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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...
Artist Michael Craig-Martin Awarded Knighthood In Ceremony By Prince William
The Irish-born British artist Michael Craig-Martin has been awarded his Knighthood by Prince William (The Duke Of Cambridge . Martin known for...
Strong Sales Reported From Art Basel in Miami Beach 15th Edition
Another major art fair another round-up! Art Basel’s show in Miami Beach closed on Sunday amidst high praise from participating galleries reporting...