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Paris Museums Suffer As Terrorism Scares Off Foreign Tourists In 2016
The most popular galleries in Paris have seen a steep decline in foreign visitors in 2016. This has been blamed on the terrorist attacks in the city...
John Baldessari BMW Art Car Set For Daytona Debut
John Baldessari’s “Rolling Sculpture” BMW Art Car is to prove itself more than just another over-priced artwork, on the race track of Rolex 24 at...
Leonardo Da Vinci Export Ban French Government Declare Drawing National Treasure
The French government has put a temporary export bar on a recently uncovered double-sided drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. The officials have declared...
Liliane Tomasko Unveils Her First Solo Exhibition At Marc Straus NY
The Swiss artist Liliane Tomasko has opened her first solo exhibition at Marc Straus, NY. Tomasko's abstract paintings are “Inscapes” of everyday...
Unseen Beatles Photographs By David Magnus Unveiled In New Exhibition
The Beatles Unseen: Photographs by David Magnus’ is a moving documentation of the legendary band’s phenomenal ascent by photographer David...
Facebook Apologises for Banning Renaissance Statue of Neptune in Bologna
A famous classical Renaissance statue of Neptune in Bologna has become the latest banning victim of Facebook's ludicrous no nudity policy. The...
Anish Kapoor Defies Ban And Buys PINK Pigment Over The Counter
Anish Kapoor has hit back at the ban artist Stuart Semple placed on his purchase of the pigment ‘PINK'. The rivalry started in 2014 when Kapoor...
John Berger Artist, Critic And Booker Prize Winner Dies Aged 90
The artist, critic, poet, and Booker prize-winning author John Berger has died age 90. Best known in art circles for his essay on art...
The Millennial Death Of Conceptual Art By Edward Lucie-Smith
Of course, in the first place, if you use the phrase ‘Conceptual Art’ it depends on what you mean by the adjective ‘conceptual’. With a small ‘c’,...
Annibale Carracci Baroque Portrait Of Elegantly Dressed African Woman Discovered
An extremely rare portrait from the late 16th century by the renowned Italian Baroque artist Annibale Carracci (1560-1609), which belonged to King...
New Year’s Honours List Recognises Chris Ofili Patrick Brill and Ryan Gander
The 2017 New Years Honours list has given a resounding seal of approval to the Visual Arts this year. The List has reflected the contribution the...
Da Vinci’s Ermine Lady And Other Masterpieces Donated To The Polish Nation
Poland's Czartoryski collection, a world-famous art collection, that includes Leonardo da Vinci's Lady with an Ermine and Rembrandt’s Landscape with...