24K GOLD CUBE SCULPTURE WORTH €10M IN VENICE

A cube made of gold, worth a reported €10m and billed as a conceptual work of art, has been placed in the heart of Venice in front of the Ça’ di Dio near St Mark’s Square. “The Castello Cube is a conceptual work that seems to have arrived from another world and will...

RODIN THE THINKER TO SELL UP TO €14M

A posthumous cast of The Thinker by Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) is to be auctioned on 30 June at Christie’s Paris with an estimate of €9m to €14m. It was made around 1928 at the Rudier Foundry, the family business founded by Alexis Rudier (1845-1897) who collaborated...

TRANSGENDER ART TO THE STREETS OF BASEL

Unveiled as part of this year’s Parcours section at Art Basel is a work being described as the first ever public sculpture depicting a nude, openly trans woman. Designed by the American trans artist Puppies Puppies (aka Jade Guanaro Kuriki-Olivo), the work is a...