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Historical auction results show centuries-old demand for women artists

The Art Newspaper

Our exclusive analysis of auction records in Paris until 1850 reveals around 500 sales of works by women, and striking parallels to the art trade today

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Long undervalued, Bangladeshi artists begin to rise at auction

The Art Newspaper

Modernist paintings by artists such as Zainul Abedin and Mohammad Kibria soared past their estimates at recent sales in New York

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Semi-autonomous artists can offer society new means of working with AI

The Art Newspaper

Artists have a history of giving cultural and social relevance to new technology. Recent exhibitions of artificial intelligence art and a sale at Christie's New York highlight new approaches to collective ownership and governance that are applicable to the wider community

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Emily Carr painting bought for $50 at barn sale could bring $148,000 at auction

The Art Newspaper

The 1912 painting is believed ot have been gifted by the artist to friends who later moved to the Hamptons, where a discerning dealer nabbed it decades later for a bargain

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Magritte painting could bring more than $95m at Christie's marquee New York sales this autumn

The Art Newspaper

If it goes for the auction house's estimate, "L'empire des lumières" (1954), from the collection of late interior designer Mica Ertegun, would set an auction record for the Surrealist artist

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Is the Outrage Over Christie’s A.I. Auction Overblown? Artists in the Sale Weigh In

Artnet News

"The vitriol directed toward artists experimenting with A.I. shows how powerful images are for humanity," said artist Linda Dounia. Artists in the Sale Weigh In appeared first on Artnet News. The post Is the Outrage Over Christies A.I. Auction Overblown?

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Thousands call on Christie’s to cancel AI art auction in open letter

The Art Newspaper

The sale has sparked backlash from critics who say AI programmes exploit human artists

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