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Murphy House Edinburgh Wins RIBA House Of The Year Architecture Award
The Murphy House in Edinburgh by Richard Murphy Architects has been voted the 2016 RIBA House of the Year. The Royal Institute of British Architects...
Kunstmuseum Bern Win Battle To Inherit Cornelius Gurlitt Nazi Art Collection
The Munich Higher Regional Court has ruled in favour of the last will and testament of the estate of the art dealer Cornelius Gurlitt and now the...
Handbag Me: Baroness Thatcher’s Wardrobe Faux Pas Go On Display At The V&A
The late Baroness Thatcher’s iconic (although a bit drab) outfits are currently on display in the V&A’s fashion galleries. Worn by the former...
Feminist Art Exhibition Explores Safety And Vulnerability In The Brexit Trump Era
Faced with the strange twists and turns of the past year, from Brexit to Trump, it has often felt like the easiest thing to do would be to hide away...
Chuck Close Portrait Of Former National Portrait Gallery Director Sandy Nairne Unveiled
A large portrait of the former Director of the NPG Sandy Nairne by the US Photorealist artist Chuck Close has been unveiled. It is the first...
Djordje Ozbolt To Present New Solo Exhibition At Hauser & Wirth Somerset
Hauser & Wirth Somerset is presenting a new solo exhibition by Djordje Ozbolt, following the artist's residency with the gallery in 2016, at The...
Christopher Le Brun RA To Mount Two US Exhibitions In 2017
Christopher Le Brun, painter, and president of the Royal Academy (RA) is set to exhibit a two-part show of new work, in the US next year....
Jasper Johns Painting and Sculpture Catalogue Raisonne To Be Published
The most comprehensive study of Jasper Johns' work to date, Including never before exhibited works and a new monograph is to be published by The...
Tracey Emin Withdraws Proposal To Demolish Spitalfields Conservation Area Building
The Turner Prize nominated YBA artist Tracey Emin has abandoned her plans to demolish a listed East End building in order to build a new studio and...
Oscar Wilde Portrait Returns To UK After 100 Year Hiatus
Oscar Wilde’s prized full-length portrait by Robert Harper Pennington which took pride of place in his marital home is to return to the UK, this...
£12m Leonardo da Vinci Drawing Walks Into Auction House For Valuation
Thaddée Prate, director of old master pictures at the Tajan auction house in Paris has uncovered a long lost drawing by the Renaissance...
Looted Nazi Art Bill Approved By US Senate To Speed Up Restitution
A new bill to speed up the return of artwork stolen by the Nazis during WWII has passed the US Senate after its approval in the House...