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By reviving a century-old patent for blue paint, this architect reflects on a powerful, lesser-told history
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Adrian Langtry/Shutterstock (14077957b) 'Well Hung Lover,' also called 'Naked Man Hanging From Window' and simply 'Naked Man,' is a mural by the anonymous street artist Banksy, on a wall on Frogmore Street. It has been partially defaced since first appearing in 2006. 'Well Hung Lover' mural by Banksy, Bristol, England, UK - 15 Apr 2023
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Buy a building, get a Banksy. ‘Well Hung Lover’ Bristol property goes on sale
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E.A.Kahane
For over 25 years, this photographer had a window-side seat at the Macy’s Parade
A view shows the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, August 28, 2017. Officials at the 854-year old Notre-Dame cathedral, France's most-visited monument, say it is in urgent need of raising 100 million euros ($120.40 million) to repair everything from damaged arches and statutes to broken down gargoyles. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
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Coronations, protests and tightrope artists: Iconic images from Notre Dame’s history ahead of reopening
John Lennon, Eric Clapton at the photocall at The Rolling Stones Rock 'n' Roll Circus, Intertel TV Studios, Stonebridge Park, 10 December 1968.
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Letter from John Lennon asking Eric Clapton to form new supergroup with him goes up for sale
George Stubbs, The Spanish Pointer (esHmate: £1,500,000 – 2,000,000) This seminal pain2ng is the earliest and one of the most recognisable of all Stubbs’ depic2ons of dogs. Painted circa 1766-68, at the height of the ar2st’s career, it dates to the decade when Stubbs produced many of the pain2ngs for which he is most famous, including the Na2onal Gallery’s beloved Whistlejacket. The Spanish Pointer has only been exhibited once in the 250 years since it was painted and has only rarely appeared at auc2on.
Sotheby’s
George Stubbs dog painting expected to sell for up to $2.5 million at auction
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‘Ernest Cole: Lost and Found’: The anti-apartheid photographer who turned his lens on Black America
circa 1500: Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527), an Italian diplomat and political theorist. He served in the Florentine government until the Medici restoration in 1512, and in 1513, wrote his most famous work, 'The Prince'. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)
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Rare first edition of Machiavelli’s famous leadership treatise, ‘The Prince,’ goes up for auction
FILE - Artist Maurizio Cattelan's piece of art "Comedian" hangs on display during an auction preview at Sotheby's in New York, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)
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Viral banana artwork has sold again — this time for $6.24 million
The Danner Memorial Window, one of Louis Comfort Tiffany’s greatest masterpieces, achieved $12.48M, setting a new auction record for Tiffany Studios.
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Stained-glass Tiffany window sells for record $12.48 million at auction
Italy's Carabinieri presents recovered Etruscan archaeological artefacts, in Rome, Italy, November 19, 2024. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
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Italy recovers Etruscan artifacts dug up by ‘amateurish’ tomb raiders
René Magritte's L'empire des lumières
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René Magritte’s ‘L’empire des lumières’ sells for record $121 million
Vladimir Shklyarov, pictured in London in October 2008
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Russian ballet star Vladimir Shklyarov dies after falling from building
Celestial dancer (Devata). Central India, Madhya Pradesh. mid-11th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
US returns looted antiquities worth $10 million to India
Doucai ‘Chicken cup’, Ming dynasty, Chenghua reign, 1465-1487.
The Trustees of the British Museum
British Museum receives donation of Chinese ceramics worth $1.27 billion
Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan, March 2, 2024. A group of teenage girls celebrate their friend's birthday at her house. Music and dancing have been forbidden by the Taliban but women continue to dance and celebrate in the privacy of their homes and behind the closed doors. © Kiana Hayeri for Fondation Carmignac
Kiana Hayeri for Fondation Carmignac
In this birthday party portrait, teenage girls celebrate in secret in Afghanistan