painting
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yoshitaka amano
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Frida Kahlo (1907.07.06-1954.07.13)
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“The value of art lies in its power to inspire, not in its price tag.”
— Unknown
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“The value of art lies in its power to inspire, not in its price tag.”
— Unknown
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Guerrilla Girls
Do Women Have To Be Naked To Get Into The Met. Museum
1989
poster
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$70 million Giacometti fails to sell at Sotheby’s modern evening sale.
“Sotheby’s modern evening sale fetched $186.4 million on May 13th. The sale’s most highly anticipated lot—Alberto Giacometti’s Grande tête mince (1955), estimated in excess of $70 million—failed to attract a buyer.”
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“The world is burning, people are barely holding on — and millionaires are betting on dead pieces of canvas. Yes, I said it: a piece of canvas. Because art is meant to live, to breathe, to move us — not to be traded like stock or hoarded like trophies. But in their hands, it’s just a price tag. And that’s the tragedy!”
— User comment on Sotheby’s Art Auction Sale Falls