthly magazine Géomètre© (creation 1847).

This article reports on the Metaverse of the Organe Contemporary Art Museum which manages La Demeure du Chaos / Abode of Chaos (dixit The New York Times), extended to Artprice’s headquarters, specifically the NFT Marketplace linked to the Blockchain. Continue reading

25Oct/22

Upland Brings Fashion and Fine Art to the Metaverse with Iconic Jacky Tsai MetaSkull Collection

October 25, 2022ArtGeography of California, Jacky Tsai, London, Metaverse, Shanghai, Upland, California, Virtual reality in fictionadmin

London-based contemporary artist Jacky Tsai and his fashion-forward MetaSkull Collection become the designer’s first foray into the metaverse debuting in Upland, the largest open metaverse mapped to the real world. Fans of the Shanghai-born designer around the world and the Upland community will have the unique opportunity to collect and trade three different rarities of the iconic MetaSkull in the form of digital collectibles, Upland’s coveted Block Explorers, and structural decor used to decorate metaverse neighborhoods in time for Halloween. Continue reading