Art · New York · Society

Bank of America expects art to become more affordable after Trump's reelection

Bank of America in Flames, Alex Schaefer, Oil on Canvas. Bank of America has compiled a new report on the state of the art market. Despite the anxiety expected among art market participants over Trump's re-election, conditions for buying art are improving. As the report explains, in

Globe map with the Arctic highlighted in green and a small blue area in northern Europe circled in red.

Geography · Humour

The Shetland Islands of Scotland lie several degrees farther north than Estonia

Estonia is the northernmost country in the world no part of which lies in the Arctic. Ps unless one counts the Shetland Islands of Scotland, which lie several degrees north of Estonia

NB! · Pop Culture · Humour

Spanish Ships, on Learning That NASA Has Found Gold on Mars

Faith · Monarchies · Society · Paris

In 2021 Emmanuel Macron changed the shade of blue on the national flag, explaining that he wished to return to the state the symbol of the French Revolution, which raised this banner

In 2021 Emmanuel Macron changed the shade of blue on the national flag, explaining that he wished to return to the state the symbol of the French Revolution, which raised this banner. Yet each of the colours taken separately carries anything but revolutionary connotations. Red goes back to the Capetian

NB! · Archaeology · Art

A Fresco from Pompeii and a Painting by Van Gogh

NB! · Humour

The Endgame, if the Pawn Is Not Given a Pastry in Good Time

NB! · Art · Heritage · People

A very sad find: Gesina ter Borch, an artist of the Dutch Golden Age, drew her brother Moses, to whom death creeps up from behind a tree and rows towards in a boat, and her sister Elteken, whom death leads through a church

NB! · Observations · Pop Culture · Humour

Only now does it become clear that the goose on the Barbour poster of 1999 was precisely the one that lays the golden eggs

NB! · Architecture · Pop Culture · Humour

The Ralph Lauren Store in Chicago Looks Like the American Branch of Hogwarts

NB! · Art

Contemporary Art Market Statistics

Contemporary art market statistics. Basquiat was already the most sought-after and most expensive contemporary artist in 2000. Since then, only the level of prices has changed. Source: Artguide

Art · New York · Society

Sotheby's to pay New York State $6.25 million to settle tax fraud suit brought by Attorney General Letitia James

Sotheby's will pay New York State $6.25 million to settle a tax fraud suit brought by Attorney General Letitia James. The suit accused the auction house of helping its clients to evade taxes. Attorney General James alleges that the investigation uncovered, among other things, a scheme that

Coming Up · Art · Moscow · Museums

Museum AZ to show 70 works by Vladimir Yakovlev for the artist's 90th anniversary

On 27 November the AZ/ART Centre for Contemporary Art on Maroseyka will open the exhibition "And in the Steppe the Wind Is Raging…", marking the 90th anniversary of the birth of the artist Vladimir Yakovlev (1934–1998) The exhibition will include 70 works from the collections of

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