eToro.art brings NFTs to the social investment network April 28, 2022 | City Talk Well-known social investing network eToro is moving into the world of NFTs with the launch of eToro.art, a new patron program to support NFT creators, agencies and brands. The $20 million dollar fund will be used to purchase blue chip NFTs but will also seed emerging creators and NFT projects. Its ambition is to become [...]
Review: Football: Designing the Beautiful Game at the Design Museum April 10, 2022 A photo emerged last summer of beaming England footballer Bukayo Saka leaping into a swimming pool astride an inflatable unicorn. Such was the pure joy captured by the image that it quickly attained cult status and, as these things do, spawned a thousand memes. Well, anyone who quipped on social media to “Hang it in [...]
Creative industries get £50m boost as Tories drive ‘level up’ opportunities February 1, 2022 The government injects £50m into creative industries as the Tories hammer home their level up programme and invest in "world class" arts.
London’s Saatchi Gallery named one of the most ‘Instagrammable’ art galleries in the world January 29, 2022 A new study has revealed that London’s Saatchi Gallery is the third most Instagrammable gallery in the world, with Paris' The Louvre taking the top spot.
Nftcracker: Natalia Osipova auctions off NFTs to fund new dance company November 29, 2021 Internationally renowned ballerina and star of the London Ballet Natalia Osipova is selling NFTs to raise funds for a new dance company.
Stephen Sondheim dies aged 91: One of theatre’s ‘greatest geniuses’ November 27, 2021 The creator of the musical Sweeney Todd died on Friday morning at his home in Connecticut. Stephen Sondheim has been hailed as one of theatre’s “greatest geniuses” after his death at the age of 91. The American composer’s death was announced by his friend and lawyer, Richard Pappas, who described it as sudden, according to [...]
Frida Kahlo painting auctioned for record £25m November 17, 2021 A painting by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has sold at Sotheby's in New York for a record $34.9m (£25m), making it the highest price paid at auction for a Latin American artwork.
Arts sector output more than halved as one in two creatives were furloughed November 17, 2021 The arts, culture and heritage sectors suffered a 60 per cent decline in output due to pandemic restrictions with a “catastrophic effect”, according to a new report. Around 55 per cent of jobs – 450,000 people – were furloughed in the sector, which was second only to hospitality and well above the national average of [...]
US brand licensing company Authentic Brands buys iconic photo library for £20m November 15, 2021 A British photography archive of some of the most iconic music images has been sold to a brand licensing company Authentic Brands for around £20m.
Watch as half-shredded Banksy picture sells for £18m in London October 15, 2021 A Banksy picture which was half sliced by a shredder concealed in its frame when it was sold at auction fetched £18.4m when it went back under the hammer in the same room in London last night. Watch the full report.