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The Argentine Artist Making Paintings on Devalued Currency 

Avatar photo by Billie Anania January 31, 2023April 17, 2023

Amid a worsening inflation crisis, Sergio Guillermo Diaz’s banknote artworks are a poignant symbol of Argentinian resilience. 

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Canada Releases World’s First Glow-in-the-Dark Coin in Circulation

Avatar photo by Allison Meier July 28, 2017

The Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a Northern Lights–themed luminescent coin to commemorate the country’s 150th birthday.

Posted inArt

How Art Secured American Banknotes for 150 Years

Avatar photo by Allison Meier March 28, 2017March 28, 2017

The Grolier Club is exploring the overlooked art of American security engraving, in which the strength of an artwork correlates to the security of the banknote or bond it’s printed on.

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An Irish Artist and a Canadian Activist Join the Ranks of Women on Currency

by Claire Voon December 9, 2016

Designer and architect Eileen Gray appears on a new commemorative coin from the Central Bank of Ireland, and civil rights activist Viola Desmond will be on Canada’s new $10 bill.

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J.M.W. Turner to Light Up the British £20 Note

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 26, 2016April 26, 2016

J.M.W. Turner, the great English landscape painter who obsessed over light, will be featured on the new £20 banknote in the UK.

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Harriet Tubman Bumps Slave-Owning Andrew Jackson Off Front of $20 Bill

Avatar photo by Allison Meier April 20, 2016May 23, 2019

The president who signed the Indian Removal Act, which pushed thousands of indigenous people off their land through events like the Trail of Tears, and owned over 100 slaves, will finally get his own removal from his central place on the American $20 bill.

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Which Artist Will Grace the UK’s New £20 Bill?

by Becca Rothfeld May 22, 2015May 22, 2015

The Bank of England has announced that a visual artist will grace the new £20 bill.

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“BitchCoin” Currency Challenges the Way We Buy Art

by Becca Rothfeld March 2, 2015March 4, 2015

A new project from Sarah Meyohas and the Brooklyn-based Where gallery explores the future of art in a world where both art and the market are increasingly immaterial.

Shary Boyle Ventures Outside the Palace of Me at the Museum of Arts and Design
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Shary Boyle Ventures Outside the Palace of Me at the Museum of Arts and Design

The multisensory solo exhibition of new works by the Canadian visual artist includes sculpted ceramics and life-sized automatons. On view in NYC.

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