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Third Activist Charged Over Orange Powder Protest at Stonehenge
A third person has been charged in relation to a June protest at Stonehenge, during which the ancient monument was sprayed with orange powder. The...
Bananas? Maurizio Cattelan’s Duct-Taped Comedian Fetches $6.2M at Sotheby’s
Viral: one surreal melding of art and memes and market spectacle, Comedian (2019)—Maurizio Cattelan's infamous banana duct-taped to a wall—caper...
Landmark Archibald Knox Exhibition Opens On The Isle of Man
Archibald Knox is synonymous with turn-of-the-century Liberty & Co, elegance, and innovation in art and design. This week, the Isle of...
Tracey Emin Joins 20th Century Society Protesting Changes To Margate’s Brutalist Landmark
Update: Lobbying rules! Tracey Emin wrote this on her Instagram today: Fantastic, unanimous vote last night by Thanet District Council to reject the...
British Museum Gifted Sir Percival David Foundation’s £1B Chinese Ceramics Collection
The trustees of the Sir Percival David Foundation announced that their globally renowned collection of Chinese ceramics is being permanently gifted...
Missing Picassos: Swiss Dealer Yves Bouvier To Stand Trial In Paris
A Swiss art dealer, Yves Bouvier, is at the centre of a long-running legal saga after a French court ruled that he and associate Olivier Thomas must...
Steph Wilson Wins Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2024
The Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2024 winner is London-based photographer Steph Wilson for her portrait Sonam, which formed part of her Ideal...
Frank Auerbach: Influential British Post-War Painter Dies Aged 93
Frank Auerbach (b. 1931-2024), one of Britain's best-known painters, has died at 93. He was born in Germany and emigrated to Britain under the...
Ai-Da Portrait of Alan Turing Sells At Sotheby’s for A Cool $1m
The ultra-realistic robot/doll artist Ai-Da has made history at Sotheby's by selling an AI-generated portrait of Alan Turing, the father of computer...
Henry Moore Day To Mark AGO Sculpture Centre’s 50th Anniversary
TORONTO—This Autumn, the Art Gallery of Ontario is celebrating an anniversary that hits a remarkable milestone. It's been 50 years since the Henry...
Ashmolean Fra Angelico Triptych Saved For The Nation
OXFORD, England — The Ashmolean Museum of the University of Oxford has raised £4.5 million to save an early Renaissance painting by Fra Angelico....
Missing Artist Sarah Cunningham: Body Found On Tracks After Search
The body of the missing artist Sarah Cunningham has been found on the tracks near Chalk Farm station in Camden, London. It had been reported earlier...