Professionals from education, charity foundations, and creative and healthcare industries discussed how the fine arts and associated fields can benefit people”s well-being. It brought an end to Jia Wei’s exhibition. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] A group of teenage girls dances on a long scroll of white paper. They jump, turn around, raise a large red
VietNamNet Bridge – Art critic and painter Uyen Huy has published a book that documents trends in 20th century fine arts in the southern region with more than 200 black-and-white and colour images. Self taught: Gold Fish, a mixed media painting by People’s Artist, painter and art critic Uyen Huy. (VNS photo) The
Halls Fine Art in Shrewsbury is holding its next fine art auction on January 21. It follows the success of October’s sale that saw one painting triple in value and bumper prices fetched for a number of artworks. The October 15 auction of paintings and prints saw an oil on canvas by Mary Elizabeth Harding
Jane Birkin’s iconic original Birkin fetched $10 million at Sotheby’s Paris on July 10, 2025. Photo by Julien Hekimian/Getty Images When a Hermès Birkin bag fetched a record $10 million at Sotheby’s over the summer, it didn’t just make headlines—it served as a reminder that seven-figure prices are no longer confined to fine art. Other
Chennai: Averring that no amount of technological growth could beat the human mind, Chief Minister M K Stalin told fine arts students not to be afraid of Artificial Intelligence (AI) robbing their opportunities just because it was being used elaborately nowadays to create paintings, songs and music. Speaking at the third convocation ceremony of the
The value of the global collectibles sector is set to reach US$484.6 billion by the close of 2025, according to the “Collectibles Industry Report (2024–2034)”, published by Market Decipher – indicating an annual growth rate of 9.2 per cent. The report says that this boom is fuelled by millennial and Gen Z collectors turning passion
Surfers brave chilly waves after cold front in Palm Beach With temperatures in the mid-40s and wind gusts up to 20 mph, surfers flocked to the Atlantic Ocean in Palm Beach to catch some waves Nov. 11. Collector Dominic Taglialatella has transformed a Palm Beach office building into a showroom for his personal art collection.
“Mission San Buena Ventura of the 1800s,” 2024; oil on canvas; Ventura, CA Before landing at Santa Barbara’s Harrison Design, architect Anthony Grumbine earned two bachelor’s degrees — architectural studies and art history — from Carleton University and a master’s in architecture from Notre Dame. He was finishing up that graduate degree in 2007 when
Art and food collide at Anti:dote for yet another creative new afternoon tea launch. In a special collaboration with Into the Modern: Impressionism from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston – Southeast Asia’s largest French Impressionism art exhibition that’s currently showing at National Gallery Singapore – the cocktail bar is serving an Impressionist-themed high tea
James Doyle, 14, triumphed in the 11 to 14 years category with a striking acrylic portrait on canvas titled “Nosey Man”, competing against the largest number of entries across all three age groups. The achievement is particularly remarkable as this is the first Young Artist Prize in the RBSA’s 200-year-plus history. James created the winning