This tentacular 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea poster is by Australian illustrator Ken Taylor — via Laughing Squid
A collector who bought a batch of paintings in a US garage sale has found what is believed to be a sketch by pop artist Andy Warhol among them.
Businessman Andy Fields, 48, from Tiverton, Devon, paid $5 (£3) for the five paintings in Las Vegas in 2010.
When he decided to reframe one of the paintings he found the sketch hidden behind it.
He has been told by a valuer that the sketch could be worth £1.3m — but says he does not want to sell it — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Four paintings worth $1m (£625,000) stolen from a New York gallery have been recovered in Germany 24 years on.
A total of six contemporary artworks were taken from the Soloman Gallery in 1988, with one turning up in 2003.
But the remainder of works remained hidden until they turned up in the estate of a dead German art dealer.
The dealer’s daughter had attempted to get the paintings authenticated, alerting the Art Loss Register (ALR) to their whereabouts.
The ALR said there was still one painting yet to be found — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A collection of works by graffiti artist Banksy have sold for more than £400,000 at an auction in London.
Girl and Balloon, one of 18 pieces sold on Thursday, fetched £73,250, almost five times its estimated pre-sale price.
The image has been painted directly onto the cardboard backing of an Ikea frame.
The stencil painting Leopard and Barcode, which has never been under the hammer before, sold for £75,650.
The Urban Art sale took place at Bonhams auction house — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Giant Squid Triptych is a set of 3, 13 x 19 prints. Add a fresh pop of colour to your little one’s nautical nursery or room décor with this detailed silhouette of Giant Squid — via Etsy
Sculpted in terracotta, cast in poly resin and painted with casein paint — via Ace Gallery
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Illustrator and author Adam Rex painted Giant Squid vs Pirates mural in his backyard. It is based on an illustration he did for the children’s book Billy Twitters and his Blue Whale Problem by Mac Barnett — via Laughing Squid
An Andy Warhol painting of singer Elvis Presley could fetch up to $50m (£31.7m) when sold in a New York auction in May.
Sotheby’s said Double Elvis epitomises the artist’s obsessions with fame, stardom, and the public image
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The life-size painting is one of 22 pieces Warhol dedicated to the singer, and will be shown in London, Los Angeles and Hong Kong before the sale.
Eight Elvises was sold for $100m (£63.5m) in a private sale in 2008.
The highest amount paid at auction for a Warhol was Green Car Crash, which went for $71.7m (£45.5m) in 2007 — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A Jewish man has won his fight against a German museum for the return of thousands of rare posters stolen from his father by the Nazis in 1938.
Berlin’s Federal Court of Justice ruled Peter Sachs, who now lives in the US, is the rightful owner of the posters.
The judges said that not returning the posters would perpetuate Nazi injustice
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I can’t describe what this means to me on a personal level,
Peter Sachs said — via BBC News
My octopus of choice — via deviantART
Random Zazzle design — via deviantART
Life-size steel rhino sculpture of 1/4″ plate steel. The perfect addition to your yard. Weighs 3,500 pounds and measures 10′ long, 4′ wide and 5′ high — via Etsy
Have some… baby octopi… — via deviantART
Eric Standley creates mind-blowingly intricate cut paper art — via Neatorama
This is the 6′ octopus on the East side of Craft’s and More in Jacksonville Beach, Florida — via deviantART
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Someone should tell that Octopus that scooters don’t run so well in the water — via Clinton Reno
Sometimes, when two octopi love each other very much, they weave their bodies together and a very special heart is born — via W+K Studio
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