FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Auguste rodin - The Untold Story

Family mistook missing Rodin sculpture for a copy; 1892 original sold for $1 million

A small marble sculpture a family had kept on their piano for years, believing it to be a copy, has been confirmed as an authentic work by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. The piece, called "Despair", sold at auction in France on Monday for €860,000 (£725,000; $982,000). The 28.5cm (11…

The Times of India · 22h ago

The history of kissing is more complex than you might think

Kissing is a serious business for Professor Katie Barclay, a native of Lanarkshire working in Australia

The National (Scotland) · Aug 25

Bronze Rodin sculpture to go under hammer for up to £1.5m

The piece, Eve au Rocher, will feature as part of a series of six specialist sales at Christie’s.

Evening Standard · Jun 8

Gene Hackman's Art, Awards, and Legacy Go Under the Hammer at Bonhams

Bonhams will auction Gene Hackman's art and memorabilia in New York this November, featuring works by Milton Avery, Auguste Rodin, and Richard Diebenkorn, as well as his Golden Globes and personal artworks.

International Business Times UK · Oct 19, 2025

Soap, wristbands and scaling the UN: People get creative during final plastic pollution treaty talks

A Swiss ocean protection group is handing out bars of soap to negotiators working on a global accord to end plastic pollution

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2025

Artist’s massive sculpture at UN symbolises burden of plastic waste during treaty negotiations

An evolving sculpture built from waste confronts negotiators as talks on a landmark plastic continue.

Euronews · Aug 12, 2025

Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of the UN during plastic pollution treaty talks

As nations began a second week of negotiations Monday for a global accord to end plastic pollution, an artist heaped piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture in front of the United Nations office

The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2025

A 'Thinker' Drowns In Plastic Garbage As UN Treaty Talks Open

A replica of Auguste Rodin's famous sculpture "The Thinker" outside the United Nations headquarters was being slowly submerged in plastic rubbish Monday as countries gathered in a bid to finalise a global treaty on plastic pollution.

International Business Times · Aug 4, 2025

Rodin’s rowdy rival: Medardo Rosso, the anarchist who brought sculpture into the modern era

A new retrospective shines a light on the turn-of-the-century Italian artist, one of the art world’s most obscure yet revered figures, whose legacy was eclipsed by his contemporaries

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2025

Lost Auguste Rodin sculpture sells for €860,000 at auction in France

The small marble sculpture, believed to be a fake by its owners, ended up being the real deal: a 1892 Auguste Rodin. It sold for auction on Monday for nearly one million dollars.

Euronews · Jun 10, 2025