portraitpainting
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“Art must be an integral part of life, not something reserved for a museum or a millionaire’s living room.”
Diego Rivera
The Rivals
signed and dated ‘Diego Rivera 1931’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
60 x 50 in. (152.4 x 127 cm.)
Painted in 1931
Price realised
USD 14,130,000
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“You really need faith in yourself to make art and to stand up for what you believe in.” — Elizabeth Peyton
ELIZABETH PEYTON (B. 1965)
Jude Law as Lord Alfred Douglas
titled and dated ‘Jude Law as Lord Alfred Douglas 27.11.98’ (on the reverse)
watercolor on paper
29 ¾ x 22 in. (75.6 x 55.9 cm.)
Painted in 1998.
Price realised
USD 187,500
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Art has the power to evoke moral contemplation, serving as a mirror to society’s values and challenging viewers to reflect on their own ethical beliefs.
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The dopamine, the deceitful dopamine, gives them a false sense of value.
— Soroosh Shahrivar
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“I have no regrets. My life is squares, triangles, lines.” — Vera Molnár
Vera Molnár
Themes and Variations #1
2023
computer generated
631 Eth/$1.2 million
500 generative art NFTs
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Marcel Duchamp interview on Art and Dada (1956)
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“The whole thing [about] art and money is ridiculous. The value of a painting at auction is not necessarily the value of the painting. It’s the value of two people bidding against each other because they really want the painting.”
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“Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.”
— Jackson Pollock
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“I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot.”
— Jean-Michel Basquiat