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René Magritte Castle of the Pyrenees Damaged By A Child in Jerusalem
The Castle of the Pyrenees is one of Magritte's best-known and most-reproduced images. It signifies the artist's typically disturbing...
Ugo Rondinone: MORE LIGHT Royal Academy Of Arts London
There's a rainbow in the courtyard of the Royal Academy, and it is part of something bigger. You are directed to walk under it. Suspended...
Sagrada Família: Gaudi Landmark Reaches Heaven With Pope’s Blessing
It takes a few seconds to register before you enter Gaudí's architectural icon, because even from the outside, the effect is striking,...
Yinka Shonibare Encounters Thomas Gainsborough At London’s National Gallery
It has taken nearly thirty years. But this October, for the first time since Yinka Shonibare launched his illustrious career, Mr and...
Lubaina Himid: Cork Street 2026 Banner Commission Conveys Language Of Dress
Lubaina Himid has taken over Cork Street. The banners have turned the street's famous stretch of galleries and tailoring establishments into...
Guy Wildenstein Faces New Lawsuit From Monet Family In Rouen
A French judge has ruled that a lawsuit brought by descendants of Claude Monet against Wildenstein & Co. can proceed in Rouen. The case...
Why Lucian Freud Retracted The Attribution Of This Early Portrait
The story of Man in a Black Scarf, a portrait of sufficient quality that Christie's attributed it to Lucian Freud in 1985, only to retract...
Arts Council England Replaces Let’s Create Why Rules Became The Problem
Arts Council England has done what it promised. Let's Create, the ten-year strategy introduced in 2020 and subsequently criticised in an...
Julio Le Parc Pioneering Kinetic Artist Dies Aged 97
Julio Le Parc, the Argentine-born artist whose restless imagination transformed the experience of looking into something physical,...
Lost Leonora Carrington Painting Surfaces in Spain
A painting by Leonora Carrington that has been missing from public knowledge for decades has been located in Spain, in the possession of the family...
Zabludowicz Collection Heads To Christie’s In First Ever Public Sale
Anita and Poju, among the most important contemporary art collectors in Britain, will next month offer approximately 100 works from their...
Sainsbury Centre Secures £91.2 Million Gift From Gatsby Foundation
One of the most architecturally significant museum buildings in Britain has received a transformative funding injection. The Sainsbury Centre at the...