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Prosecutor Asks For Five-Year Suspended Prison Term For Picasso Theft Couple
Artlyst reported last December that 271 undocumented works by Picasso estimated at a minimum of €60 million (£50 million) were discovered in the...
Bryan Pearce Outsider Art Stolen In Cornwall Heist
Works by outsider artist Bryan Pearce have been stolen from a quiet Cornwall village. The burglar took the works from a private home in the village...
Creative Industries Federation Welcomes Warwick Commission On Future Cultural Value
The Creative Industries Federation today welcomed the Warwick Commission’s report as an important step in uniting the UK’s arts, creative industries...
Paul Cummins Tower of London Poppies Artist Received Death Threats
Paul Cummins the artist behind the poppy installation at the Tower of London has revealed that he received death threats as a result of the...
Looted Masterpiece Spotted In Helmut Newton photographs
New evidence has come to light in the search for a lost Arnold Böcklin masterpiece from a highly unlikely source, the Art Newspaper has reported....
America’s Only Art Cop Gets Conviction – Chagall Thief Gets Four Years
An art thief that tried to sell a number of stolen expressionist masterpieces that including paintings by Marc Chagall and Arshile Gorky at well...
Brian Clarke Presents Site-Specific Works At Pace Gallery London
Pace London presents an exhibition of new work by the leading British artist Brian Clarke. Showing the artist’s stained-glass pieces and paintings,...
Urs Fischer To Present Next Event Sculpture At Henry Moore Institute
The Henry Moore Institute turns inside out as the outside of the building becomes a site for sculpture. The next Event Sculpture presents Urs...
Ai Weiwei Zodiac Heads Sculptures Set New Auction Record For The Artist
The newly relaunched Phillips Auctioneers have sold Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals / Zodiac Heads, 2010 for £2.8m ($4.3m) at the Contemporary Art...
Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation Has Restituted Eight Works To Heirs
Eight artworks have been restituted to the heirs of the Jewish publisher Rudolf Mosse by the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, after a an...
Prophet Muhammad Cartoonist Lars Vilks Targeted In Deadly Copenhagen Shooting
Denmark is recovering from a terrorist attack that left one person dead and three injured after a free speech debate attended by the controversial ...
Christie’s Post-War And Contemporary Art Evening Auction Realises £117,142,500
The Post-War & Contemporary Art evening sale at Christie’s London realised a total of £117,142,500 / $178,408,028 / €157,556,663 selling 95% by...