
David Geffen Sued By Billionaire Crypto Mogul Over Giacometti Sculpture
A legal battle is brewing with Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun suing billionaire media mogul David Geffen over the… Read More
6 February 2025
A legal battle is brewing with Hong Kong-based cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun suing billionaire media mogul David Geffen over the… Read More
6 February 2025
William S. Burroughs, the maverick writer, artist, and cultural provocateur whose work defied convention, reshaping the landscape of 20th-century literature…
5 February 2025
King Charles III has appointed the artist Tracey Emin a Dame Commander for services to the arts at Buckingham Palace. The event took place earlier today (Tuesday, 4 February).
4 February 2025
In a move that has sent ripples through the US cultural sector, the Smithsonian Institution has shuttered its diversity office just days after President…
30 January 2025
After nearly a century, Philip Guston’s monumental mural, The Struggle Against Terrorism, has been meticulously restored…
29 January 2025
President Macron visited the Louvre today to unveil an ambitious plan for the world’s most popular Museum, promising a “New Renaissance”….
28 January 2025
The British Museum was partially knocked offline over the weekend when “an IT contractor who was dismissed last week trespassed into the museum and shut down several of the systems.
27 January 2025
On Saturday, thieves broke into the Drents Museum in the northern Dutch city of Assen in a dramatic pre-dawn heist. They used explosives to breach its doors and make off with four ancient artefacts, including a rare gold helmet…
27 January 2025
The London Art Fair has once again cemented its reputation as a cornerstone of the UK’s cultural calendar, showcasing a… Read More
23 January 2025
Jo Baer, the celebrated American painter who revolutionised Minimalist abstraction before charting a bold course into figuration, has died at… Read More
23 January 2025
As speculation grows about Donald Trump’s return to the White House, questions loom over the future of arts funding in the United States…
22 January 2025
Britain is poised for a landmark year in 2025 as institutions across the UK prepare to celebrate the 250th anniversary of JMW Turner…
21 January 2025
The British Council is considering selling off its £200 million art collection due to debts incurred during the COVID crisis.
20 January 2025
Los Angeles’ premier art fairs, including Frieze Los Angeles, Felix, and several others, are set to go forward as planned next month despite the devastation caused by recent wildfires…
18 January 2025
A coalition of major arts organisations, philanthropists, and global institutions announced Thursday the creation of the LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund…
16 January 2025
A long-lost sculpture by Dame Barbara Hepworth, one of Britain’s most celebrated modernist artists, was found last February in an… Read More
15 January 2025
The visionary photographer Oliviero Toscani, best known for his controversial photo campaigns for the Italian fashion brand Benetton, died aged 82…
15 January 2025
Two environmental activists who sprayed chalk paint on Charles Darwin’s grave in Westminster Abbey, London…
14 January 2025
Lego has released a Pop Art Tribute to Robert Indiana’s Love sculpture in time for Valentine’s Day. The new “Love” Set…
13 January 2025
One of Los Angeles’ most prized cultural landmarks, the Getty Villa, has been closed to the public due to the rapidly spreading Palisades Fire….
8 January 2025
The King’s New Year Honours List is an essential and long-standing tradition where individuals throughout the United Kingdom are recognised for their outstanding contributions to society….
30 December 2024
The world’s oldest stone tablet inscribed with the Ten Commandments has changed hands in a dramatic sale at Sotheby’s…
21 December 2024
A rare version of an iconic bronze by the sculptor Camille Claudel, lost for over a century
19 December 2024
Louise Bourgeois’s soaring spider sculpture Maman (1999) will return to Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall next spring in honour of the gallery’s 25th-anniversary…
17 December 2024
Banksy’s latest intervention mural revealed via Instagram has set social media ablaze with conjecture, provocation, and a rush to decode its meaning.
17 December 2024
A provocative installation by Nadya Tolokonnikova, cofounder of the Russian punk/anarchist collective Pussy Riot…
12 December 2024
Tate Modern, the world-renowned museum of modern and contemporary art, will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a four-day vibrant celebration…
10 December 2024
As the calendar approaches Christmas, the design world prepares for Pantone’s Colour of the Year. Chosen by a secretive coterie of designers…
10 December 2024
The Institute of Contemporary Arts in London will open its doors to the latest edition of New Contemporaries’ annual exhibition, featuring works by 35 of the best emerging and early-career artists…
9 December 2024
Dorothy’s Ruby Slippers, a defining Hollywood artefact, has set a new benchmark record, fetching $32.5 million at Heritage Auctions on Saturday….
9 December 2024
The Barbican Centre, one of the keystones of London’s cultural life, has secured £191 million from the City of London Corporation…
7 December 2024
The Venice Biennale named Swiss-Cameroonian curator Koyo Kouoh as the artistic director of its 61st International Art Exhibition.
3 December 2024