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1 week ago | 
lustermagazine.com | Angela Leon Cervera
Les Lalanne Legacy is more than a market buzzword—it is a joyful rebellion against the dullness of purely decorative art. François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne turned sheep into seats and cabbages into couture, insisting that beauty should be lived, not merely observed. Today their playful hybrids fuel a white-hot market. From a $16.4 million bronze rhino-desk that unfolds into a bar to a record-breaking cabbage on stilts, collectors fight for works that fuse fantasy, function, and French chic.
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1 week ago | 
lustermagazine.com | Angela Leon Cervera
Casa Batlló Restoration is not just a facelift; it is a resurrection of one of Barcelona’s modernist icons. The project peels away decades of wear and ill-advised interventions, revealing Gaudí’s true palette and playful forms. Over two painstaking phases, conservators used cutting-edge science and traditional craftsmanship to let the building breathe again. Their work turns a fading landmark into a living laboratory for art, history, and public engagement.
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1 week ago | 
lustermagazine.com | Angela Leon Cervera
Art Basel 2025 sales stormed the headlines before the fair’s second cappuccino cooled. Blue-chip trophies moved fast, yet the real thrill was the balanced mix of megawatt deals and breakthrough voices. Despite a cautious macro mood, dealers still inked seven-figure slips and collectors queued for fresh statements upstairs. Let’s unpack the numbers, the legends, and the next-gen sparks shaping Basel’s 55th edition.
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1 week ago | 
lustermagazine.com | Angela Leon Cervera
Every June, the Rhine’s banks become a crucible of creativity as Art Basel 2025 opens its doors. The flagship fair assembles 289 galleries from 42 countries, filling Messe Basel with modern and contemporary marvels. Yet this year’s edition arrives during a cautious market. Global art sales fell 12 percent in 2024, steering many dealers toward mid-priced pieces.
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1 week ago | 
lustermagazine.com | Angela Leon Cervera
Wes Anderson style is film shorthand for meticulous symmetry, pastel worlds, and wry heartache. This November the Design Museum, London, opens “Wes Anderson: The Archives,” the first British retrospective of the director’s work, running 21 November 2025 to 26 July 2026.
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1 week ago | 
lustermagazine.com | Angela Leon Cervera
Messi AI Artwork isn’t a poster on the wall; it’s a living, breathing data storm. Refik Anadol transforms Lionel Messi’s famed 2009 Champions-League header into an eight-minute, 16K “memory temple,” inviting fans to relive the instant the ball kissed the net. On 12–22 July, Christie’s New York throws open its Rockefeller-Center doors for a totally free viewing.
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1 week ago | 
lustermagazine.com | Angela Leon Cervera
VOLTA Basel 2025 lands in Hall 4.U, Messeplatz 21—only 200 meters from the Art Week epicenter—ready to celebrate twenty years of artistic adventure. Bigger walls. Louder buzz. Same heartbeat of discovery. From 19–22 June (Press Preview 18 June), more than 70 galleries from 29 countries converge to champion diversity, innovation, and fresh global perspectives. The milestone edition packs SOLO spotlights, a debut Middle East North Africa Pavilion, and a strong Swiss cohort into four spirited days.
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1 week ago | 
lustermagazine.com | Angela Leon Cervera
A Frans Post painting hidden beneath decades of grime has leapt from dusty obscurity to the glittering spotlight of Sotheby’s New York, rewriting the artist’s market history in one electrifying sale. The rediscovered canvas—View of Olinda, Brazil, with the Ruins of the Jesuit Church—hammered at €6 million and closed at €7.37 million with fees, smashing Post’s previous record.
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1 week ago | 
lustermagazine.com | Angela Leon Cervera
Long before ultramarine or cobalt graced the palettes of European masters, the ancient Egyptians had already conjured a blue that shimmered with celestial meaning and regal power. Known as Egyptian Blue, this was the first synthetic pigment in recorded history—crafted through precise alchemical recipes of silica, calcium, copper, and plant ash. More than just a color, it was a symbol of life, divinity, and the great Nile itself. And then, it vanished.
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1 week ago | 
lustermagazine.com | Angela Leon Cervera
The Van Gogh Chair—a shimmering, Swarovski-encrusted sculpture by Italian artist Nicola Bolla—was never meant to be sat on. Yet in April 2025 a tourist did just that inside Verona’s Palazzo Maffei, collapsing two legs and scattering crystals like fallen stars. The viral CCTV clip reignited a global conversation on selfie culture, museum ethics, and the real cost of disrespecting art.
