Enough for a full-fledged museum: Roman Abramovich has amassed a collection of works of art worth $1 billion

At first glance, the red brick façade, next to the railway arches, resembles a typical south London warehouse. A more careful observer might notice the spiky railings, steel door and imposing metal gates through which trucks enter and exit. What…

On unfulfilled probabilities: why is anti-war creativity needed and does it help to stop Russia

On July 1, the tour of the famous actor Anatoly Bely with the solo performance "I'm Here" ended in the USA. The hero of the performance is a touching, confused, direct to the point of comicality "lost man" - a traveler with two backpacks, going nowhere. This is a man laughing through tears, frantically trying to build ...

An American created a tree that bears fruit with 40 different fruits: where you can see it

American artist and professor Sam Van Aiken creates trees that grow 40 different kinds of fruits at the same time. For most of the year, the tree looks completely normal, and in spring the entire crown is filled with colorful buds, reports Epicurious. Van Eycken designed this tree as...

Woman accidentally smashes $42 sculpture during Art Wynwood in Miami

A woman visiting Art Wynwood, a contemporary art fair in downtown Miami on Feb. 16, accidentally smashed an expensive sculpture by world-famous artist Jeff Koons. Miami Herald writes about it. The shiny blue sculpture, valued at $42, was on display at the Bel-Air Fine Art booth during…

Trump released his NFT collection, and it's amazing

On December 14, the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, posted a surprise video on his Truth Social page. In the video, the politician appeared in a superhero costume and promised that on December 15 he would present something that would delight his fans. This mega surprise was...

In New York, artists sell paintings in the form of medical accounts: who buys them and why

The art collective has come up with a new way to pay off the medical debts of three people: turn their hospital bills into huge paintings and sell them to collectors for thousands of dollars, writes CNN. The New York-based MSCHF Company, known for its unusual art projects, found Americans with significant medical debts in ...

80-year-old Japanese man conquers the world with beautiful drawings: he creates them in Microsoft Excel

He started drawing in Excel because he didn't have the funds for materials. The artist did not expect success to come quickly, so he made a special 10-year plan, writes Esquire. 80-year-old Tatsuo Horiuchi from Japan creates pictures in Microsoft Excel. ...

Crying children in cages: frightening installations appeared on the streets of New York

Art installations of the most dystopian kind have appeared in New York: small children, curled up under foil blankets, lie in cages with chains. All this is accompanied by the sounds of the crying of the detained illegal children coming from the speakers. Such artwork appeared on the sidewalks in different parts ...

Statues of naked people were covered in the Novosibirsk university for the arrival of the priests of the Russian Orthodox Church

Employees of the Novosibirsk State University of Architecture and Design covered with cloth statues of naked women and men, standing in the foyer of the first floor of the educational institution. This was done for the sake of a delegation of priests of the Russian Orthodox Church who visited the institution, Meduza writes. On August 23, the university hosted one of the events of the forum "Novosibirsk - the city of endless possibilities." ...

A stolen painting worth $ 100 million was found in the bedroom of a quiet married couple

In August last year, among the property of a late couple from Arizona, a painting by Willem de Kooning worth about $ 31 million was stolen 100 years ago. Until today, the police had no versions about the thieves. But, it seems, everything suggests that ...

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