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Facebook Courbet Censorship Lawsuit Has Its Day In Paris Court
A French teacher who accused Facebook of censorship when they deleted his account, has had his day in court. Frédéric Durand-Baïssasor posted an...
Bayeux Tapestry A Battle For East Sussex – Lesley Samms
“Per Bellum Patria” | Home through War Following a recent meeting with Theresa May, Emmanuel Macron, President of France has announced his intention...
Manchester Art Gallery Removes Popular Waterhouse Painting To Prompt #MeToo Dialogue
The temporary removal by the Manchester Art Gallery of a popular painting, Hylas and the Nymphs by JW Waterhouse is part of a project with the...
Christie’s Staggering £5.1b $6.6b Global Results 2017 – Crunch This
Christie’s has released their year ending December 2017 global figures and it is another record year for the auction corporation. Sales increased by...
Serpentine Launches Inaugural Beijing Pavilion Collaboration With JIAKUN Architects
The Serpentine Galleries (London) and WF CENTRAL (Beijing) have announced a major international collaboration: a new architecture Pavilion, designed...
JMW Turner Masterpiece: Temporary Export Bar Provides Time To Find UK Buyer
Michael Ellis the Arts Minister has placed a temporary export bar on Ehrenbreitstein, a painting by JMW Turner, to provide an opportunity to keep it...
Mona Hatoum Presented With Prestigious Annual Art Icon Award 2018
Mona Hatoum (b. 1952) was presented with the prestigious annual Art Icon award at the Whitechapel Gallery on Monday 29 January. The Art Icon event...
Chuck Close And Thomas Roma Exhibitions Cancelled Over Sex Controversy
The National Gallery of Art in Washington has announced that it has postponed two upcoming solo exhibitions following allegations of sexual...
Rebel Women: Suffragette Centenary Celebrated At National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery will exhibit a portrait slashed with a butcher’s cleaver by a suffragette for the first time in over twenty years. A...
Hull Banksy Mural ‘Should Be Cleaned Off Says Tory Councillor
A new stencilled mural by the street artist Banksy has appeared on a Hull bridge. It was first spotted by passers-by on Thursday. The graffiti...
Turner Prize Winner Martin Boyce Unveils New Commission At Tate Britain
Martin Boyce the Turner Prize-winning artist has been commissioned to create a new installation outside Tate Britain. The phrase Remembered Skies...
Christo Given Go-ahead To Create Mastaba Sculpture In Serpentine
The conceptual artist Christo has been given the go-ahead to create a massive ‘Mastaba’ sculpture situated in Hyde Park. The work of art will...