Nazi Buddhist Iron Man from Space is Fake
I know it sounds like something from Indiana Jones, but it’s true. Last month, the headlines looked like this – Priceless Tibetan Buddha statue looted by Nazis was carved from meteorite Relic taken by SS in 1930s analysed by researchers…
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Gerhard Richter – Abstraktes Bild (809-4)
The biggest art market news from last week was the sale of a Gerhard Richter painting by Sotheby’s that has broken the record for the amount paid for the work of any living artist. I’m a big fan of Richter,…
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Nude Painting of Canada’s PM has Some Folks in a Tizzy: update
Back in May I mentioned that there was a kerfuffle over a nude painting of Canada’s Prime Minister being removed from public view, with the artist, Margaret Sutherland, crying censorship. As I mentioned in that earlier post: There’s been some…
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Martin Wittfooth – update
A while ago I wrote about Martin Wittfooth, but to recap: Martin Wittfooth is a painter who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. He was born in Toronto, Canada in 1981 but spent most of his childhood in Finland. He’s a…
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Virus Fonts presents Olympukes 2012
I’ve always been a fan of Otl Aicher’s designs for the 1972 Munich Olympics, particularly his iconography system. A design system that resonates so strongly is bound to inspire parody, however – enter Virus Fonts, re-examining the set for the 2012…
