News | Entertainment
20 Nov 2025 7:53
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Anna Delvey is planning to hold an art show

    The con artist - born Anna Sorokin and nicknamed the Soho Grifter after she defrauded friends, hotels and financial institutions while vying to create a members' only art space - is showcasing a "collection of sketches" at New York City's Public Hotel that she created while awaiting deportation back to Germany after being found guilty of one count of attempted grand larceny, three counts of grand larceny and four counts of theft of services in 2019


    After the attention garnered by a 'Free Anna' art show in March, the 31-year-old convicted criminal told the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column: "This is a collection of sketches I've created while in ICE Orange County detention. I wanted to capture some of the moments of the past years, both never-seen-before and iconic, using the limited tools I have at my disposal. Some of the pieces are straightforward, others are more abstract and will be unique in meaning and appearance to the observer."

    Anna - who will appear at the show via video link - called it "the beginning" of her reclaiming her "story".

    She said: "I studied fashion illustration at Parsons in Paris, but haven't sketched since and only again now in this upstate NY prison. Long story - don't ask me why. You've heard so many voices already, but this is the beginning of me telling my story, my narrative, from my perspective."

    The inspiration for Netflix's 'Inventing Anna' - who used the $320,000 fee from the streaming service to pay her debt - will be working with art dealer Chris Martine, who shared it "wasn't easy" to get art materials to Anna.

    He told the outlet: "It wasn't easy getting anything in or out. Most of the art materials and paper was declined/confiscated. The only materials we got in were some colored pencils and 9 x 12 watercolor paper. She relied heavily on her jail pens and pencils which are essentially dull rubber writing instruments."

    According to Chris - who owns the Founders Art Club - the collection is worth $500,000, to which he is selling 48 per cent in lieu of individual pieces.

    Currently, Anna is having her appeal handled by lawyer Duncan Levin and Manubir S. Arora while she remains in ICE custody despite a representative telling Page Six that she "can self-deport now to whatever country she is able to go to, but chooses to stay here to fight her conviction and deportation."

    © 2025 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

     Other Entertainment News
     20 Nov: Glen Powell has made a concerted effort to remain "grounded"
     20 Nov: Brad Pitt and Ines de Ramon "looked loved up" during a recent date night
     20 Nov: Khloe Kardashian "got drunk" with Kylie Jenner on a new episode of her podcast
     19 Nov: Paris Hilton has thanked Carter Reum for always "believing" in her
     19 Nov: Eddie Murphy "was never one for giving advice" to other comedians
     19 Nov: Sharon Osbourne has struggled to sleep alone since her husband Ozzy Osbourne died
     19 Nov: Lady Frederick Windsor thinks the lives of senior royals are "total hell"
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    The All Blacks are banged up, but most players are available for what is likely to a vastly changed side to tackle Wales this weekend More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Almost a third of Kiwis plan to cut back on spending on presents this Christmas More...



     Today's News

    Business:
    Almost a third of Kiwis plan to cut back on spending on presents this Christmas 7:47

    Environment:
    Japan's biggest urban fire in nearly 50 years has torn through more than 170 buildings, and killed one 7:37

    International:
    Indonesia's Semeru volcano erupts prompting aviation warning in Australia 7:27

    Law and Order:
    An Auckland man's been fighting to get Auckland Transport to waive a 150 dollar fine for driving in a bus lane, despite police telling him to do so 7:27

    Entertainment:
    Glen Powell has made a concerted effort to remain "grounded" 7:25

    Business:
    Investor confidence is inching upward, but housing is no longer the clear favourite 7:17

    International:
    Russian barrage kills 25 in Ukraine city as Zelenskyy holds talks with Turkish leader 7:07

    Business:
    Kiwis are more optimistic about the year ahead, than the year that's just been 7:07

    Entertainment:
    Brad Pitt and Ines de Ramon "looked loved up" during a recent date night 6:55

    Entertainment:
    Khloe Kardashian "got drunk" with Kylie Jenner on a new episode of her podcast 6:25


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd