WorthPoint’s Industry Partners are offering collectors some interesting and sought-after pieces in July, including sentimental shell art, a vision in stone, a prized beer tray, a surreal landscape painting, and a salesman’s sample for an iconic track tractor. ELDRED’S AUCTION GALLERY Eldred’s Auction Gallery, estimate: $400-$799. With their intricate shell mosaics, sailors’ valentines conjure summer love and seaside romance. Sentimental treasures once given by sailors to their loved ones, these beautiful pieces enchant collectors by reflecting the ocean’s beauty and serving as relics of maritime history. Eldred’s Auction Gallery of East Dennis, Massachusetts, is offering a handful of these valentines…
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The following post contains SPOILERS for the season finale of Ironheart.After years of wondering when he might show up, he’s finally here: Mephisto is in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As played by Sacha Baron Cohen, he’s a consummate seducer and dealmaker. And in the season finale of Ironheart, he makes an unholy bargain with the title character, the ramifications of which we’ve only begun to see.Cohen’s Mephisto also alludes to making similar deals with hugely powerful and influential people throughout history. Which raises an obvious and very intriguing question: If Mephisto is this immortal god who’s been around in the MCU forever,…
Khaled Sabsabi has been reinstated as the artist at Australia’s pavilion for the 2026 Venice Biennale. The move reverses the decision by Creative Australia, the group that organizes the country’s pavilion, to drop Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino this February, citing a “divisive debate” about the selection. The months-long controversy triggered resignations, boycotts, and a broader national conversation about artistic freedom and censorship. The decision was made after an independent external review and will allow Sabsabi and Dagostino to begin working on their project for the upcoming Biennale. In a joint statement, the duo announced that they “welcome the opportunity…
Jerry Bruckheimer has revealed plans for a sequel to Crimson Tide.It comes 30 years after the submarine thriller debuted in cinemas.Speaking this week, the 80-year-old Hollywood producer was quoted by Variety saying: “We have a really good director and writer talking to the Navy right now about what’s going on under the water.”Bruckheimer made the comments during an appearance on The Rich Eisen Show, where he discussed the legacy of the original 1995 film and his hopes for a follow-up. Crimson Tide, directed by Tony Scott and written by Michael Schiffer, followed a tense stand-off between a commanding officer and his…
Movie buffs remember them from Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and since the company no longer produces them, a Tiffany’s sterling phone dialer can fetch high prices at auctions. This one sold recently for $249.95 The other day, I was watching the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s because it’s a favorite. The scene where Holly and Paul are shopping at the jewelry counter talks about an item not many people would use today, but (likely due to the movie) remains an iconic collectible. In the scene, the salesman shows them a sterling silver telephone dialer for $6.75, including tax. In 1961, when the…
Faced with tightening US immigration policies, more students living in the US are applying to Canadian art schools, with Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) in Halifax telling ARTnews recently that it has seen significantly more interest, applications, and acceptances this year. The shift comes as the Trump administration has rolled out several new policies for international students, including threatening to block Harvard University from enrolling international students, announcing it would “aggressively” begin to revoke the visas of Chinese students, and adding social media account reviews to students’ and scholars’ visa applicaitons. Related Articles US art schools have seen international…
The Center for Puppetry Arts’ Professor Pöschl puppet — from the Atlanta Opera’s ‘Tesla vs Edison’ — loomed over the crowd at ABV Gallery. (Photographs by Dustin Timbrook) Puppets from Pete the Cat at the Center for Puppetry Arts. (Photograph by Dustin Timbrook) On June 21, ABV Gallery hosted opening receptions for three exhibitions: Locals Only, featuring Georgia-themed artworks by more than 80 local artists; Through the Lens, highlighting four photographers, and an unconventional but fitting partnership with the Center for Puppetry Arts. A handful of puppets on loan from the Center are displayed in the main gallery, while the…
Some of the most memorable performances in recent film history have come in movies based on DC Comics properties. Jack Nicholson and Michael Keaton dancing with the devil in the pale moonlight as the Clown Prince of Crime and Dark Knight in Tim Burton’s Batman. Christopher Reeve making us believe a man can fly as the definitive movie Superman across multiple films in the 1970s and ’80s. Michelle Pfeiffer’s iconic Catwoman, finding hell here in Batman Returns. DC movies have even produced a few Academy Award winners, with both Heath Ledger and Joaquin Phoenix winning Oscars for their performances as two very different versions of Batman’s arch-nemesis, the Joker.…
The Museum of West African Art, based in Benin City, Nigeria, announced Thursday that it will officially open its campus to the public on Nov. 11. First announced in 2020, the MOWAA campus is planned as a 15-acre complex housing a research and education institute (the MOWAA Institute), a contemporary art exhibition space (the Rainforest Gallery), a boutique hotel (the Art Guesthouse), and a performance space (the Artisans’ Hall), among other facilities. The full campus is projected to be completed by 2028, but this fall, visitors will get their first look at MOWAA. Related Articles In November, the Institute will…
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. It’s no secret that the art market has been mired in a prolonged slump for nearly two years. Where dealers and market observers once described conditions in late 2023 and 2024 using euphemisms like “soft” or “a correction,” this spring’s assessments were more often met with shrugs—or, when expectations were exceeded, with outsized celebration. Such was the case with Frieze’s fairs in LA in February and New York in May. Related Articles But each fair is its own micro-market, driven more by immediate…
