Art Fund Announces Judges For 2015 Museum Of The Year Award

The YBA Artist Michael Landy has been selected as a judge for this years £100,000 Art Fund Museum of the Year Prize. The 2015 panel will be chaired by the Art Funds’ Stephen Deuchar, along with design critic and author Alice Rawsthorn; the books and arts editor of The...
Lost Baroque Masterpiece Found In The UK After 70 Years

Lost Baroque Masterpiece Found In The UK After 70 Years

A long lost painting by the Spanish Baroque artist Sebastián de Llanos Valdés, which was missing for over 70 years, has been discovered in the UK, after an unidentified individual tried to consign ‘Penitent Maria Magdalena’ to Christie’s, according...

50 Paintings Stolen In Audacious Madrid Gallery Heist

Some 50 paintings worth an estimated €400,000 or £317,000, were stolen by three men who broke into an art gallery in the affluent centre of Madrid, near the Museo del Prado. The criminals entered the Puerta de Alcalá gallery in the early morning hours of Thursday,...
Most Expensive Photo Sale Called Into Question

Most Expensive Photo Sale Called Into Question

News that the work of Australian landscape photographer Peter Lik’ photographic work, ‘Phantom’ had become the most expensive photo in history has been called into question. The image was said to have sold for an impressive $6.5 million, or £4.1...