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3 Bob Ross paintings fetch over $600,000 at auction benefiting public television; 27 still on block
10+ mon, 2+ day ago (493+ words) Updated on: November 12, 2025 / 4:56 AM EST / CBS/AP Los Angeles — Three paintings from famously chill public television legend Bob Ross sold Tuesday for more than $600,000 at auction. The paintings were the first of 30 Ross works being sold to benefit public TV…...
Banksy unveils new art in London
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (234+ words) December 22, 2025 / 1:51 PM EST / CBS/AP Banksy appeared to confirm Monday that a new mural in London, depicting two children lying down and pointing up at the sky, is his latest work. The black and white mural, painted above a garage,…...
40 Years Later, Houston's FotoFest Keeps Its Edge
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (145+ words) FotoFest embodies this spirit of freedom, as the retrospective demonstrates the biennial’s tireless commitment to never looking away from hard truths and to building a community that is both local and international. Doing all that for 40 years — that’s no small…...
Divine art: Inside the Vatican's Mosaic Studio
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (471+ words) April 5, 2026 / 9:24 AM EDT / CBS News St. Peter's Basilica is the biggest (and for Catholics, the most sacred) church in the world. Its artworks, like Michelangelo's Pieta, have been known to make peasants and popes weep. Everywhere you turn, you may…...
Inside the Desert City Where Everyone Is Nuts
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (148+ words) A new media company built on the ideals that were once the bedrock of American journalism. “Everyone here is insane,” says a man who introduces himself as Wizard. He is holding a staff, and uses it to gesture at the…...
Remembering the iconic artist David Adickes on his 99th birthday and his lasting legacy in Houston
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (459+ words) Sabiha Mahmood, Houston Life Producer HOUSTON – Texas-born artist David Adickes was more than just a painter and sculptor — he was a creator whose giant masterpieces left a lasting impression on Houston. From the Virtuoso sculpture standing proudly in front of…...
"Wonder and awe": The art of Ruth Asawa
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (564+ words) January 25, 2026 / 9:39 AM EST / CBS News Artist Ruth Asawa's San Francisco Fountain, in the city's Union Square, is an endless treasure trove of Bay Area knowledge. "Some people refer to it as sort of a Where's Waldo?, because there are so…...
Previously unseen Renoir painting of his son sells for over $2 million at auction
9+ mon, 2+ week ago (390+ words) November 25, 2025 / 2:06 PM EST / CBS/AFP A previously unknown work by French impressionist painter Auguste Renoir of his toddler son Jean sold for $2.08 million (1.8 million euros) at a Paris auction on Tuesday, the Drouot auction house told AFP. The oil painting…...
Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for nearly $55 million, shattering record for female artists
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (448+ words) November 20, 2025 / 8:59 PM EST / CBS/AP A 1940 self-portrait by famed Mexican artist Frida Kahlo sold Thursday for $54.7 million at a New York art auction, becoming the top sale price for a work by any female artist. The painting of Kahlo asleep…...
Gustav Klimt portrait painting sells for record $236 million at New York auction
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (388+ words) November 18, 2025 / 10:39 PM EST / CBS/AP A Gustav Klimt portrait painting sold Tuesday for $236 million, a record for a modern art piece, at an auction where a solid gold, fully functional toilet satirizing the ultrarich also fetched $12.1 million. Cattelan has said…...