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Bob the Drag Queen, Monet X Change Sign Libsyn Podcast Deal Sibling Rivalry

Bob the Drag Queen, Monet X Change Sign Libsyn Podcast Deal Sibling Rivalry

Published by Daniella Wilson

Bob the Drag Queen and Monét X Change have signed a multi-year partnership with Liberated Syndication Inc. (Libsyn) to host, distribute and monetize their hit comedy podcast, Sibling Rivalry, across both audio and video, The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively announce. Libsyn will exclusively host and monetize the weekly show hosted by the RuPaul’s Drag Race alumnus, connecting premium advertisers with an audience of comedy fans, pop culture enthusiasts, LGBTQ consumers and trend-conscious viewers who tune into the beloved podcast week after week. “I am so excited to be joining the Libsyn network,” Monét tells THR. “Bob and I are approaching almost a decade of the podcast. We’re so grateful to the millions of you who’ve tuned into the podcast to indulge in our ridiculosity, and we’re so excited to make more memories at Libsyn.” Bob added, “We are entering a new era for Sibling Rivalry. I’m so excited for you all to see what me and my bestie have in store.” Launched in 2018, Sibling Rivalry has emerged as one of the most respected podcasts …

Bob the Drag Queen, Monet X Change Sign Libsyn Podcast Deal Sibling Rivalry

Bob the Drag Queen, Monet X Change Sign Libsyn Podcast Deal Sibling Rivalry

Published by Daniella Wilson

Bob the Drag Queen and Monét X Change have signed a multi-year partnership with Liberated Syndication Inc. (Libsyn) to host, distribute and monetize their hit comedy podcast, Sibling Rivalry, across both audio and video, The Hollywood Reporter can exclusively announce. Libsyn will exclusively host and monetize the weekly show hosted by the RuPaul’s Drag Race alumnus, connecting premium advertisers with an audience of comedy fans, pop culture enthusiasts, LGBTQ consumers and trend-conscious viewers who tune into the beloved podcast week after week. “I am so excited to be joining the Libsyn network,” Monét tells THR. “Bob and I are approaching almost a decade of the podcast. We’re so grateful to the millions of you who’ve tuned into the podcast to indulge in our ridiculosity, and we’re so excited to make more memories at Libsyn.” Bob added, “We are entering a new era for Sibling Rivalry. I’m so excited for you all to see what me and my bestie have in store.” Launched in 2018, Sibling Rivalry has emerged as one of the most respected podcasts …

French Court Rules Lawsuit Between Monet Heirs and Wildenstein Can Proceed

French Court Rules Lawsuit Between Monet Heirs and Wildenstein Can Proceed

Published by Jenni Sidey

Late last week, a French judge ruled that a judicial court in Rouen, Normandy, can proceed with handling a legal complaint filed by the heirs of Claude Monet, against the New York gallery dynasty Wildenstein & Co., according to French reports. The complex case revolves around a 2004 transaction, in which Monet’s great-nephew agreed to relinquish a rare Monet painting depicting the artist’s father, Adolphe, to the internationally renowned Wildenstein gallery, in exchange for several paintings of lesser value. The unnamed heir, a descendant of Monet’s brother, Léon, agreed to the arrangement despite being “very attached” to the painting of Adolphe Monet, because he wished to fairly distribute his inheritance between his two children, said the family’s lawyer, Corinne Hershkovitch, speaking to ARTnews.  Related Articles According to the complaint, in return for the coveted Adolphe Monet Reading in a Garden (1867), French-American dealer Guy Wildenstein gave the family five paintings by artists such as Pierre Bonnard, Alfred Sisley, and, importantly, another Monet landscape titled Marine, Amsterdam (1874). However, when the family tried to sell the …

Bet on Basquiat and Monet with Kalshi

Bet on Basquiat and Monet with Kalshi

Published by Jenni Sidey

So-called prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket—sites for online gambling, though the companies say they are a form of derivatives trading—have gamified modern life to a previously unforeseen degree. Users can bet not only on events bettors have traditionally gambled on, like sports, but also on bizarrely trivial matters like whether US president Donald Trump will use the expressions “big beautiful bill” or “rigged election” at the annual Thanksgiving turkey pardon. They can take a position on other seemingly comical but potentially hugely consequential outcomes too, like whether the US government will confirm the existence of alien life by the year 2027. On a darker note, some successful bets on life-and-death events such as war in Iran and the abduction of former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro have raised questions about whether bettors are trading on insider knowledge. Related Articles Now Kalshi has launched a new category that will let users bet on phenomena like the prices of individual artworks at auction as well as total sales values at particular art auctions. “The markets give …

Yinka Shonibare Joins Mennour, a Fake Fake Monet, and More: Industry Moves for May 20, 2026

Yinka Shonibare Joins Mennour, a Fake Fake Monet, and More: Industry Moves for May 20, 2026

Published by Jenni Sidey

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in On Balance, the ARTnews newsletter about the art market and beyond. Sign up here to receive it every Wednesday. Hope you are enjoying the New York sales this week. Here’s a round-up of the art trade’s comings and goings: Tina Kim Gallery to Represent Estate of Kim Lim: The gallery will show work by the Singaporean British sculptor and printmaker at Art Basel in June, ahead of a 2027 solo show—the first-ever US presentation of her work. Yinka Shonibare Joins Mennour: The Paris gallery will stage its first solo exhibition of the interdisciplinary British artist in October. Pace Gallery to Represent Brâncuși Estate: The gallery will serve as the estate’s global representative and stage an exhibition of the Romanian modernist’s work in London this fall. The Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin is currently surveying Brâncuși’s art. Clarissa Morales Named Chief Operating Officer of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth: She joins from the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, where she has served as deputy director since 2023 and helped lead the 58th and …

Devious Prankster Posts Real Monet Painting, Tells People It’s AI-Generated, and Watches the Chaos Unfold

Devious Prankster Posts Real Monet Painting, Tells People It’s AI-Generated, and Watches the Chaos Unfold

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech A poster wrought some moderate havoc this week when they shared a cropped image of a real Monet painting while claiming it was an AI fake, unleashing a flood of ill-informed reactions and muddled discourse. So, you know, it was just another day online. “I just generated an image in the style of a Monet painting using AI,” read the original post, published to X-formerly-Twitter yesterday by an anonymous conceptual artist who goes by the pseudonym “SHL0MS.” “Please describe, in as much detail as possible,” he continued, “what makes this inferior to a real Monet painting.” Commenters were quick to jump in to explain why, in their view, the alleged AI image was worse than the real work of the French impressionist master. According to one, the image was an “incoherent muddle of inconsistently saturated greens.” Another lamented that there was no “coherent composition,” while someone else shared that the painting seemed “busy, artificial, nature in turmoil, polluted.” Another …

Sotheby’s Paris Notches M. in 20th-Century Sale, Led by M. Monet

Sotheby’s Paris Notches $41M. in 20th-Century Sale, Led by $12M. Monet

Published by José Betancourt

Two paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet led a Sotheby’s Paris sale of modern and contemporary art on Thursday that racked up €35 million ($41 million). That figure is up more than 84 percent on the equivalent sale from last year and exceeds the pre-sale estimate of €22.4–€32.1 million ($26.6–$37.8 million). The total was the house’s second-highest ever in France for a sale in the category. Nearly 63 percent of lots sold above their high estimates, and 66 percent of lots were making their auction debut.  “Today’s results mark a defining moment for Sotheby’s and for Paris more widely,” Thomas Bompard, co-head of modern and contemporary art, Sotheby’s Paris, said in a statement. “From the extraordinary Monet prices achieved, to the electric atmosphere and spirited bidding that animated a packed saleroom, the auction captured a market alive with confidence as collectors from around the world leaned in, competed, and ultimately turned their eyes once again to Paris.” Related Articles The sale was led by Monet’s Vétheuil, effet du matin (1901), which, at €10.2 million ($12.1 …

‘African people are surreal’: songwriter and blues poet Aja Monet on Black resistance and love as spiritual warfare | Music

‘African people are surreal’: songwriter and blues poet Aja Monet on Black resistance and love as spiritual warfare | Music

Published by Sam Flores

‘For many years, I’ve called myself a surrealist blues poet,” says Aja Monet in her warm, deep voice. Sitting in a London cafe, the Los Angeles-based artist looks striking, with her blue braids woven up in an intricate style. She was up late uploading the final master recordings for her new album, The Color of Rain, which she says was heavily influenced by her reading around how “surrealism was a real intentional device that artists used in response to the rise of fascism throughout history”. High-minded and yet invested in the cut-and-thrust of our lives today, it’s a typical comment from Monet. With themes around love, resistance and the absurdity of our current times, her performance, poetry and music offers a balm for the suffering and abuse meted out by establishment power. Already in 2026, her second poetry book Florida Water was nominated for an award by the foundational US civil rights organisation the NAACP, and she performed alongside Stevie Wonder at Time magazine’s event celebrating Martin Luther King Day. She’s gearing up for a …

Claude Takes On Monet – The Atlantic

Claude Takes On Monet – The Atlantic

Published by Sam Flores

Shower thoughts are typically best left in the shower. Such as: What might Claude the AI chatbot have to say about Claude Monet? Earlier this month, San Francisco’s de Young Museum unveiled its newest exhibition, “Monet and Venice,” which is dedicated to the impressionist painter’s beautiful and meditative canvases of the floating city. And Anthropic, perhaps having seized on a marketing opportunity, is one of the show’s lead sponsors. Through tomorrow, visitors are able to partake in a temporary “interactive experience” that Anthropic set up in a room adjacent to the galleries. Essentially, the AI firm turned two typewriters into interfaces to chat with Claude. You type in a question about the exhibition, and Claude, based on information about Monet that the museum provided, such as exhibit labels, punches out an answer onto the same sheet of cream cardstock. When I approached one of the Claude typewriters, which were placed next to art books and paintbrushes on top of wooden desks, an employee instructed me on how to proceed and stressed, repeatedly, that I should …

Monet Once Pledged His Paintings to Secure a Loan, a Letter Reveals

Monet Once Pledged His Paintings to Secure a Loan, a Letter Reveals

Published by Jenni Sidey

Paintings by Impressionist artist Claude Monet (1840–1926) are some of the most valuable artworks in the world; in 2019 his Meules (Haystacks) soared to $110.7 million at Sotheby’s New York, setting an auction record for an Impressionist painting that still stands today. From glowing haystacks painted at different hours of the day to his monumental Nymphéas (Water Lilies) canvases and ethereal Venetian cityscapes, Monet’s work has attracted a global following of collectors eager to own a piece of his luminous art. But at the beginning of his career Monet, like many of the Impressionists, struggled to make ends meet. As reported by Artnet News, a letter confirming a loan to the artist from Gustave Manet, a brother of Monet’s fellow Impressionist Édouard Manet, will be among a tranche of Monet’s correspondence coming up for auction at Autograph Auctions on March 25. Related Articles The letter, dated October 18, 1875, reads, “I, the undersigned Claude Monet, acknowledge having received from Mr Gustave Manet, as a loan, the sum of one thousand francs, which shall be repayable from the proceeds of …