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This haunting novel narrated by a book stayed with me for weeks

Angela O’Keeffe’s compelling new novel, Phantom Days, is a haunting contemplation of the power (or, perhaps more precisely, the agency) of stories.

The Conversation

The emperor's new receipt: Rs 59 cr for a banana? Inside the world of absurd art pricing

In a very exclusive room far far away, a very ordinary looking wooden gavel comes down on an equally ordinary looking rostrum and somehow millions of dollars have transpired within that quarter of a second.

The Times of India

What Christie's $1.45 billion blockbuster art auction tells us about the 'Great Wealth Transfer'

Some $1 trillion worth of art will change hands over the next decade.

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Interior Designers Share the Simple Bookshelf Trick That Makes Your Home Look More Lived-In – 'It Turns the Bookcase Into an Evolving Backdrop, Almost Like a Living Collage'

It might be unconventional, but interior designers say hanging art in front of a bookshelf will transform it into a thoughtful design moment

Homes & Gardens

BTS, Rothko and Ryan Gosling befriending an alien: What's new in Europe this week

Kpop boy band BTS are back, Ryan Gosling stars as a school teacher trying to save the sun in sci-fi romp 'Hail Mary', and Florence stages one of Italy's largest Rothko exhibitions to date. Here's what to look out for this week.

Euronews

These are the 4 colours experts recommend bringing into your home this January to boost your mood and give your space a refresh for 2026

Beat the January blues by making your home look and feel fresh with these pro-recommended shades

Ideal Home

‘I’m the product of a smashed-up family’: how Sean Scully became the greatest abstract painter alive

He has survived loss, breakdown and schooling by ‘scary nuns’, but the anguish is still there in his art. As his new show thrills Paris, the US-based, Irish-born artist talks about the pain that drives him

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The Most Expensive Auction Items Sold This Past Year

These are the most expensive auction items sold in 2025.

GOBankingRates

A Light the Darkness Cannot Extinguish

At the close of an awful year, a religion scholar offers reflections on resisting despair in dark times, for the religious and non-religious alike.

Texas Observer

Paintings by UK pioneer of abstract art to be displayed in West Country

Large-scale William Scott works feature in exhibition that tells story of artist’s friendship with Mark Rothko

The Guardian - UK

Go fake yourself! The creators of trippy, four-hour art forgery epic Rohtko on their quest for truth

Based on a New York gallery scandal that was traced back to a Chinese maths teacher, Łukasz Twarkowsk’s play makes audiences question absolutely everything

The Guardian - UK

These 18 under-the-radar Amazon swaps will make your home fall-ready overnight – and no one will guess where they're from

These are the Amazon fall decor finds I’d recommend to my pickiest friends

Homes & Gardens

Stop rushing through art galleries. Spend 10 minutes with just one masterpiece instead

Science tells us art can expand our minds and bring us happiness. Australians are so lucky our public collections are free – and here’s one way to make the most of them

The Guardian - AU

Do we see colour the same way? What scientists can learn from artists

As many people sit at the wheel of their car, they are certain they know what colour is. It’s the red traffic light in front of them, the garish yellow hatchback in the next lane, or the green verge banking to their right.

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The worst thing about the damaged Rothko is that it fuels the ban-kids-from-galleries debate

Yes, I’d be mortified if it was my son who’d scratched the £42m work. But talk of limiting access to great art is just wrongheaded, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The Independent UK

Rothko painting worth more than £42m damaged by child visiting gallery

The abstract artwork will undergo restoration works to repair the scratches

Euronews

Child damages Mark Rothko painting estimated at €50m in Dutch museum

A painting by American artist Mark Rothko, valued at up to €50 million, has been damaged by a child at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam.

The Guardian - UK

Tate Modern given Joan Mitchell work in biggest donation since 1969

Miami billionaire couple part with triptych by late abstract expressionist that previously hung in their bedroom

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Miami philanthropists donate an American masterpiece to Britain's Tate Modern

Britain’s Tate Modern art museum has unveiled one of the most significant gifts it has received in years

The Guardian - UK

My Christmas pilgrimage to Mark Rothko’s Latvia

I took the scenic route to Daugavpils, birthplace of the abstract artist – a world of breathtaking colour, kindness and cold

Wallpaper

Looking forward to Tate Modern’s 25th anniversary party

From 9-12 May 2025, Tate Modern, one of London’s most adored art museums, will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a lively weekend of festivities

The Guardian - UK

From The Instigators to Bludfest: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Matt Damon and Casey Affleck star in a breezy Bostonian crime caper, while Doncaster’s favourite goth-pop pup, Yungblud, stages his own festival

The Guardian - UK

Piero and Hockney eye to eye, Holzer logs in and Rothko heads to the beach – the week in art

A Renaissance master shows with a modern one, pioneering digital art and an abstract expressionist megalith arrives in St Ives – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Ed Clark review – so ordinary he could almost be British

Pity the poor sunbathers who wander from the beach into this weak and confusing show that proves not all abstract art is worth seeing

Evening Standard

Best abstract art: originals and prints to heighten your home

Gestural pieces that offer an escape from reality

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