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Warhol and Sedgwick: Hotel Chelsea Room Door Sells For $52,500
A door from the infamous Hotel Chelsea belonging to the room resident 'Superstar' actress Edie Sedgwick and artist Andy Warhol shared in 1965, while...
Chris Dercon Quits As Director Of Volksbühne Theatre With Immediate Effect
Chris Dercon has stepped down as director of the Volksbühne Theatre in Berlin with immediate effect. The former director of Tate Modern stated that...
Stolen Chagall Oil Painting Recovered By FBI Thirty Years Later
An early painting by Marc Chagall stolen from a New York residence in 1988 will be returned to the owner's estate after it went missing 30 years...
Gillian Ayres My Fiercely independent Friend – Sue Hubbard
Yesterday the art world not only lost one of its finest and most loved abstract painters, but I lost a great friend. There will be plenty of...
Gillian Ayres Leading British Abstract Painter Dies Aged 88
Gillian Ayres one of the leading British abstract painters of her generation has died age 88. Born in 1930, she studied at Camberwell College of Art...
Max Hollein Appointed New Director At The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a new director. Max Hollein currently leads the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. After beginning his career at...
Tracey Emin Unveils Pro-Europe Neon Art At St Pancras International
Royal Academician Tracey Emin unveiled a monumental Pro-Europe neon work this morning, attended by RA Director Tim Marlow, the BBC presenter Alan...
Northern Irish Artist Cathy Wilkes To Represent GB At 58th Venice Biennale
Cathy Wilkes has been selected to represent Great Britain at the 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. The Northern Irish...
Peter Paul Rubens African Portrait At Risk Of Leaving UK
Peter Paul Rubens, (Flemish, 1577–1640), Head of an African Man Wearing a Turban, painted in 1609 is in danger of leaving the UK forever. Arts...
Yoko Ono: £12k Beach Pebble Stolen from Museum Installation In Canada
A hand inscribed beach pebble created by the Conceptual artist Yoko Ono valued at $17,500 has been stolen from a Toronto museum. The rock carries...
London Dealer Richard Nagy Ordered To Return Stolen Egon Schiele Drawings
Two works on paper by the Secessionist artist Egon Schiele, stolen from a Jewish family by the Nazis in the late 1930s, have been ordered to be...
Simon Birch Recreates Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 A Space Odyssey Neo-Classic Bedroom
An immersive art installation, “The Barmecide Feast,” is a fully realised, full-scale reproduction of the iconic, neo-classical hotel room from the...