The Cascais Council announced that this year it will buy two works ofPaula Rego (1935-2022), entitled "Day" and "Night", for the Casa das Histórias collection, dedicated to the dissemination of the artist's work, revealed sources linked to this entity. Contacted by the Lusa agency, the president of the D. Luís I Foundation, Salvato Teles de Menezes, member of the joint committee responsible for the activity of Casa das Histórias Paula Rego (CHPR), together with Nick Willing, the painter's son, explained that negotiations with the artist's family had been going on for some time.

Australia's best home design was celebrated over the weekend with the announcement of the winners of the 2022 Houses Awards.For the first time, a single project, Autumn House, won in four categories.

Men's paintings cost 10 times more than a work by a woman artist, but why? Are men 10 times better artists than women? The art market gives the impression that male artists are much better than female artists. The most expensive painting - Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi - sold for $450 million, while the world record for a female artist, Georgia O'Keeffe, is just $44.4 million, a tenth more.

Elaine de Kooning's East Hampton home and studio was recently designated a historic site by the National Park Service.Elaine de Kooning lived an exciting life marked by the artistic movement known as Abstract Expressionism.In this house he built a studio where he worked for the rest of his life. He painted rigorously in the studio, cigarette in hand, and often on a ladder, while his studio assistants laid out large-scale canvases.