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Law & Politics Yves Klein’s Estate Sued Artist Stuart Semple Over His Blue Paint—And Won Semple didn't realize the color wars had led him to court—and that a judge had found him guilty of ...
Naturally, Yves Klein drew inspiration from the skies of Nice but the artist was also fascinated at how blue is the most abstract of colors, rarely present in nature apart from in infinite spaces like ...
Art World Do You Really, Really, Really Love Yves Klein? Well, Now You Can Paint Your Entire Home in His Proprietary Blue Here's your chance to bring fine art supplies into your living room.
For Yves Klein’s “Anthropometries,” nude women covered their bodies in his signature blue paint and lay down on paper, or were dragged across it. This one was created circa 1960. The Estate ...
British artist Stuart Semple recently lost a lawsuit in a French court to the estate of conceptual artist Yves Klein for the sale of "Easy Klein Incredibly Kleinish Blue" paint.
Once more valuable than gold, ultramarine blue, now sold in its synthetic form, is so popular today it ranks just below whites and blacks in sales by top suppliers of paint for artists.
The new show at Tate Liverpool is one of the first significant UK exhibitions of Yves Klein's work for more than 20 years. His full range is explored, including his famous single monochrome ...
The color has an unshakable hold on musicians, artists and writers. The background color is inspired by International Klein Blue, a hue that the artist Yves Klein first mixed in the 1950s, using ...
The one thing most people know about Yves Klein, if they know anything at all, is that in 1960 he had himself photographed swan-diving off the ledge of a roof in Paris, hovering in midair above an ...
For 60 years, it’s been nearly impossible for anyone to recreate International Klein Blue. Now, a British artist says he’s cracked it — and made an even better version of the beloved paint.