At trial next week, Dmitry Rybolovlev is set to accuse Sotheby’s of helping an art dealer trick him into wildly overspending for works, a claim the company disputes.
Tag: Art
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Former Uffizi Director Eike Schmidt Toys With Running for Mayor of Florence
The museum’s former director, Eike Schmidt, is toying — somewhat mischievously — with entering the race to become Florence’s mayor.
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A Fantasy That Comes With a Price Tag
A blockbuster restaging of an “art amusement park” from 1987 aims to recover a lost element in art — fun. But in our age of hype and commerce, was it doomed to fall short?
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A.I. Can Make Art That Feels Human. Whose Fault Is That?
A fake Drake/Weeknd mash-up is not a threat to our species’s culture. It’s a warning: We can’t let our imaginations shrink to machine size.
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Pope.L, Provocative Performance Artist, Dies at 68
He is best known for crawling along the entirety of Broadway in Manhattan wearing a Superman costume, a work that blended satire and resistance.