Art

By BEL MOONEY Published: 19:01 EDT, 5 April 2025 | Updated: 19:01 EDT, 5 April 2025 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- …

In Donald Trump’s 1987 bestselling business advice manual, The Art Of The Deal (his ‘second favourite book after the Bible’), the then New York property developer outlined 11 of his favourite negotiation tactics.No 5 read: ‘Use your…

THE SECRET PAINTER by Joe Tucker (Canongate £18.99, 224pp)Eric Tucker never had a career, lived with his mother for most of his life and probably never had a girlfriend.In his final years he became increasingly odd, filling his house…

Free admission to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts from December 24 to 31, 2024 The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) is celebrating the holidays by offering free admission to its collections and exhibitions from December 24…

Canadian premiere of a mesmerizing video installation Editor’s Note: I have a personal interest in this composition. A friend of my late sister used to entertain us with his piano virtuosity by playing Piano Concerto for the…

By BEL MOONEY Published: 19:59 EST, 12 December 2024 | Updated: 05:47 EST, 13 December 2024 <!-- <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- The Best…

Somewhere, in a city of 8 million people, there must be New Yorkers with amazing flatulence and extraordinary sphincter control.Back in the summer of 1987, in Hamburg, Germany, such talents were found to accompany a violin in “concerts”…

A crypto boss has eaten the $6.2 million banana art he purchased and promised to buy 100,000 more pieces of the fruit from the vendor who sold the original.But Justin Sun's pledge to NYC fruit seller Shah Alam, 74, has the vendor…

For most art-world buyers, a work unsubtly called “Comedian” lacked a certain a-peel.It’s little wonder: “Comedian” is actually just a banana duct-taped to a wall. Created by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, the piece debuted at the…

By KATHARINE SPURRIER Published: 19:02 EST, 7 November 2024 | Updated: 19:02 EST, 7 November 2024 <!-- <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- …