ArtArtsy Editorial“Artists on Our Radar” is a monthly series focused on five artists who have our attention. Utilizing our art expertise and Artsy data, we’ve determined which artists made an impact this past month through new gallery representation, exhibitions, auctions, art fairs, or fresh works on Artsy.B. 1988, Rio de Janeiro. Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro.Inspired by the visual elements of Brazil’s suburbs and favelas, Rio de Janiero–based artist Agrade Camíz’s lively works investigate physical and social boundaries. The artist’s practice is rooted in the streets: Early in her career, she painted public murals, using the large-scale format…
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Christie’s first-ever auction dedicated to artificial intelligence-generated art, Augmented Intelligence, concluded on Wednesday, March 5, exceeding estimates and, according to the auction house, drawing a fresh wave of collectors. The sale amassed $728,784, the auction house said in a press release, outpacing its $600,000 projection. Notably nearly half of bidders, 48 percent, identified themselves as Millennials or Gen Z, while 37 percent were first-time buyers at Christie’s. The highest-grossing lot, Machine Hallucinations – ISS Dreams – A by Refik Anadol, fetched $277,200—well above its $200,000 estimate. Related Articles Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst’s diptych Embedding Study 1 & 2 (from the xhairymutantx series) was another high…
The WorthPoint team is going to BOSS. WorthPoint will be in Las Vegas from March 10 to 13, 2025, for the BOSS Reseller Remix. Come say hello! At the event, WorthPoint CEO Will Seippel and members of the WorthPoint team, including our Chief Technical Officer Antoine Lyseight and Senior Manager Nathan Teasdale, will be available to talk about all things vintage, and how resellers can optimize their sales, learn best practices and connect with others from all over the country. We will also answer your questions about WorthPoint and show you how our tools can help you price, research, and maximize your…
Banksy’s Crude Oil (Vettriano) (2005), a rare, handpainted work sold for £4.3 million ($5.4 million) at Sotheby’s modern and contemporary evening auction in London on March 4th (all prices include fees). The artwork, which came from blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus’s private collection, takes inspiration from The Singing Butler (1992) by the late Scottish artist Jack Vettriano, who passed away at 73 earlier this week.Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary Evening auction totaled £62.5 million ($78.62 million), with more than half of the works making their auction debut. One standout debut was Alberto Burri’s Sacco e Nero 3 (1955), smashing its high estimate…
The following post contains SPOILERS for the first episode of Daredevil: Born Again. (Sorry about that.)Off topic but: How clever is that helmet design, where the horn gets broken off and leaves behind a big “D”-shaped hole on the forehead? That’s great.Anyway, Foggy Nelson is dead. (RIP Foggy.)That is the shocking twist in the first episode of Marvel’s new Disney+ series, Daredevil: Born Again. It is the foundational incident for the new show, which continues the old Netflix Daredevil series with a few notable differences. Like, just for example, offing Daredevil’s best friend in its opening minutes.Daredevil: Born AgainMarvelREAD MORE: Our Full Review of Daredevil:…
Netflix’s Daredevil was part of a whole interconnected mini-universe within the Marvel Cinematic Universe of Marvel series. It eventually expanded to include Iron Fist, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and The Defenders. None of those other characters appear in the series premiere of the new Daredevil: Born Again show on Disney+. But if you’re paying attention, you will catch one or two direct nods to those heroes — and to a certain Friendly Neighborhood Wall-Crawler as well. Are we going to see some or all of these characters return in Born Again Season 2?That’s just one of the big Marvel Easter eggs, hidden references, and little things you might have…
Set in a future world where no one ages, there are no animals and precious few plants, Fleur Fortuné’s dystopian sci-fi drama “The Assessment” follows isolated scientists Mia (Elizabeth Olsen) and Aaryan (Himesh Patel) as they endure an arduous, week-long, and ultimately absurd government-mandated test, led by the wildly unpredictable assessor Virginia (Alicia Vikander), designed to discover if they are one of the few couples fit for parenthood. As the week progresses, Virginia pushes the couple to a breaking point, forcing them to examine their own faults as well as the harsh truth about the world they have made for…
For Natalie Morales, telling diverse stories as an actor/writer/director isn’t just a personal calling—it’s a responsibility. “I think you introduce a concept or a person or type of person in a movie or a TV show, and you can see a direct correlation from how society and culture changes because of that,” Morales told RogerEbert.com via Zoom in late February. “And we have the opportunity to introduce people who may not know a Latino person, a trans person, a person with PTSD.” The effects of the latter are explored in Morales’ latest film, “My Dead Friend Zoe,” which hit theaters…
The rare and uncommon Babe Ruth autographed baseball card. Babe Ruth autographs are extremely rare, and a new pack of baseball cards might be the last place you would expect to find one. But that’s what happened to a young collector in Evansville, Ind., after a trip to his local card shop.With school closed for President’s Day, Evansville resident Bob Kenning got a call from his 12-year-old grandson, Keegan: “Hey Pawpaw, why don’t we go to Hobby Den?” The local shop deals in sports and trading cards. While Bob Kenning wasn’t a collector as a child, telling Indiana station WFIE…
March 2024 Kovels Antique Trader Harvey Lieberman dreamed his large, inherited vase from his deceased parents was a rare Renaissance relic, something that might have graced the home of an Italian nobleman during Da Vinci’s lifetime. What he discovered was something completely different. Would the truth about his vase change everything? Lieberman shares a thoughtful story of one family’s understanding of the true value of the things we hold dear in the March issue of Kovels Antique Trader. “What endures is not the dollar amount of an object,” Lieberman writes in the March cover story, “but the memories and meaning…
