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BANKSY is a pseudonym for a highly controversial and enigmatic street artist who has captured the attention of the art world and beyond with his thought-provoking and often politically charged graffiti. His true identity remains unknown, adding to the allure and mystery surrounding his work. One of Banksy's most iconic and enduring works is "Girl with Balloon," which depicts a young girl reaching out towards a heart-shaped balloon that is just out of her grasp. The piece has become a symbol of Banksy's powerful and evocative art and has been reproduced on everything from t-shirts to stickers. But "Girl with...

A couple of years ago a new street art campaign rolled out in Manhattan. The mural series is being commissioned by the National Audubon Society to bring awareness to the risk climate change poses to both birds and people. https://www.audubon.org/amp ▲ Cerulean Warbler by Tom Sanford (601 W. 149th St., New York, NY 10031) The hundreds of species of North American birds (314 to be precise) are climate-threatened or endangered. The scientists found that climate change will threaten the existence of 389 bird species — two-thirds of all North American birds — and that no bird will escape the impacts of related...

An iconic portrait of Marilyn Monroe by American pop art visionary Andy WARHOL went under the hammer for a record $195 million on Monday at Christie’s, becoming the most expensive 20th-century artwork ever sold at a public auction. Andy Warhol stands in front of his double portrait of Marilyn Monroe at the Tate Gallery in London “Shot Sage Blue Marilyn,” produced in 1964 two years after the death of the glamorous Hollywood star, sold for exactly $195.04 million, including fees, in just four minutes in a crowded room at Christie’s headquarters in Manhattan. The previous record was set in 2015...

Creating a Good Time: Clocks as Interior Design Pieces How often do people in the modern world turn to autonomous watches to tell the time? In the era of smartphones, computers, and similar technologies, anyone is more likely to look at a screen than look for which room has a clock. However, all sorts of clocks are still around us. If not out of necessity, then why are clocks often in homes and businesses? It’s because clocks simply leave the realm of utilities and into the world of design and decor. They serve an artistic purpose, add something that can...

Piet MONDRIAN (1872–1944) was a Dutch painter who worked in the Netherlands, in Paris, in London, and finally in New York. He is famous for his abstract and non-figurative paintings. His early works were mostly traditional landscapes and from 1908 there was an influence of symbolism. While experimenting, Mondrian made his works more abstract, first in a cubist tradition, later in his own unique style. He adopted a restricted set of colors, sometimes soft pastels, eventually only red, yellow, and blue, next to black, white, and sometimes grey. Between 1918 and 1940 he made many paintings of the kind for...