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Banksy’s Well Hung Lover Mural Faces Uncertainty As Building Auctioned
One of Bristol's most iconic and photographed Banksy artworks, "Well Hung Lover", is about to enter a new chapter. The mural, painted in 2006 on the...
Rare Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Faces UK Export Ban
A sculpture by Dame Barbara Hepworth, one of Britain's most lauded 20th-century artists, has been placed under a temporary export bar to keep it in...
The Groucho Club Shuttered Amidst Serious Criminal Investigation
UPDATE: The Groucho Club is to reopen in January 2025 The Groucho Club, a Soho institution beloved by the media and arts elite, has temporarily...
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...