John Baldessari Conceptual Art Pioneer Dies Age 88

John Baldessari Conceptual Art Pioneer Dies Age 88

John Anthony Baldessari (June 17, 1931 – January 5, 2020) has died aged 88. He was an American conceptual artist best known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. Baldessari lived and worked in Santa Monica and Venice, California. Baldessari...
Pablo Picasso Painting Vandalised At Tate Modern

Pablo Picasso Painting Vandalised At Tate Modern

Pablo Picasso’s Bust of a Woman (1944) on view at the Tate Modern has been removed from display and is undergoing conservation after a member of the public damaged the work. Shakeel Ryan Massey, a visitor to the gallery, has appeared at a magistrates court in...
Gainsborough Landscape Painting Granted Temporary Export Bar

Gainsborough Landscape Painting Granted Temporary Export Bar

Helen Whately the Arts Minister has placed an export bar on Thomas Gainsborough’s ‘Going to Market, Early Morning’ in the hope that a UK gallery or museum can acquire the work for the nation. Valued at £8 million, ‘Going to Market, Early Morning’ was painted in 1773...
Lost LS Lowry Painting Sells At  Christie’s For £2.65m

Lost LS Lowry Painting Sells At Christie’s For £2.65m

A long lost painting by LS Lowry which hadn’t been seen for 70 years has realised £2.65m at Christie’s. The work titled The Mill, Pendlebury, painted in 1943 shows workers on a bank holiday with children playing cricket. It has everything you would want in...