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LONDON, June 27 (Reuters) - A portrait of an unnamed woman by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt sold for 85.3 million pounds ($108.4 million) on Tuesday, setting a new record price for any work of art sold at an auction in Europe, London-based auction house Sotheby's said. The fall of the hammer at 74 million pounds broke the tension, triggering a collective exhalation in the room and a round of applause. The painting sold to a Hong Kong-based art advisory firm, bidding on behalf of a collector based there. It is now the most expensive Klimt artwork sold at auction anywhere in the world. It was last offered for sale nearly 30 years ago, when it was acquired by the family of the present owner for $11.6 million, according to the auction house.

Persons: Gustav Klimt, Sotheby's, Helena Newman, Newman, Claude Monet's, Alberto Giacometti's, Farouq Suleiman, Marie, Louise Gumuchian, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Thomson Locations: Austrian, Europe, London, Hong Kong

☆ Ai Weiwei goes big for design-focused London exhibition
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Hanna Rantala | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] Chinese artist Ai Weiwei poses during a photocall, amongst art pieces displayed in his exhibition "Ai Weiwei: making sense" at the Design Museum in London, Britain, April 4, 2023. Titled "Water Lilies #1", the artwork is one of the centrepieces of Ai's new “Making Sense” exhibition at London's Design Museum – his biggest UK show in eight years. There's a black door I integrated into this Monet's 'Water Lilies' because Monet is an artist my father liked. "Making Sense" also includes another new Lego artwork, "Untitled (Lego Incident"), one of five vast “fields” featuring hundreds of thousands of objects laid out on the gallery floor. "Ai Weiwei: Making Sense" runs at the Design Museum from April 7 to July 30.

☆ Climate protesters are chucking food at priceless paintings. A social movements expert says these tactics only convince people who already think climate change is serious.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A string of climate protests this year involved throwing food at famous pieces of art. But disruptive tactics won't sway those who aren't already concerned about climate change, a sociologist told Insider. "What I've found is that these tactics are likely to be viewed as positive by people who already believe that climate change is a serious social problem," Dylan Bugden, a sociologist at Washington State University who studies global climate change protests, told Insider. In Bugden's research, he's found disruptive and confrontational tactics aren't effective on people who are not already concerned about climate change. Tomato soup on van Gogh's 'Sunflowers'The van Gogh painting was unharmed due to protective glass, in October.

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