The artist Banksy appears to be taking credit for a large statue that was erected in London under the cover of darkness. It displays a man in a suit marching with a flag that billows onto his face, covering it entirely. The statue, interpreted by many observers as a comment on blind nationalism, depicts the…
A hand emerges from a rough white marble block, its elegant, polished fingers reaching toward the heavens. In its palm are tiny nude figures, male and female, locked in a passionate embrace. “Hand of God,” a late-19th-century sculpture by Auguste Rodin, references the biblical creation of Adam and Eve, but also Michelangelo, the Renaissance artist…
Published on 24/04/2026 – 17:02 GMT+2 A 25-foot ice sculpture in downtown Toronto sounds peaceful enough – until it attracted flamethrowers, sledgehammers, fan frenzy, and eventually the fire brigade. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT This was Drake’s way of getting people’s attention. The Canadian rapper installed the towering sculpture in a car park in his hometown to tease…
The art industry is increasingly shaped by artists’ and art businesses’ shared realization that they are locked in a fierce struggle for sustained attention — against each other, and against the rest of the overstimulated, always-online world. A major New York art fair aims to win this competition next month by knocking down the increasingly…
