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Jackson Pollock drip painting soars to record $181.2M US sale at auction

Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A Jackson Pollock artwork highlighting the artist’s famed painted swoops, swirls, pours and drizzles soared to …

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P.E.I. vet college apologizes for asking artist to remove painting based on U.S. politics

The Atlantic Veterinary College has apologized to its former artist-in-residence who quit after being asked to take down a painting he says was censored by the Charlottetown institution due to its political message. In a statement, the college acknowledged that asking Christopher Griffin to choose between removing his painting, The Crossing, or …

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The painting that vanished — and the $11 million lawsuit alleging conspiracy and neglect

It’s been about a decade since Michael Murray saw the painting of Tea Lake Dam he received from his uncle in 1977 — a piece he says is an original Tom Thomson and whose disappearance sparked an $11-million lawsuit with a Toronto auction house that claims it never accepted the …

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City of Kingston waiting for coronation before hanging portraits of King Charles III – Kingston

While the queen’s portrait still hangs in Kingston’s city council chambers, it does not at legion 631 in Kingston, Ont.’s west end. However, a photo of King Charles III is already up, adorning the legion’s hall. “I went on the internet just to see what I could find of King …

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‘The intimacy is really motivating’: Saskatoon Bunkhouse looks for new artists – Saskatoon

The city of Saskatoon is looking for new artists to take up residence in the Bunkhouse located in the Forestry Farm Park and Zoo. Aarin Rinas is a painter and currently one of six artists in residence. Read more: Marking 50 years at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo …

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Oily liquid thrown at Klimt painting in Vienna in latest climate protest

Climate activists in Austria on Tuesday attacked a famous painting by artist Gustav Klimt with a black, oily liquid and one then glued himself to glass protecting the painting’s frame. Members of the group Last Generation Austria tweeted they had targeted the 1915 painting Death and Life at the Leopold …

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