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This painting's the most expensive art sold ever, for a whopping $179 million
A Picasso masterpiece fetched more than $179 million in New York on Monday, smashing the world reco…
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Shares of famous artwork are going public for the first time with a top painting's IPO expected to draw $55 million
The artwork, known as "Three Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer," is a 1963 portrait series by f…
Filip De Mott
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Roman Abramovich and ex-wife Dasha Zhukova amassed a 'stupendous' art collection worth almost $1 billion, leaked documents reveal
An investigation by The Guardian and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project revealed …
Polly Thompson
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Roald Dahl once warned his publishers that he would send the 'enormous crocodile' to 'gobble them up' if they changed his words
Publisher, Puffin, recently updated several of Dahl's works to remove words like "crazy" and "fat" …
Kenneth Niemeyer
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I'm the CEO of Gymshark. Here's what my morning routine is like, including the habits I follow to the minute to feel grounded for the day ahead.
Ben Francis founded Gymshark ten years ago when he was just 20 years old. Now, the activewear compa…
Kiera Fields
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Inside JPMorgan's handling of Jeffrey Epstein
JPMorgan has avoided many of the issues that have plagued banks this year, but its previous relatio…
Dan DeFrancesco
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I've been a cab driver in London for 20 years. Graveyard shifts were the best — you never know what'll happen in the back of a cab.
Asher Moses started driving black cabs in London over 20 years ago. He can name Slash as a passenge…
Olivia Atkins
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'They need to find a new Freddy': Horror icon Robert Englund reflects on bidding farewell to Freddy Krueger, and how he inadvertently helped 'Star Wars' find its Luke Skywalker
"A Nightmare on Elm St." star Robert Englund spoke to Insider about saying goodbye to Freddy Kruege…
Eammon Jacobs
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Kyra Sedgwick once ruined a film screening at Tom Cruise's house after accidentally pushing a panic button
Sedgwick said she pushed a button under the mantlepiece. It turned out it was Cruise's panic button…
Jacob Sarkisian
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If bright light makes you sneeze you may have ACHOO syndrome, a medical mystery over 2500 years old
ACHOO syndrome, aka the photic sneeze reflex, is when you sneeze uncontrollably when exposed to bri…
Carla Delgado,Jason R. McKnig…
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If bright light makes you sneeze you may have ACHOO syndrome, a medical mystery over 2500 years old
ACHOO syndrome, aka the photic sneeze reflex, is when you sneeze uncontrollably when exposed to bri…
Carla Delgado,Jason R. McKnig…
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Russia sanctions almost 300 British MPs in retaliatory move, but its list includes several errors
Russia has banned hundreds of British MPs from entering its country, saying they were "whipping up …
Catherine Neilan
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Indian boarding schools aren't unique to Canada. Why one Lakota survivor calls American burial sites the 'tip of the iceberg'
Burial sites have been uncovered at former Indian boarding schools across Canada. But a Lakota acti…
Simon Moya-Smith
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The art world is blacklisting Russian oligarchs amid fears that the billionaires will take advantage of the industry's lack of regulation to evade sanctions
Russian oligarchs have deep roots as high-value art collectors and patrons. Here's how the notoriou…
Sarah Jackson,Hannah Towey
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The runner up for the $69 million art NFT is the same crypto whiz kid who once paid $4.6 million to have lunch with Warren Buffett
Tron boss Justin Sun was outbid at the last moment for the Beeple artwork at a Christie's auction o…
Will Daniel
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San Francisco’s ‘doom loop’ is a warning for every American city. Here’s how we can fix it before it’s too late.
Three proven ways to save San Francisco, and every other town confronting an economic apocalypse
Adam Rogers
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Prominent ex-cardinal expelled from the priesthood is the highest-ranking Catholic dismissal in modern times
On Thursday, Pope Francis will gather bishops from around the world for a summit on the church's se…
Meghan Morris
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Even Steve Cohen Has To Show His Tickets To Get Into Christie's For An Art Auction
His personal collection includes pieces by Monet, Picasso, Jasper Johns, Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, …
Julia La Roche
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Casino Billionaire Elaine Wynn Bought The Most Expensive Painting Ever Sold At Auction
The buy set a record for a work of art sold at auction, the Wall Street Journal reports. Wynn put t…
Pamela Engel
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Here's The Painting That Just Sold For $142.4 Million - The Most Anyone Has Ever Paid For Art At Auction
For at least 10 minutes Christie's overflowing salesroom watched in rapt attention as a 1969 tripty…