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Artes Mundi Prize Winner Theaster Gates Splits £40,000 With Nominees

by News Desk | Jan 24, 2015 | News

The Chicago-based American artist Theaster Gates, winner of this year’s winner of the Artes Mundi 6 award, which was announced in Cardiff on Friday, has made an unexpected decision. Gates took home the £40,000 prize which is the largest award for the arts in Great...

£38 Million Trove Of Stolen Antiquities Uncovered In Swiss Raid

by News Desk | Jan 23, 2015 | News

The Swiss and Italian police have uncovered a massive Swiss-Italian antiquities smuggling ring. Police seized 5,361 vases, bronze statues, and frescoes worth an estimated £38 Million, or €50 million, during a raid on a number of Swiss warehouses, the Guardian reports....

King Tutankhamun’s Death Mask Under Scrutiny For Amateur Restoration

by News Desk | Jan 23, 2015 | News

Amateur restoration using inappropriate epoxy glue has defaced one of the worlds most iconic works of art. The mask of King Tutankhamun is now set to undergo assessment. The crude repair holding the narrow, blue and gold beard, on the famous mask, must be removed and...

Tracey Emin’s Pivotal Installation Exorcism Under The Hammer For £600,000

by News Desk | Jan 23, 2015 | News

Christie’s has announced it is selling a particularly pivotal, not to mention large installation by one-time YBA tracey Emin called ‘Exorcism of the Last Painting I Ever Made’. The work is estimated to go under the hammer at £600,000 to £800,000. The work...
Stolen Dale Chihuly Sculpture Destroyed By Combine Harvester In Corn Field

Stolen Dale Chihuly Sculpture Destroyed By Combine Harvester In Corn Field

by News Desk | Jan 23, 2015 | News

Four people have been charged with the theft of sculpture by the internalionally renouned artist Dale Chihuly. Sections of the installation were stolen from the Denver Botanic Gardens last summer. Alex Brook, 23, Joseph Parnell, 36, were charged with theft, tampering...

Artes Mundi £40,000 Prize Taken By American Artist Theaster Gates

by News Desk | Jan 23, 2015 | News

The Chicago-based American artist Theaster Gates is this year’s winner of the Artes Mundi 6 award which was announced in Cardiff yesterday. Gates takes home the £40,000 prize which is the largest award for the arts in Great Britain. The other nine nominees from 70...
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