Scottish painter Jack Vettriano, known for his cinematic and often erotically charged oil paintings, has died at 73. He was found dead at his home in Nice, France, and his death was confirmed on his official Instagram account on March 3rd. “He was not only an extraordinary artist but also a deeply private and humble man who was endlessly grateful for the support and admiration of those who loved his work,” the post read. “His paintings—capturing moments of intrigue, romance, and nostalgia—touched the hearts of so many around the world, and his legacy will live on through them.”Vettriano, born Jack…
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The Final Jeopardy clue for Monday, March 3, 2025 can be found below. In last Friday’s match, the first semifinals of the Jeopardy Invitational Tournament, Roger Craig was victorious. The other two slots will be decided today and tomorrow, with the first finals match airing on Wednesday. Tonight’s episode will feature benefits consultant Emily Sands from Minnesota, attorney Luigi de Guzman from Virginia, and quantitative researcher Matt Amodio from New York. Here is the question and answer for Final Jeopardy for 3/3/2025, along with the wages and winner for the game. Final Jeopardy Question for March 3 The Final Jeopardy…
The world’s first vehicles were used some 20,000 years ago, scientists now suggest after drag marks were discovered beside human footprints in New Mexico. The prehistoric markings were found in White Sands National Park by a team from Bournemouth University. The parallel and single-line racks were preserved in dried mud and buried by sediment, according to their findings published in Quaternary Science Advances, which added that they were likely made by a primitive transport device consisting of two wooden poles tied together. This vehicle, called a travois, was used by Indigenous people from the Americas to carry goods throughout history,…
Not too long ago, the Formula One racing circuit seemed on its last legs as popularity waned. Still, the open-wheeled league experienced a renaissance largely thanks to its Netflix documentary series. New memorabilia partnerships soon followed, with the latest coming thanks to Mattel and the venerable Hot Wheels toy line. After a short-run beta test in 2024, the line is expanding for 2025. “The spirited response from fans around the world following our Hot Wheels and Formula One announcement has been thrilling,” said Roberto Stanichi, executive vice president of Hot Wheels, in an MSN interview. “The next phase of the…
Art MarketMaxwell RabbLee ShinJa, installation view of “Weaving the Dawn” at Tina Kim Gallery, New York, 2024. Photo by Hyunjung Rhee. Courtesy of Tina Kim Gallery. The art world has long operated under a patriarchal gaze, often sidelining the contributions of women whose accolades, if given, often arrive decades late. The feminist art collective Guerrilla Girls once pointed this out in their 1988 manifesto The Advantages of Being a Woman Artist, stating that a woman’s career—if acknowledged—might only take off in their eighties. Indeed, many artists have waited until their nineties, or were not appreciated properly until after their passing.However,…
More than four years after the show was announced, it looks like a Disney+ sequel series to The Princess and the Frog is not happening after all.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney has ended development on a Tiana streaming series “as it abandons making original longform content for streaming.” The show was first announced in December of 2020, at a time when Disney was putting a huge emphasis on new shows and films for its then-new streaming service, Disney+. (The Tiana show was announced at the same time as the Moana series — which was eventually reworked into the Moana 2 theatrical feature that opened in…
Will Seippel, CEO of WorthPoint, enjoys watching the items sold at auctions held by our WorthPoint Industry Partners. We thought it would be a great idea for him to select some of his favorite sold items and explain why those sales stood out to him. Gaining insights from Will is an excellent way to learn about buying and selling trends in our industry. We want to empower you to buy and sell with confidence. Take a look at his thoughts on a few of our partners’ recent sales. On February 27, 2025, WorthPoint added 238,640 items to its Price Guide,…
Editor’s Note: This story is part of Newsmakers, an ARTnews series where we interview the movers and shakers who are making change in the art world. Welcome to the resistorhood. That’s the premise of Young Joon Kwak’s current solo exhibition, “RESISTERHOOD,” at the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art in New York. Consisting of work made over the past 10 years, including new commissions, the show begins outside the LLM with a series of neon works displayed in the museum’s window spaces. An elegantly drawn hand in red goes from two fingers raised to a fist. A blue hand goes from an upright stop motion…
Oscar-winning actress Tilda Swinton will curate an exhibition showcasing the work of British artist and designer Marianna Kennedy at Christie’s Paris. Organized by PLVR Zurich, the show will take place from May 5th to 11th. The exhibition, “Supersonic Mediaeval,” will highlight Kennedy’s innovative use of materials like resin, wood, bronze, and Murano glass and emphasize the influence of London’s Spitalfields neighborhood on her career. It will showcase a collection of the artist’s most significant works, notably her carved and gilded mirrors, which she began creating in 2006.“Marianna’s work has always sprung from and lived in, for me, a particularly sweet…
ArtOlivia HornPortrait of Alfie Caine with, from left to right, Golden Hills, 2025; Nine Legs, 2025; and Chalk Horse, 2025. Photo by Jonathan Bassett. Courtesy of the artist and Margot Samel, NYC.Some boys collect Hot Wheels, some collect comic books. Alfie Caine collected miniature chairs. When the rising painter was growing up in London, he funneled a precocious love of furniture into acquiring dollhouse-sized models of iconic designs, like the Prouvé Standard Chair and the Eames LCW Lounge. He arranged them into imagined rooms on shelves in his bedroom—foreshadowing the pristine, just-so interiors that would later become the focus of…
