Performance art
Half-shredded Banksy fetches $25.4 mln on return
A Banksy picture which was half sliced by a shredder concealed in its frame when it was sold at auction fetched $25.4 million when it went back under the hammer in the same room in London on Oct. 14.
Onlookers gasped when the then-titled "Girl with Balloon" was sucked into a shredder as the hammer fell following a bid of $1.4 million at an October 2018 auction at Sotheby's in London.
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Half-shredded Banksy could fetch over $5 mln at auction
A Banksy artwork that sensationally self-shredded just after it sold for $1.4 million is up for sale again at several times the previous price.
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Auctioneer Sotheby's said that "Love is in the Bin"' be offered at a sale in London on Oct. 14. The piece has a pre-sale estimate of 4 million pounds to 6 million pounds ($5.5 million to $8.3 million).
Norwegian School Launches Course Teaching Students How to Be Drag Queens
According to the man behind the programme and a drag artist himself the idea is for the young people to play with gender roles
Burgeoning Drag Scene Pushes Boundaries in Macho Serbia
Drag is a visual art form that plays with gender, sexuality and power. Typically associated with the LGBT community, modern drag mostly contains drag queens: typically gay men adopting female personas who then perform lip syncs, dances or skits in front of an audience.
Night owls risk dying younger, should sleep in
People who stay up late and have to drag themselves out of bed are likelier to die younger than those who rise and set with the sun, researchers said April 12.
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Performistanbul on Youtube
The Performistanbul YouTube channel will be presenting new live camera performances, documentaries, and interviews as well as videos of past performances.
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Performistanbul opens new season
The first international performance platform in Turkey to bring performance artists together, Performistanbul, is starting the new season with a series of performances and events that will take place at Art ON Istanbul, BLOK Art Space and Artnivo Project Space.
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Questioning performance art and its evolvement in Turkey
Unique Cultural and Gastronomic Festival at Technopolis
The Cultural and Gastronomic Festival at Technopolis (old gas factory) brings more than 300 different exhibitors with a variety of food and flavors. The festival is a meeting point of culture and cuisine with caterers, hospitality professionals (hoteliers, restaurateurs) joining together through a series of events (music, theatrical happenings, artistic interventions, etc.).
Hermann Nitsch opens exhibit in Çanakkale, gifts paintings to city
Renowned Austrian performance artist Hermann Nitsch has opened an exhibition to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Turkey?s victory at the Battle of Gallipoli.
The exhibition, ?Memorial Against the War,? is on display at an old depot that has been turned into an art gallery.