Basquiat x Banksy Exhibition at Hirshhorn Museum

Both artists have a history of creating works in public spaces. Basquiat began his street art career as part of the duo SAMO (with fellow artist Al Diaz), while Banksy's guerrilla art has gained worldwide attention. Basquiat's paintings have sold for record-breaking prices, with one piece fetching around over $110.5 million USD, and Banksy's "Love Is in the Bin" selling for approximately $25.4 million USD

Rijksmuseum Closed Indefinitely due to Climate Protest

Rijksmuseum closed indefinitely. They added that the museum is enabling a "major polluter" to "hide behind famous artworks from Dutch history."

The Hermitage NFT team up with Binance for a major collaboration.

The Hermitage Winter Palace, a grand museum in Russia, has announced the auctioning of 5 legendary paintings transformed into NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) on the Binance marketplace. This event marks another significant movement in the world of art, following the sale of Michelangelo’s Doni Tondo NFTs by the Uffizi Gallery in Italy for 5.3 million Baht in mid-May. The Hermitage is an ancient museum established in 2307 BE and currently houses around 3 million artworks. The 5 selected masterpieces turned into NFTs for this occasion are by renowned artists: Leonardo da Vinci, Giorgione, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, and Wassily Kandinsky. These artworks, which are must-see attractions for visitors, have been digitally transformed into NFTs and include the following: The museum describes the auction on Binance as offering high-resolution, ultra-level digital images of each artwork. These NFTs come with the signature of Mikhail Piotrovsky, the director of the Hermitage. Two copies…