Giacometti Bronze Chandelier Export Bar Placed By DCMS

Giacometti Bronze Chandelier Export Bar Placed By DCMS

An export bar has been placed on a £2.9 million chandelier by the Swiss/French artist Alberto Giacometti. This will allow time for a UK institution to acquire the work. It was recently offered at Christie’s 20th/21st Century London Evening sale on February 28 and sold...
AI Used To Authenticate De Brécy Trust Raphael Tondo

AI Used To Authenticate De Brécy Trust Raphael Tondo

The de Brécy Trust has used AI to authenticate a painting that has been in their collection for over 40 years. The artwork is hoped to be by the Renaissance master Raphael. The picture will now go on display in Bradford. Thousands of images were compiled to create an...
Frieze: Armory Show And Expo Chicago Buyout Announced

Frieze: Armory Show And Expo Chicago Buyout Announced

Frieze, one of the world’s leading contemporary art organisations, has announced that it has acquired The Armory Show in New York and signed an agreement to acquire EXPO CHICAGO. The merger of two of the longest-running art fairs in the United States...
Simon Lee Gallery London Goes Into Administration

Simon Lee Gallery London Goes Into Administration

The Simon Lee Gallery, one of London’s most prestigious commercial gallery spaces has gone into joint administration with the firm BDO LLP. A notice was posted on the door of the shuttered gallery yesterday, 11 July. The gallery’s trouble first came to...