Afrobeats star Wizkid has become the first African artist to reach 10 billion combined streams on Spotify, marking a major milestone for African music on the global stage. The Nigerian singer achieved the record through a decade of hit releases, including Drake’s “One Dance” and his global smash “Essence.” The achievement highlights the growing influence of Afrobeats in the global music industry.

Wizkid Becomes First African Artist to Reach 10 Billion Spotify Streams | WION

A new Banksy mural has ignited fierce debate after appearing on the wall of London’s Royal Courts of Justice. Depicting a judge striking a protester with a gavel, the provocative piece was quickly confirmed by the artist on Instagram — and just as quickly covered up by officials citing building preservation rules. As crowds gathered and critics weighed in, questions over free speech, protest rights, and artistic censorship surged once again.

Banksy targets British justice: New mural of judge striking protester sparks uproar 

World | Trending | Last month, the Republican criticised the portrait, which was hanging in Colorado’s State Capitol, saying it had been “purposefully distorted” in a post on his Truth Social platform. Following the remarks, the portrait was removed.

‘Changed for the worst’: Artist of Trump’s ‘truly worst’ portrait claims her business is in danger

The humanoid of robot artist Ai-Da has made history as the first robot artist to sell artwork at auction. Watch in for more details!

Humanoid Robot Artist 'Ai-Da' Creates History: First Humanoid Robot To Sell Artwork At Auction

An original cover painting from the 1963 comic book "Asterix and Cleopatra" went under the hammer Sunday but failed to find a buyer after a legal challenge from the artist's daughter.

Original Asterix cover fails to find buyer after legal challenge

A Russian Court sentenced an artist to jail for 7 years. The woman artist was found guilty of spreading false information about the Russian military.

Russia says artist was spreading misinformation about military

The prosecutors in Russia demanded an eight-year imprisonment for artist Alexandra Skochilenko who had changed the supermarket price tags with statements which criticised the military offensive of Moscow in Ukraine last year, reported independent media.

Russian prosecutors demand eight-year imprisonment for artist opposing Ukraine invasion

In what comes as a bizarre incident, a Danish artist who received large sums of money from a museum and submitted empty frames as artwork has been ordered by a court to repay the funds.

Danish artist submits empty frames as artwork, court orders him to repay museum

Artisans of Kashmir Valley are lauded worldwide for their unique art forms which is an aspect of Kashmiri culture. The fact remains however that women Artisans from the valley have not been recognized as much as their male counterparts and for a very fast time a group of women have decided to give public recognition to female Artisans in the Kashmir Valley.

Kashmiri women artisans get recognition long overdue

A remarkable discovery has taken place in Kolkata, as a 44-foot-long Japanese-style handscroll, painted by the renowned Indian blind artist, Benodebehari Mukherjee nearly a century ago, has resurfaced and made its debut in the city of his birth.

Lost for a century: Blind Indian painter's scroll resurfaces after 100 years

An artist in the United Kingdom named John Craxton once paid $310 for an unusual chandelier at an antique shop in London which he believed was made by the great sculptor Alberto Giacometti, turns out he was right.

‘Extremely rare’ chandelier once bought by UK artist for $310 to be sold for more than $8 million

Kashmir region was named among the most creative cities of the world by UNESCO. The valley has an abundant heritage of art and craft and one such craft is glazed pottery.

Artist pays tribute to the last craftsman of Kashmiri tiles through exhibition

Artist who wants to draw London’s all 3,500 pubs- see pics

In pics: Jordan’s artist uses plastic arts to raise concerns for environmental issues

Lucky Ali recalls his early showbiz days and gets candid about his life. He shared the real story behind the 2020 viral Goa Video and how music happened in his life

Lucky Ali reminisces about his early showbiz days

Jesstoni Garcia, the co-owner of a Manila hair salon creates unusual art with his hair. Whenever he takes electric clippers to his head, he creates art material out of it.

Filipino artist uses own hair to create unusual portraits

In a rare incident, a 42-year-old Armenian multimedia artist, Narine Arakelian, is selling one of her reproductive eggs through an NFT. Not only this but she also expects the buyer to conceive a child with it.

This Armenian artist is auctioning one of her reproductive eggs through NFT

A visual artist Manveer Singh created a sculpture from plastic waste at an Indian beach. he made it to raise awareness about its impact on Olive Ridley sea turtles.

Indian artist creates sculpture out of plastic waste to create awareness of impact on turtles

In a studio in Lagos, Nigeria an angel waits patiently as a team of artists work to get her ready for her portrait. The “angel” and her stylists are all being guided by the 27-year-old artist, Abdulrasaq Babalola.

Nigerian installation artists draw attention to plastic waste

All forms of dissent are quashed in China. A provocative exhibit by dissident Chinese artist Badiucao has opened in the industrial northern Italian city of Brescia despite pressure by the Chinese embassy in Rome to cancel it. His work criticises the Chinese government for its human rights violation.

Dissident Chinese artist Badiucao’s exhibition in Italy highlights China's poor record

Since Venezuelan artist and medical student Elianni Di Gregorio was born in 1997 the currency of her home country has done nothing but tank.

Artist in Venezuela brings new value to discarded banknotes

A latest tweet by the Nobel Prize authorities seems to have caught the attention of the netizens. In the tweet, The Nobel Prize, which is the official Twitter handle of the authorities, shared, “Discover the person behind the striking illustrations of the 2021 Nobel Prize laureates: Niklas Elmehed.

Twitter erupts as Nobel Prize authorities reveal artist behind laureates’ illustrations

In a strange development, a hacker has returned $336,000 to a British collector after he tricked him into buying a fake Banksy NFT advertised through the artist's official website.

Fake Banksy NFT sold for £244k through artist's website

A new exhibition in Berlin is exploring how the favorite artists of the Nazi regime continued to work uninterrupted after the Second World War .The exhibition "Divinely Gifted" National Socialists favorite artists in the federal republic" shows how some artists that embraced the Hitler dictatorship continued to create, to teach and to make a living after 1945, without much regard to their past.

Exhibition explores what happened to Hitler's favourite artists after WWII

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