With a single post on Instagram, Yusaku Maezawa announced not only his purchase of an $110.5 million Basquiat masterpiece, and his place in auction history, but arguably signalled a new era for art in Japan. The price, a record for the artist, is reminiscent of 1980s Japan when corporate big-spenders splashed out on Impressionist art … Read more
James Rosenquist, a leading pioneer of Pop Art who appropriated industrial painting methods to cultivate his bold, graphic style, has died in New York. He was 83. The internationally acclaimed artist passed away Friday at his home following a long illness, according to The New York Times, citing his wife. Rosenquist transitioned from a commercial … Read more
Esther Mahlangu’s colourful geometric artwork is exhibited in galleries around the world, but she remains in her South African village unfazed by fame and determined to preserve her ethnic Ndebele culture. The 81-year-old painter and mural artist earned an international reputation with her Ndebele motifs at a time when the art scene in her home … Read more