/ 18 November 2021

Divorcées’ art collection goes up for auction, taking a Banksy, and the word of the year…

Image source: Getty
Image source: Getty

Artworks by Andy Warhol, Frida Kahlo, and Jackson Pollock have sold for a record US$676 million in New York this week. Wealthy socialites Harry and Linda Macklowe were unable to agree on the collection’s value during their divorce proceedings, so under the hammer it went.

One man who does know the value of art is a British landlord who ripped out a wall in his building after graffiti artist Banksy left a mural of a child wielding a crowbar there. Life imitates art…

‘Strollout’ has been named the word of the year by the Australian National Dictionary Centre. Coined by ACTU boss Sally McManus to describe delays in Australia’s slow-starting COVID vaccination roll out, let’s just say it was received with quite a few ‘huh?’ reactions…

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