Early Van Gogh Painting Stolen From Dutch Museum

Early Van Gogh Painting Stolen From Dutch Museum

Police have launched a criminal investigation and are reviewing security footage after a painting by Vincent van Gogh was stolen during the early hours of Monday morning from The Singer Laren museum in the town of Laren in Holland. The public gallery is currently...
Art Goes Viral – Edward Lucie-Smith

Art Goes Viral – Edward Lucie-Smith

The coronavirus has been responsible for a major crisis in the art world. Museums and galleries have slammed their doors shut. Increasingly the only way to look at art, in the present situation, is to look at it on a computer screen – or, at a pinch, on the...
And Last But Not Least Art Basel Gets Postponed

And Last But Not Least Art Basel Gets Postponed

Well well, we all knew this was coming. TEFAF Maastricht is currently under fire for infecting the upper echelons of the art world with up to 50 cases of the Coronavirus. It has been linked to over 300 international exhibitors who unwittingly took the virus back to...
Manifesta 13 Marseille Postponed Due to COVID-19 Crisis

Manifesta 13 Marseille Postponed Due to COVID-19 Crisis

Manifesta 13, the European Nomadic Biennial which originated in the early 1990s in response to the political, economic, and social change following the end of the Cold War, has been postponed because of the COVID-19 crisis. It was due to take place at various venues...

Rebecca Salter PRA Wins £25,000 Genesis Prize

Rebecca Salter, President of the Royal Academy of Arts, has been announced as the winner of the 2020 Genesis Prize. The award is worth £25,000, and is the onlyis the only prize which recognises outstanding mentoring of artistic talent and allows winners to expand on...