You Gotta Roll With It: Elizabeth Peyton’s Gallagher Portrait Squeaks By At Sotheby’s
Elizabeth Peyton’s Liam + Noel (Gallagher), one of her most significant portraits of the Oasis brothers, squeaked by at Sotheby’s recent June sale….
25 June 2025
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El Greco Belonging To Russian Billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev In Legal Restitution Fight
The fate of El Greco’s Saint Sebastian (c. 1610-14) hangs in limbo as Romania escalates its legal battle to reclaim the masterpiece, alleging it was looted…
24 June 2025
Lord Norman Foster Chosen To Design Queen Elizabeth II Memorial
The late Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, will be united in stone and light in Lord Norman Foster’s winning design….
24 June 2025
LACMA Acquires Jeff Koons’ Living Sculpture Split-Rocker
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has secured a major addition to its public art program with the acquisition of Jeff Koons’ Split-Rocker (2000)
24 June 2025
Antoni Gaudí Casa Batlló: Historic Facade Revealed Following €3.5m Restoration
After more than a century, Antoni Gaudí’s original design for Casa Batlló’s rear facade and a private courtyard has been meticulously restored to its 1906 splendour.
20 June 2025
Rubens Oil Sketch: DCMS Export Ban Aims To Save Masterpiece For The Nation
A rare oil sketch by Peter Paul Rubens, Cimon Falling in Love with Efigenia (c. 1616–17), now faces an export bar in a bid to retain the work for the UK….
17 June 2025
Joel Shapiro: Sculptor Who Made Wooden Beams Dance Has Died Aged 83
Joel Shapiro (1941–2024), the American sculptor whose deceptively simple wooden figures pulsed with life, tension, and wit, died on Saturday in Manhattan at 83….
16 June 2025
Maurizio Cattelan Golden Toilet Caper Ends In Jail Time For Career Criminals
A story that played out like a comedy caper has now finished in the courts. Two men have been sentenced for their part in the infamous 2019 theft…
13 June 2025
Lost Rodin Marble Sells for $1.2 Million In A French Auction
A rediscovered Auguste Rodin marble sculpture, kept in plain sight for decades atop a piano in a French family home, has fetched €1.1 million ($1.2 million)…
10 June 2025
Tate Liverpool: Waterside Transformation Backed By Major Funding Injection
Liverpool’s cultural landscape is set for a dramatic change as Tate secures £12 million in government funding alongside major private donations for its landmark redevelopment…..
9 June 2025
East End Art Dealer Jailed in Landmark Terror Financing Case
In a landmark prosecution, art dealer and television personality Oghenochuko Ojiri has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison…
7 June 2025
Turner’s First Exhibited Oil Painting Resurfaces After 167 Years
J.M.W. Turner’s The Rising Squall, Hot Wells, from St Vincent’s Rock, Bristol – the artist’s first exhibited oil painting – has reappeared…
6 June 2025
Barbara Hepworth: Pivotal Masterpiece Must Be Saved For The Nation
The Hepworth Wakefield and the Art Fund have launched an urgent £3.8m appeal to prevent a rare Modernist sculpture from leaving the UK….
4 June 2025
Ukraine Plundered Heritage: Over 6,000 Cultural Artefacts Lost Or Stolen
Among the most devastating casualties of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine is the systematic looting and destruction of the country’s cultural heritage….
4 June 2025
Erotic Condom: Rare Georgian Johnny Goes On Display At Rijksmuseum
A rare condom from 1830 is currently on show at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. This nearly two-century-old contraceptive, likely crafted from sheep’s entrails…
4 June 2025
Banksy Unveils New Cryptic Lighthouse Artwork His First In Six Months
The elusive street artist Banksy has struck again, revealing a mysterious new stencil artwork on his official Instagram account. The piece features a lighthouse…
30 May 2025
National Portrait Gallery Unveils 2025 Portrait Award Shortlist
London’s National Portrait Gallery has revealed three exceptional finalists for its Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer Portrait Award, selected from 1,314 international submissions…
29 May 2025
TEFAF Klimt Painting May Have Been Illegally Exported From Hungary
A previously unknown Gustav Klimt masterpiece has become the centre of an international art scandal after appearing at TEFAF Maastricht with a €15 million price tag. The…
29 May 2025
Landmark Art Deco Chrysler Building On The Market Again
In 1930, William Van Alen’s gleaming Art Deco masterpiece—the Chrysler Building—officially opened its doors, its stainless steel crown piercing the Manhattan skyline…
29 May 2025
National Gallery Secures Three Masterworks In Bicentenary Acquisition Spree
As the National Gallery marks its 200th year, three significant additions have entered its collection through the UK government’s Acceptance in Lieu scheme…
20 May 2025
Getty Villa Set to Reopen After Palisades Fire Closure
LOS ANGELES – The Getty Villa Museum will welcome visitors again on June 27, marking its return after a months-long closure caused by the devastating Palisades Fire…
19 May 2025
Maurizio Cattelan Gold Toilet Heist: Blenheim Palace Thief Avoids Jail
Frederick Doe, a middleman implicated in the audacious theft of a £4.75 million solid gold toilet from Winston Churchill’s birthplace, has walked free from court…
19 May 2025
Lost Magna Carta Unearthed In Harvard Archives Is A Medieval Treasure
It languished in obscurity for decades—a stained, neglected parchment dismissed as a mere copy. But now, a manuscript tucked away in Harvard Law School…
18 May 2025
Marlene Dumas Sets New Auction Record for Living Female Artist at Christie’s
In a landmark result for Christie’s, the South African artist Marlene Dumas has claimed the auction record for a living female artist. Her 1997 painting, Miss January…
15 May 2025
Groucho Club: Tory MP Charged with Sexual Assault
Patrick Spencer, the Conservative MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich, has been charged with two counts of sexual assault involving two women…
14 May 2025
Botticelli Masterpiece: Virgin and Child Enthroned Faces UK Export Bar
A rare early Botticelli painting of the Virgin Mary, valued at £10.2 million, has been temporarily barred from export by the UK government, offering a last chance…
13 May 2025
Koyo Kouoh, Visionary Curator of the 2026 Venice Biennale Dies Aged 57
Koyo Kouoh, the visionary director and chief curator of (Zeitz MOCAA), has died at age 57. Kouoh, recently appointed curator of the 2026 Venice Biennale….
12 May 2025
Royal Reopening: King And Queen Open Transformed National Gallery Sainsbury Wing
On the second anniversary of their Coronation, King Charles III and Queen Camilla returned to the National Gallery to mark the completion of a two-year
7 May 2025
Jacob Rothschild: Legacy Enriches National Collections Through Acceptance in Lieu
The late Jacob Rothschild 4th Baron(1936–2024), a towering figure in British cultural philanthropy, continues to shape the nation’s artistic heritage…
7 May 2025
LS Lowry Painting Purchased For £10 Fetches £805,200 At Lyon & Turnbull
Going to the Mill—a rare early canvas by L.S. Lowry—surfaced from near-century-long obscurity and has realised £805,200 (with fees) in Lyon & Turnbull’s Modern Made sale….
3 May 2025
National Gallery Acquires Mysterious Northern Renaissance Masterpiece
The National Gallery has secured a breathtaking yet enigmatic early 16th-century Northern Renaissance altarpiece, unseen by the public since 1960….
1 May 2025
Art Fund Announces 2025 Museum of the Year Shortlist
Art Fund has revealed the five exceptional museums in contention for Museum of the Year 2025, the world’s most significant museum prize…
29 April 2025