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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...
Carl Andre Retrospective Opens At Musee d’Art Moderne in Paris
A retrospective of work by the major 20th-century American artist Carl Andre (b. 1935 in Quincy, Massachusetts) is currently on view at the Musée...
Tom Nicholls Sculpture To Honour 513 Barnardo’s Children Buried In Unmarked Graves Unveiled
A special memorial sculpture by master carver Tom Nicholls, to honour 513 Barnardo’s children buried in unmarked graves, including three of Thomas...
Portraits By Paul Cezanne Explored In New National Portrait Gallery Exhibition
The first exhibition devoted entirely to portraits by Paul Cézanne will be mounted at London’s National Portrait Gallery. Cézanne Portraits will...
American Artist Leo Villareal Wins Illuminated River International Design Competition
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced that a team led by the internationally acclaimed American light artist Leo Villareal and renowned...
Brett Gorvy Head Of Contemporary Art At Christie’s Auctioneers Resigns
Brett Gorvy, Deputy Chairman at Christie’s auctioneers and international head of Postwar and Contemporary art, is to leave the company after 23...
Michael Gove’s Turner Prize Tweet Says Winner Helen Marten Celebrates Ugliness
Great to see the Turner Prize is on Brexiteer Michael Gove’s radar. It proves how important the arts must be to him, even though he was almost...