New York auction showcases crystals, minerals and specimens

Kambaba ‘Healing Sphere,’ estimated at $300-$350
Kambaba ‘Healing Sphere,’ estimated at $300-$350
Kambaba ‘Healing Sphere,’ estimated at $300-$350

NEW YORK – Who hasn’t looked at a curve of earth and thought, “I wonder what’s under there?” We’ll never know the names of the humans countless centuries ago who first plunged crude tools, and probably their fingers, into the soil over and over and over again, just to see what might lurk beneath. Some of those ancient diggers reaped unfathomable rewards, discovering weird and wonderful rocks that glistened, gleamed, and sparkled. Our fascination with such treasures has never waned. If anything, it’s only grown stronger.Continue reading

Hall & Oates-signed artworks help raise funds for Stax Music Academy

Hall and Oates performing in October 2017 at the O2 in London. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Hall and Oates performing in October 2017 at the O2 in London. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Daryl Hall and John Oates, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and the number-one selling duo in music history, have teamed up with the London/Austin, Texas-based Soundwaves Art Foundation to help raise funds for the nonprofit Stax Music Academy. The after-school and summer music institute, located at the original site of Stax Records in Memphis, Tennessee, offers deeply discounted tuition to help students earn music scholarships to college and have thriving careers in the music industry.

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Rijksmuseum restores Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’ to original form

The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam used artificial intelligence (AI) to recreate pieces of Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’ that had been cut away 70 years after the artist created it. On June 23, the Amsterdam museum unveiled the amended painting, shown here. Image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum.
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam used artificial intelligence (AI) to recreate pieces of Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’ that had been cut away 70 years after the artist created it. On June 23, the Amsterdam museum unveiled the amended painting, shown here. Image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum.
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam recreated pieces of Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’ that had been cut away 70 years after the artist created it. On June 23, the Amsterdam museum unveiled the amended painting, which shows the artist’s intention to place the two men in the foreground off-center. Image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum.

AMSTERDAM (AP) – One of Rembrandt van Rijn’s biggest paintings just got a bit bigger.

A marriage of art and artificial intelligence has enabled Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum to recreate parts of the iconic Night Watch painting that were snipped off 70 years after Rembrandt finished it.

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Fine art takes center stage at John McInnis June 26

Undated Gina Pellon oil on canvas, estimated at $3,000-$6,000

 

Undated Gina Pellon oil on canvas, estimated at $3,000-$6,000
Undated Gina Pellon oil on canvas, estimated at $3,000-$6,000

AMESBURY, Mass. – John McInnis Auctioneers, LLC will present its June Important Fine Art Auction on June 26. It will feature more than 550 lots of paintings, prints, sculptures, mid-century Modern furniture, and fine art reference books spanning more than four centuries. All will be brought together to cross the auction block in a single session sale. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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