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🗞️ Word On The Street

"What some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.” ~ Iggy Pop

Sometimes the best reminder not to take the art world too seriously comes from the art world itself.

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Someone Licked The Art 👀
Things have been busy. Rocks became art, firefighters rescued a sculpture, bananas are still bent and, yes, someone licked the art.
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October 1, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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Magic, when treated as an expressive medium, transforms technique into poetry and astonishment into art.

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The Magician Who Became an Artist | Artnet News
This week, Jeanette Andrews talks with Ben Davis about reimagining magic as a creative medium for the museum.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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“History is not the past. It is the present.” ~ William Faulkner

“The land of liberty had no room for a coloured sculptor.”

Edmonia Lewis. Remember her name.

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The Story of Edmonia Lewis, America’s First Black and Indigenous Art Star
"Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone" at the Peabody Essex Museum revisits the career of the once-famed Black and Indigenous American sculptor
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April 19, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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Ocean’s Eleven? Please. We’re more like MoMA’s Mischievous Seven.

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The 8 Most Embarrassing Art Heist Fails of All Time
Flat tires, broken cameras, and old man get-ups are just some of the factors behind the most bungled art heists in history.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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🎞️ Freeze-frame 🎞️

Some images don’t just capture a moment… they stay with you.

Discover photography at Addicted Art Gallery

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March 18, 2026 at 9:46 PM
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Clear as day...or clear as mud?

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What's the Difference Between Modern and Contemporary Art?
A clear guide to the key differences between Modern and contemporary art movements, from Cubism to street art.
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May 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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“Are you really sure that a floor can't also be a ceiling?” ~ M.C. Escher

🎓 Art Education

Perception is often shaped as much by the mind as by the eye

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How Did M.C. Escher Develop His Mind-Bending, Paradoxical World?
A new exhibition at London's Somerset House invites visitors to step into the wacky world of M.C. Escher, where nothing is quite as it seems.
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June 26, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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From British punk to early Hip-Hop, Janette Beckman documented cultural movements before the world fully understood their impact 🔗 bit.ly/4wJYW71
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How Janette Beckman Captured Music History in Real Time
The MoPOP retrospective, “Rebels + Icons: The Photography of Janette Beckman,” brings together the photog's most defining portraits.
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May 23, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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Black or White. Truth or illusion.

Meaning is not always obvious. It emerges slowly, layer upon layer, shaped by tension, disruption, and reflection.

This is the world of Ale Osollo 🔗 bit.ly/3R5GZj5

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Ale Osollo: The Art of Becoming
It is comforting to believe the world exists in absolutes. Black or white. Truth or illusion. But life rarely unfolds so simply. Beneath every surface lies a quiet accumulation of memory, instinct, ex...
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May 17, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.

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5 Art Scams Every Art Buyer Should Know—and How to Avoid Them
From phishing to forgeries, these are the main scams art buyers need to keep a watchful eye on.
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August 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Who dares wins!

Get Your Art Fix! | Mystery Artwork Of The Day'

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September 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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"I see dead people." ~ Cole Sear, The Sixth Sense (1999)

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This Man Snapped the World's First Photo of a Ghost—Or Did He?
Meet William Mumler, the amateur chemist who stumbled into spirit photography and pioneered an entire industry, in this edition of Eureka.
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November 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Blank walls? Tragic. Start your print collection with Addicted Art Gallery—your walls deserve better.

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Videos: What Is A Print?
Watch What Is A Print? as Acquisitions Specialist Helena Poole explains the basics and history of printmaking for new and seasoned collectors alike.
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May 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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“Fashion is Art” was this year’s Met Gala theme.

Paintings, sculpture, surrealism, portraiture. The red carpet felt less like celebrity fashion and more like a moving exhibition.

Fashion, like art, is in the eye of the beholder.

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The artworks that inspired eight of the most stunning Met Gala looks
From Heidi Klum as a veiled Vestal virgin to singer Ciara as a gold-encrusted bust of Nefertiti, here is the art behind the fashion at the Met Gala.
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May 7, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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Trust sits at the centre of David Goldman’s practice.

From iconic album covers to documentary projects, his photography is shaped by the relationships that exist on both sides of the lens.

Learn more...

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More Than The Photograph | David Goldman on photography, trust, and the stories behind the lens
Photography, for David Goldman, has never been just about the image itself. It begins with trust, perspective, and the human connection that exists on both sides of the lens. From photographing Blink-...
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May 29, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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"A house in which there is no art is only a house in which someone lives." ~ Gertrude Stein

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What You Need to Know About Buying Your First Artwork
Artsy consulted with art advisors, gallerists, and collectors to uncover the factors that define a great first art purchase, offering insights for new buyers.
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August 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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"Mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun" ~ Noël Coward

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‘Going to the beach’ looks very different in Britain | CNN
While affection for the British seaside has surged and fallen over the 20th century, it has been an enduring source of inspiration for artists including Martin Parr and Vinca Petersen. Now it’s the fo...
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July 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Who doesn’t need a dancing gorilla to spark some joy in their life right now?

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Joyful images from this year’s Comedy Wildlife Awards finalists | CNN
A windswept gannet, laughing lions and a sleepy frog are among the images to have been selected as finalists in this year’s Comedy Wildlife Awards.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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What's behind door number three?

Get Your Art Fix! | Mystery Print Of The Day

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April 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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“Art is too serious to be taken seriously.” ~ Ad Reinhardt

Big money, big ideas and big egos - the art world has all the necessary ingredients for a juicy controversy.

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Divisive royal portraits and a $6.2M banana: 2024’s biggest art controversies | CNN
These are the stories that entertained, shook and shaped the art world this year.
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December 28, 2024 at 10:02 PM
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🗞️ Word On The Street

Monuments traditionally celebrate history’s prominent figures. What happens when the pedestal belongs to an “everywoman”?

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Tschabalala Self’s Lady in Blue review – this striding scupture fills the fourth plinth with humour and life
The swaggering statue’s luscious collision of brown and blue could stop traffic – and serves as a reminder of the big, beautiful, multicultural world we enjoy
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September 12, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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Photography can challenge perceptions and broaden our understanding of the human experience.

Camille Farrah Lenain's portraiture explores identity, faith and belonging through collaborative storytelling.

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Behind a haze of smoke, dreamlike portraits of queer Muslim life | CNN
French-Algerian photographer Camille Farrah Lenain uses the rich visual grammar of Islam – henna-covered hands, white pigeons and the motif of smoke – in her cinematic images.
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August 2, 2026 at 8:43 PM
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Limited edition prints once widened access to the art market.

Now they appeal to so called "collector-investors.”

That shift is starting to reshape how the next generation enters the market.

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Is most art now just too expensive for most people?
As billionaires chase blue-chip trophies, a widening wealth gap leaves most would-be collectors priced out. Perhaps it is time artists focused on selling affordable prints again
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March 19, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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Some symbols feel ancient, others modern.

Linus Cinnamoni’s art moves between both, led by instinct. Through colour and gesture, it connects play, reflection, and discovery.

Curious? 🔗 bit.ly/3PX5aj4

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April 10, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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Everything is influenced by something else - music, design, fashion, art.

✨ From Louis to Vuitton ✨

A visual journey through one of fashion’s most enduring houses - where craftsmanship, innovation, and culture collide.

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February 3, 2026 at 9:02 PM