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Frieze Sculpture Park Opens – Here’s What Edward Lucie-Smith Thought
The Frieze open-air sculpture park opened in the English Garden at Regent’s Park on July 4th, overlapping by a day with the Masterpiece art fair....
Gurlitt Cezanne – Kunstmuseum And Cezanne Family Reach Agreement Over Painting
The Kunstmuseum Bern and the Cezanne Estate have reached an agreement over an important work by the Post Impressionist painter, hidden for 75 years...
Lucian Freud Landscape Discovered Under Suffolk Sign Painter’s Canvas
A landscape painting depicting trees and a bridge over a stream attributed to the British artist Lucian Freud has been uncovered after conservators...
Art Night 2018 – What To See – What To Do
London once again is gearing up for Art Night 2018 this Saturday 7 July from 6 pm to 6 am. Art Night is London’s largest free contemporary arts...
International British Artists Release Prints To Support London’s Busiest NHS Hospitals
Peter Blake, Jeremy Deller, Tom Hammick, Mona Hatoum, David Mach, Elizabeth Magill and Chris Orr have released limited edition prints in time to...
London Group Hits The Mark At Waterloo Festival 2018
There was a huge pair of medical looking rubber gloves attached to St John's Church tower, wafting in the breeze. 20-foot arms drawing you into the...
Guy Wildenstein Cleared Of Tax Fraud After Second Paris Trial Collapses
The French billionaire art dealer Guy Wildenstein has been cleared of tax fraud after a second trial collapsed in Paris on Friday. He was accused of...
Banksy Murals Appear In Paris To Coincide With World Refugee Day
New Banksy works have appeared in the French capital, Paris. The murals depict messages about Europe's migrant crisis, capitalism and globalisation....
Masterpiece London – Affair To Remember – Or Not – Edward Lucie-Smith
Does the new edition of London’s Masterpiece art fair live up to its vaunting name? The initial omens are not good. As you go into Masterpiece 2018,...
New Record For Lucian Freud Painting At Sotheby’s London
A painting by the British Artist Lucian Freud from his 'last great nudes' series, Portrait on a White Cover has sold at Sotheby’s London for £a...
Government Earmarks £20m For Culture and Creative Industries In England
Arts Minister Michael Ellis has launched a £20 million fund aimed at helping culture, heritage and the creative industries to benefit towns and...
Anish Kapoor Sues NRA Over Video Infringement
The Turner Prize-winning artist Sir Anish Kapoor has filed a lawsuit against the National Rifle Association (NRA) in the US. Kapoor accuses the...