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Unknown Velázquez Portrait of Count-Duke of Olivares Discovered in Private Collection
A previously unknown painting by Diego Velázquez has been identified in a private collection in Spain. The work is a half-length portrait of...
Government Launches National Lottery Good Cause Funding Review After Two Decades
The UK government has launched a 12-week public consultation on how National Lottery Good Cause funding is distributed, the first major...
Metropolitan Museum’s Looted Artefacts Seizures Top $95 Million
Investigators from the Manhattan district attorney's office seized dozens of ancient artefacts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in June,...
Arts Council England Explains New Criteria For National Portfolio Applications
Arts Council England has published the first details of how organisations can apply to become National Portfolio Organisations for the...
Lee Miller’s Sussex Home to Become A Charitable Trust
Farleys House and Gallery in Chiddingly, near Lewes in East Sussex, the home of photographer and war correspondent Lee Miller and the...
Van Gogh Restitution Bid Against Musée d’Orsay Nears Decision
A long-running effort to recover a Vincent van Gogh painting believed to have been lost during the Nazi era has entered a decisive new phase,...
The Box Plymouth Wins Art Fund Museum of the Year 2026
The Box Plymouth has been named Art Fund Museum of the Year 2026, winning the £120,000 prize at a ceremony held aboard the Cutty Sark at...
Helen Cammock Withdraws National Portrait Gallery Installation After Churchill Row
Helen Cammock has removed her video installation Persistence from the National Portrait Gallery. The Turner Prize-winning Artist's work came...
Stolen Picasso Portrait Found During Paris Drug Raid
French police discovered a stolen Picasso during a drug trafficking raid in Champigny-sur-Marne, a suburb southeast of Paris, on 15 June....
Intercepted Declaration of Independence Unveiled at Bath Museum For America 250
There are 26 known surviving copies of the Dunlap printing of the Declaration of Independence. This is the only one that was intercepted by...
London Museum Smithfield Set To Open In November 2026
Museum of London, rebranded as London Museum, has confirmed it will open at the General Market in Smithfield on 28 November 2026. The date...
David Nahmad Given 30 Days To Return Modigliani In Restitution Case
A New York judge has ordered that Seated Man With a Cane, Modigliani's 1918 oil portrait of a well-dressed man in a hat and tie, must be returned...
