The fate of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Salvator Mundi” continues to make the world’s headlines. Last August, the painting made splashes in the NFT industry, as ElmonX and Bridgeman Images announced their plans to create an NFT of it. This year, the unique da Vinci masterpiece, which is currently held in private art storage in Geneva, is again entering the global art community’s spotlight because of an announcement to return it for public display.

The Museum of Russian Art (TMORA) is one of the signature artistic spaces in Minneapolis, MN. It gives visitors a unique glimpse at the Russian artists’ legacy and familiarizes the audience with modern and contemporary Russian art. So, what highlights does the Museum have on offer at present? Here are a couple of exhibitions you should definitely visit.

Last week, a new museum opened its doors in London. The private museum under the name Moco Museum London is conveniently placed at the prime Marble Arch site, the heart of London, promising a unique visitor experience with “iconic” pieces of contemporary art. Moco Museum occupies 25,000 square feet on the building’s three floors. This is the third Moco site, with the first two located in Barcelona and Amsterdam.

The Japanese artistic tradition is varied and diverse; it embraces many artistic visions and trends that have only recently become accessible to Western art enthusiasts. This August, the Met has opened a large-scale exhibition of Japanese art where all fans of the Asian artistic vision can enjoy the work of Japanese poets, calligraphers, and painters.

Banksy’s street art enjoys tremendous popularity across the globe, with this artist leaving his traces in major capitals of Europe and American cities. His creative activity in the UK has also been pronounced over the past years, and 2024 has witnessed the emergence of several new Banksy artworks in the London streets.

Were you waiting for the next edition of New York City Estate Auction by Auctions at Showplace? It’s time to include the event in your August schedule, as the auction is soon opening its doors again. This time, collectors will be treated to a huge variety of options: 280 lots of fine and decorative art, jewelry, coins, and more delivered directly from NYC and the metropolitan area.

Andy Warhol partnered with the filmmaker Jonas Mekas to make a stationary shot film of the Empire State Building on July 25, 1964. The duo screened an 8-hour-long film from a single position, showcasing how this building, created in the best tradition of Art Deco, arises from darkness in the first rays of sun in the morning.

In February 2024, Fine Art Shippers, a professional art shipping company based in New York, was entrusted with the important project of Banksy mural relocation to Bridgeport, СT, from the South Bronx, NY. The mural titled “Ghetto 4 Life” appeared on the wall of one of the buildings in 2013. The relocation decision followed over a decade of the mural’s existence in the streets of the Bronx, but the task of its extraction and shipment appeared to be both technically challenging and delicate.