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A duct-taped banana is now worth $1 million

The fruit is replaced regularly, along with the tape

The Independent UK

Multimillion-Dollar Statue Found Being Used As Shed Doorstop After Being Misplaced On Way To Exhibition

A historic 18th-century bust, once bought for $6 and used as a doorstop, is set to be sold for over $3 million.

International Business Times

Multimillion-Dollar Statue Found Being Used as a Shed Doorstop After Being Misplaced on Way to Exhibition

A historic 18th-century bust, once bought for $6 and used as a doorstop, is set to be sold for over $3 million.

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What Kim Jones did next: 'Money is worth less than time'

He’s quit Fendi, but what will Kim Jones do next? First stop, Sotheby’s

Evening Standard

Mysterious Diamond-laden Necklace Fetches $4.8 Mn In Geneva Auction

A mysterious diamond-laden necklace with possible links to a scandal that contributed to the downfall of Marie Antoinette, sold for $4.8 million at an auction in Geneva Wednesday.

International Business Times

Robot-created AI artwork sells for $1 million at auction

It had been expected to fetch no more than $180,000.

Fortune

AI Artwork Painted by Robot Artist Sells for Shocking Amount at Historic Auction

A piece of AI artwork sold for more than a million dollars in a historic auction sale that far exceeded expectations.

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First artwork painted by humanoid robot to sell at auction fetches $1m

Portrait of English mathematician Alan Turing was created by Ai-Da, one of the most advanced robots in the world

The Guardian - AU

Maurizio Cattelan’s duct-taped ‘banana’ artwork estimated to fetch up to US$1.5m at New York auction

The viral artwork, involving a banana stuck to a wall, is once again in the spotlight, as Sotheby’s prepares to auction it for an eye-watering sum

The Guardian - AU

Radical modernity: Kim Jones on curating Charleston for Sotheby's

As the newly appointed vice president of Charleston, Jones is curating a two-part selling and loan exhibition at Sotheby’s, ‘Radical Modernity: From Bloomsbury to Charleston’

Wallpaper

Kim Kardashian spotted in iconic Princess Diana pendant at Los Angeles gala

The iconic pendant was famously worn by Princess Diana at Birthright’s 1987 charity gala in London

The Independent UK

Robot Artist Ai-Da's Alan Turing Portrait Expected To Sell For Up To $180,000 At Sotheby's

Ai-Da, a humanoid robot artist, is making waves in the art world. Its paintings, powered by AI and executed by robotic arms, are being auctioned at Sotheby's.

International Business Times UK

Forget AI image generators, an autonomous AI artist just made $351,600 at Sotheby's

But is it art or the emperor's new NFTs?

Creative Bloq

Going, going... how London's auction houses are taking a hammering

Post-Brexit regulations, the rise of Paris and global issues from wars to the US election have all taken their toll

Evening Standard

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Fortune

Can AI create art? A Sotheby's auction tests the question

The auction house will sell a painting created by a humanoid robot.

Evening Standard

How artist L.S. Lowry became 2024's unexpected winter style pin up

‘Bleak weather inspires beautiful clothes’ — why the style set have fallen for L.S. Lowry this year

International Business Times

Portrait By Humanoid Robot To Sell At Auction In Art World First

The robot artist Ai-Da, a humanoid powered by artificial intelligence, will be the first of its kind to have a painting sold at a major auction house, organisers said Wednesday.

Evening Standard

David Hockney at the Halcyon review: an invigorating immersion into six decades of the great artist’s work

This collection shows how the bona fide national treasure has never stopped looking for new ways of making a picture

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Marie Claire

Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy's Most Iconic Jackets Are Headed to Auction at Sotheby's

Three coats from the '90s fashion icon's enviable wardrobe, to be exact.

The Independent UK

Tom Brady to auction off memorabilia worth millions - including custom watch with his name etched

Brady’s memorabilia could sell for a combined total of $2.5 million

Evening Standard

Best of both worlds? Ten historic homes with creative modern extensions, from Kennington to Kingston Vale

These creatively extended, stitched and souped-up historic homes mirror the glorious mishmash of London itself

Fortune

You can own one of Tom Brady’s watches—if you’re willing to shell out up to $800,000

The seven-time Super Bowl–winning quarterback's Sotheby’s auction begins in December.

Evening Standard

FKA twigs on her new album and overcoming four traumatic years: 'I’ve had to learn to live in my body again'

After four traumatic years FKA twigs is back with a new album, a Sotheby's durational artwork — and a thrilling metamorphosis. Joe Bromley meets her

Sports Illustrated

Robert Kraft Spent Six Figures to Purchase Tom Brady Rookie Card at Auction

A big purchase from the owner of the Patriots.

The Independent UK

Most expensive bag in the world hits Paris Fashion Week - priced at over a quarter of a million dollars

The Nano disc accessory was made by Paco Rabanne in 1969 for Françoise Hardy

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