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Hacker Group Says It Will Auction Off Christie's Client Data
… But is there really anything worth bidding for?
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FBI Investigating Sale of Objects Stolen From British Museum
The US government agency has identified online sales to collectors based in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Washington, DC.
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Wu-Tang Clan Album, Among the World's Rarest, Heads to Museum
The Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania will hold ticketed listening parties for the single-edition Once Upon a Time in Shaolin (2015).
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Hacker Group Threatens to Leak Data of Over 500K Christie’s Clients
RansomHub, which claimed responsibility for the cyberattack, said it will publicize private client information unless the auction house pays up.
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Portrait of King Charles Gives New Meaning to “Bloody Hell”
The painting by British artist Jonathan Yeo was met with a torrent of memes, online reactions, and expressions of puzzlement.
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How the Met Gala Catalyzed a “Celebrity Block Party”
Social media is on a blocking spree after witnessing the garish annual display of wealth juxtaposed with images of dead Palestinian children in Rafah.
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The Saltiest Memes About Northern Lights FOMO
For every jaw-dropping image taken by an amateur iPhone photographer who witnessed the aurora borealis, there's a meme by someone who hasn’t.
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RISD Gaza Solidarity Encampment Dissolves Ahead of Expulsion Threats
Students renamed the art school’s Washington Place building after the late Palestinian artist Fathi Ghaben, who died in Gaza in February.
Art
Fiber Art Is the Binding Thread at This Manhattan Show
A group exhibition by BravinLee Programs pushes the boundaries of the already open-ended medium through more than 100 works.
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Bard College to Get Massive New “Keith Haring Wing”
The late artist left a legacy at the school when he gave a lecture in 1981 and drew one of his iconic motifs on a wall.
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The Most Dystopian Memes of the 2024 Met Gala
Online, parallels to the Hunger Games saga abounded as the lavish display of wealth proceeded amid several international humanitarian crises.
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Abstract Trailblazer Frank Stella Dies at 87
The painter and sculptor reoriented the North American arts landscape, defying any strict characterizations of his work as it evolved across concepts and media.