Written by Nina dos Santos, CNN Contributors Lauren Kent, CNN It is the biggest legal fight the art world has ever witnessed: a Russian oligarch, who claims he was ripped off buying multi-million-dollar masterpieces, versus a Swiss art dealer who says it was just business. Now, after six years of lawsuits in multiple jurisdictions, the … Read more
A version of this article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. For the first time since its creation in the wake of the French Revolution, the Musée du Louvre in Paris will be headed by a woman. Laurence des Cars, 54, the current president of the Musée d’Orsay … Read more
Written by Oscar Holland, CNNHong Kong At the annual Art Basel fair in Hong Kong, visitors browsed busy booths filled with works by some of contemporary art’s biggest names, from Damien Hirst to Isamu Noguchi. Those prevented from joining in person due to travel restrictions — whether collectors from mainland China or European gallerists — … Read more
British police are hunting for thieves who broke into a castle in southern England and made off with “irreplaceable” artifacts, including gold and silver items worth more than £1 million ($1.4 million). Burglar alarms alerted staff at Arundel Castle to a break in on Friday night at 10.30 p.m. (5.30 p.m. ET), and items of … Read more
Italy narrowly pipped a handful of rivals to win a colorful and kitsch Eurovision Song Contest in the Netherlands on Saturday, scoring victory on the continent’s biggest stage after an early test of the continent’s emergence from the pandemic. The show featured performances that ranged from the sublime to the eyebrow-raising, as is tradition for … Read more
This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. It was a tragedy for Francis I of Brittany when his wife Yolande of Anjou died in 1440. But she was soon replaced — both as his wife and in her own prayer book, where her image and coat of … Read more
Written by Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Record labels of the late 1990s and 2000s curated a seemingly endless march of girl groups in matchy-matchy outfits, all vying to be the next Spice Girls or Destiny’s Child. But after a fall from the top 10 of “TRL” or the afterglow of “Making the Band” fame, what happened … Read more
Written by Leah Dolan, CNN Paris’ former stock exchange, the Bourse de Commerce, will reopen its doors this week having undergone a $195 million transformation into a new landmark museum for contemporary art. Three years in the making, the redesign was led by Japanese architect Tadao Ando and supported by a team of Parisian architects, … Read more
Written by Megan C. Hills, CNN A tiny sketch of a bear by Leonardo da Vinci is expected to sell for over $16 million at auction. The item is one of only eight Leonardo drawings left in private hands, according Christie’s, the auction house organizing the sale. Measuring less than 8 square inches, the drawing … Read more
Written by Jacqui Palumbo, CNN In the back of a 1952 Chevy Deluxe, a woman brushes back her hair, her heavily lined eyes closed in a moment of quiet, the words “No Soy De Ti” (“I don’t belong to you”) inked across her chest. Mary is a member of the Vintage Ladies Car Club, a … Read more